Rare video shows an orca ripping open a 30-foot-long whale shark before feasting on its liver

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An annotated image shows an orca pulling out the liver from a whale shark.
An annotated still from the video. Divers have captured rare footage of a killer whale ripping out the liver from a shark.

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Photos show a female orca swimming with adopted baby pilot whale in unique case, scientists say

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The orca female and pilot whale calf.
The orca female and pilot whale calf.

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  • A female orca appeared to adopt a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind.
  • Scientists observed the orca caring for the calf in western Iceland in 2021, a new study says.
  • The study noted that the orca had never had a calf of her own.

     

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