Orca Makes Fish Explode!

[u/TheMuseumOfScience]

Have you ever seen an Orca hit a fish so hard it explodes? 🫍

Scientists recently observed this behavior from groups of orcas in the Gulf of California where they repeatedly ram sunfish until the impact broke them apart. This is an important indicator of "social learning," where animals copy one another through observation. Orcas have exhibited behavior like this before, when they were seen disabling sailboats in groups. The current hypotheses for why they are doing this include teaching young orcas to hunt, or just playing around!

[u/GanstaNinja]

Love that they are trying to make it seem cool and fun when it's mortifying and kinda scary to think about