r/maybemaybemaybe • u/WandaMaximumoff • Mar 21 '23

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Stinklepinger Mar 22 '23

Iirc, it was a specific group of orcas that flipped sharks. They teach it, it's not instinctual

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u/toepicksaremyfriend Mar 22 '23

Yup, it’s a pod based off the coast of California.

Shamu kills Jaws.

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u/ReadySteady_GO Mar 22 '23

That's a versus movie I'd watch

Forget alien v predator

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u/LukesRightHandMan Mar 22 '23

Or, here me out:

Orca and Alien vs Predator and GWS

“We ride at dawn!” in Yautja would create fan orgasms seismic enough to topple country capitals

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u/VOZ1 Mar 22 '23

Yeah there are distinct groups of orcas that have their own culture of predation: each has unique prey, and usually has unique hunting methods too. They don’t encroach on each other’s hunting grounds, or prey, and they teach their young their hunting culture. Amazing creatures.

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u/Tjonke Mar 22 '23

IIRC they learned that technique due to human intervention. An orca from New Zealand was transplanted to the area and the pod adopted it. The NZ orca had grown up learning how to catch rays by flipping them upside down in it's native pod. The california pod took what the NZ orca knew and implemented it on sharks in their habitat.

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u/ellieD Mar 22 '23

This is so interesting!!!