Orcas may have been part of the sperm whale attack that inspired 'Moby Dick'

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Photo of orcas underwater on left and an animation of white whale from Moby Dick on right.
The crew of the whaleship Essex weren't just attacked by a sperm whale.

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Orcas sunk another boat and sailors are resorting to some very weird and wild ways to save their yachts

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The fin and head of a killer whale surface on the foreground between two small boats with forested mountains behind them.
An orca slightly breaches the water between two boats in Alaska.

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An orca mysteriously died thousands of miles from home after swallowing 7 sea otters whole

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Two otters cling to each other in the ocean.
Otter populations in the Commander Islands have been decreasing in recent years.

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Scientists have found the great white sharks that fled for their lives from gruesome liver-eating killer whale attacks

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A collage with a photo of a killer whale and a great white shark.
Killer whales hunt great white sharks in waters across the world.

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