Killer whales live up to name in bloodbath off Bremer Bay - Sensationalist Headlines

[t]http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/9349546-3x2-940x627.jpg[/t] [quote=ABC News]What started as a tour like any other on WA's south coast quickly turned into a scene of slaughter at the weekend, demonstrating the awesome power of the apex predator of the ocean. Tourists witnessed the dramatic sight on Saturday when a group left from Bremer Bay to a usual whale-watching site at the edge of the continental shelf, 60km out to sea. Naturaliste Charters marine biologist Kirsty Alexander said the tour group soon came across a pod of familiar killer whales. They backed off to make sure the animals were comfortable with the boat's presence, when they noticed a group in the distance beginning to porpoise. "So what they're doing is they're basically creating … these huge bow waves as they rocket out the front of the swell," she said. "They do that because it's a quick way to travel really. They're using the forward motion of the waves and they were absolutely flying." As the boat moved towards them, killer whales came in from all directions. [b]"They really began to pick up speed, but towards both of our port and starboard sides, and behind us in our wake we could just see more and more animals rocketing in towards this central point that was just beyond the horizon," Ms Alexander said. She said three pods totalling about 30 killer whales were in view when there was an eruption of white water. "We knew they had something," she said. "As we watched we could actually just see the blood pool form on the surface, so [we knew] they did have a large mammal at that stage."[/b][/quote] Read more at [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-22/killer-whales-live-up-to-name-in-bloodbath-off-wa-coast/9349544[/url]

I can't believe people still get surprised It's in their name :v:

Killer whales are scary son, they are quite clever and meticulous killers [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDZZj6By3Y[/media]

When I went whale watching about 10 years ago we got lucky enough to see them hunt a sea lion. They had a baby with them teaching it how to hunt. It was pretty damn cool.

Jack the Flipper strikes again!

#DONTFREEWILLY2018

we need to stop this mammal on mammal violence

Orcas are awesome. They’re like submarines with teeth

the old indigenous considered killer whales to be strong spirits

Killer Whales are completely fucking insane. It’s honestly fucking incredible we even manage to capture these things and put them in tanks(which is also extremely cruel). Their intelligence and cunning is one of the highest in the animal kingdom. Their deadliness in water hunting earns them the right to be the apex predator of the ocean.

Killer whales could easily fucking kill humans but they seldom if at all do so in the wild. Heck the only times people have reportedly died due to killer whale attacks is when ones in captivity do things to their trainers.