Researchers filmed two orca hunts in the Gulf of California — one in 2020 and another in 2022. They show the pods attacking young great white sharks by flipping them on their backsides to stun them, then slicing their sides open to extract their livers. The team published the findings of their video studies in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

In one of the videos, all members of the pod share the pink liver fat while the rest of the shark’s body sinks into the ocean’s depths. During the hunt, a sea lion lurks, seemingly trying to sneak away with a free meal. But the orcas blow bubbles, apparently to deter the pest.

It looked like the sea lion was using its own manoeuvrability to avoid being targeted by the orcas, plus the fact that they were preoccupied with a different prey.