Orcas filmed ramming one of the world's heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-orcas-ramming-world-heaviest-fish.html

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Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 22d (3 replies)

The video is kinda amazing and also from the article

The sunfish were already dead in both events, so the ramming is thought to be a processing technique rather than a means of delivering a killing blow.

ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 22d

The trend may start with a dead fish but underwater, all slopes are slippery.

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 22d

Oh they weren't eating that. Nobody eats sunfish, they're basically made out keratin other shitty inedible proteins. Thatwas done for the love of the game

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 22d

Even the researchers sound like they prefer the "play" explanation, though.

This is pretty much red rover underwater.

Abyssian@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 22d

"Fuck you. lol." - Orcas

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 22d

Imagine if you were the aquatic equivalent of the One Punch Man. Most people think with such power they would be responsible and act morally but Orcas make me think otherwise

Mpatch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d (1 reply)

Look mommy it's snowing.