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Photo shows 'massive' great white shark scarred after rare battle with 2 serial killer orcas
By Hannah Osborne published
A pair of orcas off the coast of South Africa have been ripping open sharks and feasting on their livers for the last eight years. A great white shark that survived an attack by the serial killer brothers has now been identified through huge scars across its massive body.
2 orcas slaughter 19 sharks in a single day in South Africa, eating their livers and leaving them to rot
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
An orca killing spree continues in South Africa. Their target: shark livers.
Orca appears to adopt (or abduct) a baby pilot whale
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have recorded an orca swimming with a pilot whale calf in a possible interspecies adoption, but how the two came together is a mystery.
Orca males are burnouts who let their moms do all the hunting, surprising study finds
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Mama orcas are forgoing having more young and instead dote on their existing sons.
Grisly new footage shows orcas attacking a great white shark and eating its liver
By Brandon Specktor last updated
Newly released video shows a gang of killer whales in South Africa attack and slaughter a great white shark.
Orcas: Facts about killer whales
By Alina Bradford, Patrick Pester last updated
reference Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphin family.
Orcas and humpbacks clash in a violent melee of breaching and biting
By Harry Baker last updated
Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed an intense showdown between a group of 15 transient killer whales and a pair of female humpback whales in the Salish Sea.
Orcas are attacking boats near Europe. It might be a fad.
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
Orcas are snapping the rudders off boats near Europe, and it may be a cetacean fad.
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