Humpback Whales and Orcas Feed Together | North Atlantic | 4K UHD | BBC Earth

Despite usually being rivals, humpback whales and orcas join forces to feed on this large shoal of herring.

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Taken from 'North Atlantic: The Dark Ocean' (2023).
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[Rouge_]

This is the first time that I've heard about Orcas and Humpbacks working together to feed. Fascinating.

[mec-animalattacksUS]

When I was a child, I heard my grandfather tell stories about dolphins saving people.❤❤❤❤

[DiveHive]

00:02:38 That one fish escapes from whale mouth and swim towards the camera, *you are a fighter, mate*

[KemichaLovett-wb]

as long as I can remember, nature has always fascinated me with its beauty

[Hari-Harmonies]

I've had the pleasure of kayaking with dolphins, playful but their size and intelligence are really unnerving. I would be pooping myself in that guys position, but what an amazing place to be! Imagine saying 'that's my job'! That is incredible.

[Lion_Heart_]

All whales and dolphins are some of the most sacred beings to ever evist on our planet. It is the duty of us as humans to treat them with the highest kindness, compassion and respect.

[touremuhammad]

One of the very few places where Orcas & Humpbacks don’t hate each other’s guts.

[themufasausa]

2:34 Watch this moment! That fish shows us, 'When we are near death or in utter despair, don't give up! Use all your strength to rise again.'" 💪💪💪❤❤❤

[laromande]

Today I learnt the difference between a shoal of fish and a school of fish, thank you BBC!

[janakasanjaya]

Thank you very much for the video's

[KlausToth]

we got to protect these relatives of us, who are, as a book title once rightfully said, "the spirit in the deep".

[leahsyl]

That would be so exhilarating to be in the water capturing this dance that the orcas do to feed them all. Mind you, it’d also a bit intimidating when you see that huge male orca! 😳❤️

[Mrarson]

We got whales and orcas eating together before GTA 6

[CreamyItalian]

What great footage! It's amazing the gracefulness of these mammals. So majestic! How close do you really want to be to the herring as tons and tons of whales are ready to feed?

[bettertraining]

I always thought that humpback whales ate plankton?

[ng_react]

I think this narrator will wear Sir David Attenborough's shoes in the future.

[oldegrunt]

now this would be something to see that one could never forget

[bojiang]

I wonder if they could eat more when the background music played in the scene.

[WJen]

I don't understand what the orcas gain from this interaction with the whale. The humpback seems to get a nicely formed bait ball it can swallow up, but if the orcas are eating the herring too why wouldn't they just keep it for themselves? Does the humpback's presense benefit the orcas somehow?

[terre]

These are not the same as the orcas hunting whales. For instance the local orcas outside B. C. only eat salmon. The orcas that hunt whales are different pods in fact almost a different species and in Canada they call them transients.