While an orca versus whale shark matchup may seem like an epic battle, the orcas make easy work of the gentle giants. “The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to body mass. The brain is ...
For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species of fish on Earth. This graphic footage proves that whale sharks are a ...
The adult male killer whale Moctezuma and five other killer whales (two adult females, two juveniles, one calf), in the vicinity of the juvenile whale shark, measuring around 6 meters. The whale shark ...
The orca attacks appear to be led by a large adult ... have learned how to hunt whale sharks — the world's largest shark species — and their tactics are brutal. One male individual was present ...