Drone footage captures rare whale attack

About 30 orcas attacked two gray adult whales in California. Both whales were injured but able to escape. #CNN #News #shorts

[markadams]

For a 5 hour attack that video was extremely short

[billdale]

I'm feeling torn. I do feel for both species.

[wheelsrwheels]

People assume that Orca's don't have enough fatty fish to eat and that's causing these attacks. But maybe Orca's are called 'Killers' for good reason?

[IMASX]

Indeed, it’s a rare and remarkable footage. So cool that drones can be used to observe the nature close up. Orcas are such highly intelligent marine creatures. I still remember the jaw-dropping performance made by them in San Diego years ago. The more we understand orcas, the more we know that orcas, the apex predators in the marine ecosystems, only belong to the sea. They’re not supposed to serve humans.

[kristinb]

Salmon stocks are crashing and salmon are getting smaller. I’m afraid more of these attacks are coming. We’ve already heard the Orca sightings in the Puget Sound are way down, likely due to the salmon decline.

[yeyos]

It's probably common but rare to be caught on video 🤷🏻‍♂️

[RickyL]

So sad but it is nature, I am shocked both Wales escaped also.

[drstew]

A rather friendly almost playful attack? And a 5 hour drone battery. Wow

[s.r]

Starting to feel indifferent about orcas. 😕

[terrylawrence]

We are not helping dredging the ocean ....we have assisted depleting their food resources...

[RETINGRSCAL]

5 hours and they still survived?!?! that's actually crazy.

[vforwombat]

i ant to thanks CNN for showing us 30 seconds of footage out of 5 hours, and of those 30 seconds only about 10 were interesting. great editing job!

[jg]

So in other words they got jumped by this gang

[deborahrobison]

They saw a whale traveling with its tail completely off on YouTube

[CannenGT]

Wow, this is an unbelievable catch. Well done

[cinderellamarin]

The World is in Survival Mode 🌎🌍#unstableworld

[tamasb]

Which raises a question; do sea animals get tired?🤷🏽‍♂️

[MA-fghz]

5 hours of being attacked brutality:( They slam into their organs, damaging them. I bet at least one dies. So sad:(((

[HapillyMe]

5 hours? The attack lasted 5 hours? Daaaamn. Talking about, "never give up". Those Orcas were determined! Thank goodness the Gray whales got away!

[flatturdphd]

Why are so many people obsessing over salmon, when they eat any schooling fish, and attacks like these aren't uncommon, just "rarely witnessed"