A viral video shows an orca ramming and killing an ocean sunfish in open water in a dramatic and violent encounter. The footage appears to capture the killer whale striking the large fish at speed and then interacting with it as pieces float in the sea, a behaviour that observers say may be part of orca predation or social interaction with this unusual prey species. Scientists have documented that orcas sometimes target sunfish and sometimes dismember them, although it’s not always clear whether
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A viral video shows an orca ramming and killing an ocean sunfish in open water in a dramatic and violent encounter. The footage appears to capture the killer whale striking the large fish at speed and then interacting with it as pieces float in the sea, a behaviour that observers say may be part of orca predation or social interaction with this unusual prey species. Scientists have documented that orcas sometimes target sunfish and sometimes dismember them, although it’s not always clear whether
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