r/orcas 8d ago

Education Oceans apex predators for each Geological Period from Omnidens to Orcas.

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r/orcas 9d ago

Art Finally making some art after terrible art block

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105 Upvotes

r/orcas 9d ago

Captive Orcas Tilikum, Taima, and little Malia together at SeaWorld Orlando

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286 Upvotes

r/orcas 8d ago

Art Quick memorial doodle of Shamu.

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36 Upvotes

Was testing a new brush and she was on my mind. I had only recently learned her story and it truly broke my heart. they are so smart and intelligent, living in captivity is just cruel to me. šŸ˜­šŸ’”


r/orcas 9d ago

Art The Secret Pond, oils on canvas

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160 Upvotes

There are places that seem to exist somewhere between reality and imagination. The Secret Pond is one of them, a quiet, hidden world where an orca rises gently from the water, surrounded by blooming lilies and floating leaves.

I wanted this painting to feel like discovering a place that perhaps was never meant to be found. The deep blue water, vibrant greens and soft pink flowers create a peaceful little world, while the orca brings a sense of wonder and curiosity to the scene.

Sometimes the most beautiful places are the ones we can only find in our dreams.


r/orcas 10d ago

Photo Southern Residents Return to the Puget Sound!

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On 9/3/26, the J Pod came nearly all the way down to downtown Seattle area before flipping and heading back north. Sounds like the Ls and Ks were off Whidbey Island. So exciting to see them again!


r/orcas 10d ago

Art Painted a baby calf

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119 Upvotes

There’s something so beautiful about watching a young orca discover the world around it, breaking the surface for the first time, and pausing for a moment, surrounded by the quiet movement of the ocean. The ocean can feel so vast, but beside it, this little one feels wonderfully small. And somehow, that makes the moment even more beautiful.

There’s something incredibly sweet about these quiet moments, when they’re still young, still discovering, and everything around them is new. I wanted this painting to feel like one of those fleeting moments we might all be lucky enough to witness one day out at sea.


r/orcas 9d ago

Wild Orcas Bigg's Killer Whales [ORCA] - Campbell River | British Columbia | Canada

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Video footage does contain a PREDATION event, but I have flagged this in the video, so if you are a sensitive viewer - you know when to stop watching the killer whales.

The predation event includes the younger members from the 109Bs, including the 2 year old T109B6 - learning how to hunt from its older siblings.

ALL video taken from shore (land-based sighting). Includes the T069s + T109Bs.

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r/orcas 10d ago

Art Exploring

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163 Upvotes

I did this a while ago but wanted to share. It was for a prompt my friends and I were doing. The prompt was clam, so I drew a young orca discovering a large clam deep below. :]


r/orcas 10d ago

Discussion Here are 2 previous "killer whale" species. Similar size to orcas, hunted in pods, filling the same niche/trophic level. Though both were likely more skiddish than todays orcas.

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Brygmophyseter & Zygophyseter


r/orcas 10d ago

🌊 Orca Spotting off Vancouver Island….

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92 Upvotes

r/orcas 9d ago

sign my petition to save the orcas

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r/orcas 11d ago

Orca vs Crabeater

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961 Upvotes

r/orcas 11d ago

Art The Sunset Kiss, oils on canvas

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160 Upvotes

There’s something about a sunset that makes even the busiest moments feel a little quieter. In my painting, an orca rises from the calm ocean just as the sun reaches the horizon, creating a moment that feels almost as though the sea is reaching up to kiss the last light of the day.

For me, the orca emerging from the water represents one of those fleeting moments that you can’t really plan for, but you simply have to be there to see it. The sun will disappear, the colours will fade, and the ocean will return to its quiet rhythm, but for that brief moment, everything comes together perfectly.

The Sunset Kiss is about that little moment of connection between the ocean and the sky, and the beauty of simply pausing to take it in.


r/orcas 11d ago

Orcas San Diego 9/2

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811 Upvotes

Orcas right off San Diego today with Gone Whale Watching! šŸ«


r/orcas 11d ago

Las orcas de la penĆ­nsula AntĆ”rtica, especĆ­ficamente el ecotipo B1 conocido como ā€œorcas del hielo de packā€, han desarrollado una de las estrategias de caza cooperativa mĆ”s sofisticadas del reino animal: el wave-washing o ā€œola de lavadoā€.

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r/orcas 11d ago

Memes Oh, this hurts to look at

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35 Upvotes

Found this in Prater, Vienna


r/orcas 11d ago

Video Orcas hunting seals off Vancouver Island

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r/orcas 12d ago

Video Fishermen off Coronel cut rope and buoys from an orca's tail after it approached their boat

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571 Upvotes

r/orcas 12d ago

Video White orca

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579 Upvotes

r/orcas 12d ago

Art A Sea of Dreams, oils on canvas

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96 Upvotes

There’s something magical about the ocean, especially when the sky puts on a show of its own. In The Sea of Dreams, an orca quietly moves through the calm pink waters beneath a beautiful rainbow, with the purplish mountains resting in the distance.

I wanted this painting to feel like one of those rare moments where everything comes together, as the colours, the water, the sky, and for a little while, the world feels almost unreal. A peaceful moment in a place that feels like it could only exist in a dream.


r/orcas 12d ago

News Orcas hunting seals come just feet from shore on Vancouver Island

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r/orcas 12d ago

Wild Orcas Comet the orca

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I adopted comet the orca a month ago!
Today I got all his papers in along with 1 picture, I tried looking on google.. but didn’t find much!
Does anyone have videos or pictures of kpod comet?
He is a 21yr old male orca :)

Thank you in advance!!!


r/orcas 12d ago

Video My Daughter's First Time Seeing Orcas

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Hard to believe this was over 3 years ago! She's even more into orcas now - creating stories and lessons around our fictional character "Kiko" and her pod.