Dolphins and Orcas don't have advanced tecnology, because they don't have hands nor fire, needed to develope it. But they have a way higher social itelligence as the humans.
Hank Green did a video about Sunfish and apparently they are mostly collagen which is not very nutritious so most things don't bother eating or hunting them so it's quite possible the orcas just do it for fun. I think the article speculates that breaking the Sunfish into small pieces might help young orcas to eat it more easily though so it's a bit unknown I think
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DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 32d
Just to fuck with you all a little. What if they are doing it because its fun to watch it explode?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 32d
That’s the reason. Dolphins also pick on fish just because it entertains them.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 32d
Maybe. There was a orca calf that fed on the exploded bits, while the adults left the small parts for it and only ate the bigger parts.
They made baby food.
spinne@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 32d
The orca who came up with this was a genius.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 32d
I wouldn't put it past them
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
Probably. Orcas can behave in quite a human manner sometimes.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 31d
Dolphins and Orcas don't have advanced tecnology, because they don't have hands nor fire, needed to develope it. But they have a way higher social itelligence as the humans.
Squibbles@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 31d
Hank Green did a video about Sunfish and apparently they are mostly collagen which is not very nutritious so most things don't bother eating or hunting them so it's quite possible the orcas just do it for fun. I think the article speculates that breaking the Sunfish into small pieces might help young orcas to eat it more easily though so it's a bit unknown I think
waldfee@feddit.org · 39 pts · 32d
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 32d
Flashbacks to the Invincible train scene.
Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 32d
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 30d
Human weed-whacker
Town@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 32d
Looks like it's just some fun target practice for them.
ZeroCool@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 32d
“If you can explode a sunfish you can sink a yacht” - Orca Proverb
dan69@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 32d
Any science sauce of what’s happened
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 32d
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 32d
I think sunfish are basically full of fart gases to help them float so it’d be like letting off a chemical weapon.
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 30d
Exploding is a quick and probably mostly painless death.
Orcas are such nice and ethical creatures!
spinne@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 28d
The mola was already dead
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
Good. I hate sunfish
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 31d
Orcas are such assholes, but in the best way possible.