Killer Whales Attack Pod of Narwhal | Nature on PBS

A group of 20 tagged killer whales traveling at fairly rapid speed is followed as they head straight toward the summer nursery grounds of a pod of narwhal and their young. The science team and film crew are stunned as they arrive to see the killer whales lunging at the beach, pinning the entire pod of narwhal in shallow water before devouring them all.

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[locomojoboy]

Humans are very lucky that we're not on the killer whales' prey list.

[soulassassing]

the wolves of the sea vs the unicorns of the sea :D

[rebburtew]

The conclusion was so anti-climatic after all the build up.

[b.landen]

1:59 Wow that fin is so magnificent and majestic, that must be Papa orca.

[Disinfctant]

If narwhals were any more intelligent they'd skewer those whales. That horn could fuck shit up

[SSgtRobertMorris]

"I don't have to be faster than the killer whale, I just have to be faster than you."

[muffintop]

If only they could film the hunt underwater so we could see what was happening.

[baronungern]

Killer Whales are such beautiful creatures in the wild.

[Jkobe]

they literally ended the video when it was about to get good. wtf

[RM-vwov]

Oh wow. So could mass beaching of dolphins and whales be partially attributed to this herding behaviour of the killer whales?

[cupcake]

1:40 "Probably the most terrifying predator since tyrannosaurus rex." Second to humans, yes.

[fitterkrueger]

Nobody:
Orcas: let me attack this thing I just met

[amberlynn]

Everyone in the comments asking why the narwhals aren't using their "horn". Its a tooth and is quite sensitive actually, having nerves I believe on the outside unlike our teeth that have them in. The tooth is used to "taste" the water around them for temp changes etc. Males also use it to technically duel to win a mate as well. I'm pretty sure the tooth is flexible as well, i think one foot every direction, not making it sturdy. The narwhals can't just stab the orcas like its nothing atm, therefore making it hard to defend itself. Yet adaptation occurs and over time if pods of orcas keep attacking narwhals frequently then in the course of 100-3000 years narwhals will adapt, or natural selection really, to be able to use their tooth as a weapon to fight off the orcas. The tooth hardly sensitive, sturdy, and able to puncture something like an orca. So there you go sorry its long XD

[bawslegaspi]

Narwhals are better than killer whales

That’s my opinion

[balzonurchin]

This is perfect. I clicked on this video to precisely _not_ to watch the attack. Obviously nobody clicking on this would want to watch that.

[TheDohuythanh]

NARWHALS
NARWHALS
SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN

[youcouldvebeengettingdownt]

I love it when orcas exhale (what’s the proper term for that?) and swim in an orcastrated manner

[Levi-qrds]

Narwhal fans belike: *a narwhal can kill 50 pod of orcas with their tusk*

[anthonyrymer]

Damn it! It cuts off at the best part! When the Orca's FEAST!

[tamojitray]

NARWHALS!NARWHALS!SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN.