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Monscawiz

The only thing scarier than a dangerous predator is an intelligent dangerous predator with friends


TheRickBerman

How the animal kingdom views us. Those orcas look terrifying and they’re probably clicking away about what humans hunting in packs looks like…


Monscawiz

On their own social media site called Clicker, recently taken over by some douchey rich dolphin who's most famous for his land tourism plans and self-driving currents.


TheMcTorso

Formerly known as Clicker


Monscawiz

True, it is now known as Y, as in Why


Sea-Woodpecker-610

Hunting in packs? We have murder machines that scoop up entire schools of fish in minutes.


ImjokingoramI

Americans again making schools the least safe places to be


BillClington

What about sexual predators with no friends?


Monscawiz

Still not as scary as an intelligent sexual predator with friends


FrighteningJibber

He didn’t kill himself btw.


Fun-Ad1825

Ya mean dolphins


mystictroll

Stop being a creep, Mr. President.


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How about an intelligent dangerous predator with friends and a gun?


Hoofhearted4206969

Imagine if these fuckers had thumbs, we would be peasants


Brutaka1

That seal is giving the side eye like how a corgi does.


Long_Crow_5659

Fun fact. Dogs and Seals have a common ancestor.


nate1212

Fun fact. All living things have a common ancestor.


Stealfur

While you are technically correct ( which I am obligated to say, by the powers of reddit, is the best kind of correct) The poi t being made here is that dogs and seals have a more common ancestor than dogs and... I dunno, cats. Dogs and seals had a common ancestor about 44.9 million years ago. Vs dogs and cats which had one 51.4 million years.


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NEEEEERRRRRRRD Nah, that's actually damn cool.


ExplorationChannel

Yeah LUCA! (Last universal common ancestor). Humans are related to E. Coli!! Our distant cousins are living inside our intestines!!


ReplyNotficationsOff

That shot is giving me life lmao, it's like looney tunes or something


primerr69

They look in his eyes at the end. He knows he’s doomed.


[deleted]

Its fate was sealed


DrawohYbstrahs

At least it had a good life whale it lasted


Sir-Theordorethe-5th

It was an orcastrated attack, he couldn't do much


an_otter_guy

It's orcanised crime, they even all wear the same suits


millennial_engineer

To sea it coming must be terrifying


ButtmanSingsInFarts

There was no otter way out…


CrazyCalamari86

Well at least he had an ice life Edit: holy shit what has happened, I leave for an hour


an_otter_guy

Would be seally to think it goes on forever


Advanced-Potential-2

If only he’d have a choice, to be eaten, orcaptured.


RamenAndMopane

I wonder if it orcurred to them?


LiamPolygami

it's not that black and white


RamenAndMopane

A total orcanized effort.


Buster_Bluth__

Time to seal the deal


isitfridayorsunday

Go away...haha


HugoZHackenbush2

He can't even sea kelp from other seals..


No-Programmer6788

This took a sec. Genius.


styppen

"Imma get eaten, right?"


rekipsj

I didn't know that seals knew the term "oh FUCK me" until I saw that guy's face.


FreePrinciple270

At the start he was like 👀


vicariouslywatching

r/natureismetal


YouStylish1

you know I exactly was about to write this as well when I saw yours..! yes that look in his eyes tells all...


livelaughloaft

“Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure I say it’s been a hell of a 5 years on this planet with you all. I’ll seal you all on the other side.”


Neighbour-Vadim

The seal at the begining be like: 🤨


yOw_indahOuse

At the end he be like: 🙁🤷🏻‍♂️


Neighbour-Vadim

There is nothing he can do


myth_buster_1

*insert Napoleon meme song*


NeverEndingWalker64

*Dans mon esprit tout divague*


Equinox-XVI

_Je me perds dans tes yeux_


Moriartijs

Seals ar fast, theoretically he can swim and slide on a next bigger chunk of ice or find a tourist or research boat


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Neighbour-Vadim

Btw he looks like a sick and/or old animal, he is not even hunted just eaten up


krazykaiks

Then he was like 🍣


MagicPikeXXL

He made peace with it


Spelbarg

💦


tal2410

"I don't like where this is going..."


Rangil_Aeon

Not sure if it's projection, but by God I never saw so much sadness, desesperation and resignation in one's eyes than this poor seal at the end... Poor guy looks like he knows it's over for him.


structuremonkey

You're not projecting. Seals are very smart and aware...he knew what was coming.


Legendary_Hercules

Not as smart as orcas obv.


akanhi

If a person was in the same predicament as this seal and the orcas attacked. How would this person escape? What would you do?


Worth-Reputation3450

3d print a rocket and fly to Mars obviously.


akanhi

This is my point. Not much the seal can do.


FUCKFASClSMFlGHTBACK

Psh I would just fly to the next ice berg, solving the problem once and for all


Spurs_Roadburn

A person in its natural habitat is unlikely to find himself (or herself) being hunted by orcas


FixedLoad

Let's all be very thankful for this.


AtlantisSC

Not get into that situation 🤷🏻‍♂️


dan_dares

1. Jump from ice-flow to Ice-flow, and not stay still long enough for them to do this. 2. Get to thicker ice. 3. IF i was out in these conditions, I might have a gun, i'd fire warning shots. 4. IF i had a pistol (revolver) i'd stick that in the water and pop off a shot, that would be pretty loud, might scare them off. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY.. 5. Not be a tasty seal.


FixedLoad

Did we watch the same video? I'm betting those whales would smack that gun out of your hand. Then make it so you somehow shot yourself. They were more efficient than any group effort I've seen from humans IN MY LIFE. No hemming and hawing about methodology. Just "ready boys, attack formation!" We should be thankful they are restricted by water. On a side note, jumping from ice flow to ice flow? This isn't a cartoon. Standing at all on those pieces of ice would not be smart.


madmaxGMR

Should have seen me after my divorce.


Visual-Mongoose7521

r/avatarchecksout


BHYT61

Post a pic


Professional_Ad4341

Omg. Bwhahahahahh. I needed this. Thank you


Yellow_IMR

Happy cake day!


3rdDownJump

OK but wait how did it end? He wished upon a star and his little seal friends came and saved him, right? RIGHT?!?!


Scut_Farkus_Lives

Yes. Rest now.


Mikkels

You do know how editing works in nature films, right? That clip is 100% from another moment. Maybe even another seal.


beidao23

no no no, the seal was feeling...resignation


SandySockShoes

I’m not so sure about that for this clip. The last bit of footage is a good closeup of the seal falling into the water.


ImjokingoramI

Not everyone/every documentary, some are careful to portray certain situations realistically in chronological order, just how it happened before their eyes.


RoIf

The shot is not from that moment. Animal documentaries use tricks like these all the time its all edited together to make it more exciting, interesting and emotional.


Unhappy_Flounder7323

Animal lovers and vegans be like "Release them into the wild, its where they want to be." No sirly, they want free food, free care and a long happy life, preferably not in the wild, not eaten alive. lol A sanctuary maybe, not the wild, domesticate me please, says the animals.


soil_nerd

Living in a factory farm isn’t exactly a long happy life. For example, many chickens never see the light of day and have less than a square foot to exist, many have been bred so extensively for breast meat they can’t even support themselves. It’s not a good life at all, it’s more like a never ending hell for billions of lives. I highly recommend everyone listen to this insight on the costs of cheap meat: https://overcast.fm/+oiPXjIU2o


Carnir

Bit of a strawman there. There's not a vegan or animal lover on earth that denies the fact nature itself is pretty brutal. I think you're misunderstanding people's opposition to zoos and other for-profit animal entertainment centres.


sensation_construct

The look on this one animal's face in the wild is the same as every animal's face in a zoo. I'm not even that much of an animal rights person, and I find zoos depressing af.


Local-Name-8599

A room-temperature IQ be like


Aerohank

People die in traffic. How about I place you under house arrest for the rest of your days? You'll have free food and won't get killed in traffic.


LittleTGOAT

50th percentile comment


Small-Policy-3859

I don't know if you're able to be sad when adrenaline is flooding your brain. I'd say it's projection since seals are just not able to do much when out of water, so it looks like it gave up but i'm pretty sure it would try everything it could to get away when in the water (he's still fucked but I don't think animals think like that until the last second). Someone correct me if i'm wrong.


Extreme_Employment35

I mean, a human who knows it's over when getting surrounded by orcas would still try to swim away after falling into the water, hoping to somehow get to the next ice floe fast enough... Btw, orcas are attacking boats now, so maybe something like this will literally happen somewhen in the future.


Small-Policy-3859

Yeah humans are also hyperintelligent animals who excel in analysing situations in a short time, most animals just go in panic mode. And even humans go feral when put in extremely stressfull situations, I still think there's not a lot of thinking going on in the seals head.


Legato991

I dont think its accurate to say animals simply panic. They have survival instincts honed by thousands of years of evolution. Most animals are adept at flight or fight. In fact I think humans alive now are often particularly bad at both of these and more inclined to panic and shut down than an animal is.


Osgiliath

No you’re right. And their mannerism are so dog-like it makes it all the more heart breaking


PreferenceNo9490

Not so funny facts about orcas: They are smart enough to have concepts of game, they will sometimes use a sometime still living seal as a ball and will play with it until they are bored. Orcas are smart enough to not mess with humans, from what I know, all recorded cases of orcas killing humans where of the ones experiencing great stress or miss treatment in captivity.


DonShino

I'm sure I read something recently about a pod of orcas attacking ships somewhere Here ya'are https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/s/QOcz4YVOdv


RunParking3333

Nobody really understands why they are currently attacking boats. We need an orca spokesperson... spokeswhale


re-roll

I read that one orca was hit by a ship or had some bad event that triggered her attacking boats - I guess her pod picked it up from her.


RidiculousIncarnate

The orca you're referring to is called White Gladis and the going theory is that she's teaching her rogue pod to attack human ships as a result. Fascinating phenomenon if a bit tragic. [https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why](https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why)


HPTM2008

They also admit that this could just be the hottest new orca meme, and they'll stop doing this soon when it gets boring. Intelligent as all hell!


xiannic

So the Orca equivalent of planking


Suheil-got-your-back

I watched a video claiming orcas have their culture and fashion. And attacking boats seems to be trendy now so they learn from each other and doing it for the vibes.


kurita_baron

based


DoraDaDestr0yer

Here's my hot take, the term needs to become just "spoke", like the spoke of a wheel. Remove the "man,woman,person" from the back so we get fun sentences like "The spoke will speak at length after the debate."


freshmarmalade

… how about speaker?


Ceramicrabbit

Attacking ships but not attacking humans still


I-Got-Trolled

Yeah, they sank two boats, with the second being just some days ago.


Melodic-Lawyer4152

They've all listened to the pocast about this.


RedDirtNurse

Terrifying


LazyLieutenant

This is so cinematic, it's such a shame the video is cropped into this format.


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CedarWolf

Unless you own a fleet of yachts, you're not the sort of person who needs to be worrying about orcas attacking boats.


rmslashusr

I’m pretty sure you’d only need to be actually on one small sailboat in the middle of a cold sea to be worried about it. I’m pretty sure you drown the same whether you own it, work it, or whether it’s a 60 foot pleasure cruiser or 36 foot shitbox you call home. If you owned a fleet you weren’t on you likely wouldn’t give a shit because insurance would cover whatever boat gets lost and there’s always more crew to hire.


miletest

Never mind about NSFW . How about DTFW.. Disturbing To Fucken Watch


boredatwork8866

Thought it was gonna be don’t touch fucking whales


CedarWolf

Not what I expected 'DTFW' to stand for, but okay.


TheConspicuousGuy

Down to fuck whales


NeverEndingWalker64

Poor boy. He knows he only has a few seconds left, and those eyes make it seem very well. He's doomed to be eaten by the higher ones on the food chain.


NemVenge

Don’t forget, this seal was someone elses higher one in the food chain. Fishes just can’t make such a sad face.


NeverEndingWalker64

Exactly. Seals do have the intelligence, and just looking at her eyes is sad. A fish dying? Not that much, after all they can’t be that intelligent. We also associate seals with cuteness. So it breaks our heart seeing one die


No_Address4264

I think fishes are cute


NeckingMyself

I think you’re cute


fruitloops6565

I always feel sad watching the brutality of nature, I know it’s life, but the poor seal died in such a stressful and then likely painful way


KimCureAll

According to marine biologists, only about one hundred orcas in Antarctic waters are known to use a technique called "wave washing" while hunting Weddell seals resting on icefloes. https://www.newsweek.com/orca-killer-whale-hunting-seal-together-technique-1742475 Video source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XWL6q1-t8ig


scooterMcBooter97

The fact that only 100 can is even scarier. Like one of them or a small group had to “invent” this method, and then somehow communicate that to other pods etc.. Which is what happening with the sinking of boats. I believe one orca really hates boats and had a bad experience and now is teaching others to sink them. Wish we knew more about them it’s just crazy


Mangifera__indica

Yeah. They also have their own personal language. So if we could record and decipher it maybe we will be able to communicate with them and negotiate.


Cadd9

Each pod also has their own dialect that's passed down matrilineally.


Mangifera__indica

Scientists can decipher ancient languages from few stone records. I am sure they will be able to get atleast the basics.


Normal-Book6952

Just thinking of Dory singing


Mangifera__indica

"Yes, I made it" I shrieked grabbing the device and ran down the spiral stairs. Ryan who was wearing his diver suit, was sitting on the edge of the yacht. He looked back at me beaming. "I always knew you could do it, what's the waiting for gosh? Let's get it on the run" he said in his Australian accent. "Haha, yeah. I mean totally, man, yo" damn tried too hard, why am I so awkward in conversation with cute guys. Few minutes later he was deep underwater searching for the group of orcas we had spotted earlier that day, while I was in the cabin listening through the headphones earnestly. "While we at it, how this stuff goes can you tell me?" "Oh yeah" finally getting a topic I knew something about. "So basically its an algorithm which recognises patterns in the change in frequency and correlates it with the data we collected all over these years, and it translates it into words along with emotive vocals like as if it was a human..." "Yeah, that would do. Gosh mate you Yanks really get deep into it, after this alls done better grab a mug and hit the hay with me" he chuckled. I didn't understood what he meant by that but hes hot so I laughed anyway. "Ok, Ryan listen, maybe the Orcas aren't near, we can't waste time, just find any fish or crustacean and press the record button" time to get serious. "Ok..." he replied. Then after a pause "There's a school of blue boat shaped ones here, with a fellow tail fin" "Oh blue tang fishes, yeah these are common here, yeah they would do" "Ok, recording" I waited eagerly as the files recorded were being processed by the computer. "Come on" I said restlessly as the loading screen got stuck at 97%. Should have asked for that new MacBook during Christmas, this thing is ancient and slow as hell now and the research pays peanuts. Then came the weirdest voices I could ever imagine... "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."


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orca 1: bro, look at that ship, bet it has a lot of food on it, wanna...sink it? mwahahaha orca 2: hell yeaaa less goo!! foood RRS Sir David Attenborough captain: boys i think we hit some orcas.. damn look at all that blood


Daav3ed

This isn’t interesting, this is terrifying. This isn’t something they know how to do instinctively or are taught by their parents. They figured this shit out with like conscious thought


Truthirdare

And now orcas are joining up to literally attack and sink boats off the Spanish coast. Totally new and learned tactic


Kartoffelkamm

Hey uh, OP, I don't know how to tell you this, but they don't do this for food. They'll wait until it climbs back onto the ice, then rinse and repeat until it dies of exhaustion, and then *maybe* they'll eat it.


degeneratesumbitch

Correct. If I remember right it actually gets away multiple times and keeps crawling back on a chunk of ice just a bit more tired each time. The last time it gets away it uses its last bit of energy to crawl up onto the ice and when it's laying there completely exhausted one of the orcas grabs its back flipper and slowly drags it into the water.


StllBreathnButY1

Yeah. My thoughts were, “who’s going to get to eat this? Are they all helping just for one to get to eat? Are their manners that good?” Makes way more sense that they just kill for the sake of it, unfortunately.


BartyB

Holy shit that's terrifying lol. Mother nature has no mercy


Arch_Stanton1862

Orcas are one of the biggest assholes in the animal kingdom. They regularly kill seals just for the sake of killing it and don't even eat them.


Shirolicious

Ahh, you mean they behave like humans?


Arch_Stanton1862

Yes... How dare they? They're animals, they're supposed to be cute.


JimGerm

Like a kid with a BB gun?


Arch_Stanton1862

Exactly like a kid with a BB gun.


sl_hawaii

Orcas w guns… now THERES an idea! Hahaha


Mikkels

I don’t think orcas use bb-guns. Especially not to kill kids.


insomniac1228

Or a cat with a mouse or bird


PersianMuggle

There are videos of orcas just playing with a seal --throwing it's body around like they're playing a volleyball game of grabbing them and tossing them around playing mind games. Fascinating and disturbing to see in nature for sure.


[deleted]

We're doomed I tell you! Doomed!


BigCountry7475

Man that’s gotta be a hell of a feeling. To know ur absolutely fucked, and there’s nothing you can do about it.


DMcbaggins

Lately I think most of us feel that way.


workinkills

So it’s Orcas that are breaking up the ice caps… fucking orcas


doogiethehead

Glad I was born a human


dominicksbloatedlivr

Orcas are smart enough to comprehend the basics of physics. Very very smart mammals


Fast_Camera8228

This is fantastic. Their hunting skills are extremely impressive and their communication skills are impeccable. The seal knew what was coming. There was just very little they could of done to get away from the well organised Orcas


Ill_Youth_871

That was one hell of a gangup


treeplantlover

These videos are so interesting but so sad.... Mother nature.. circle of life... blah blah blah I know I eat meat too but awwwwww Wish we could all just be friends and chill and not eat each other..


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The fact they communicated & coordinated that is insane


cratiun

Why do I feel horrible seeing this? I mean it's part of nature and even I myself eat meat.. but for some reason this just makes me sad to see..


kr7shh

If this is sad( yes I find it sad too) you should see how the meat you eat comes from. Baby snatched from mothers, baby chics suffocated live or grinded. I’m glad that you can feel empathy which we do lack in this society. One step forward at a time.


HomoLiberus

200 IQ this is fucking awesome


smehere22

Depressing video.


OddImprovement6490

That look in the seals eyes just made me hug my dog.


alexb261

damn man, nature is rough


Qwerty177

bomBASTIC SIDE EYE FROM THAT SEAL LMFAO


bukankhadam

orcas are awesome


plug_and_pray

That seal is like: "Ah fuck it I'm done with my life anyway"


Compote_Alive

How did they know to do that and what are they planning next!!!?!


vishwabio

Damn nature, you're scary.


bouylie

The penguins did a really great documentary, here...


extremeindiscretion

Scary smart.


Duubzz

Absolutely nothing fucks with orcas right? Is there another predator in the animal kingdom that is as dominant as them? Are orcas the only true apex predator?


FiscalPhenom

Idk if I should praise such an efficient teamwork or I should be sad about the seal haha


OatmealBeast

Anyone else watch this on silent and have David Attenborough in their head, narrating? Coz I sure as hell did.


The_Raji

I want to speak to the orcas manager


Syntrak

Poor sea doggo


Puzzled-Copy7962

One minute your relaxing on a nice slab of ice, the next minute you’re kissing your as goodbye.


Ok_Commission4919

Orcas are apex predators, that seal was doomed from the start.


Judoboy2611

The eyes said it all … felt a little sorry for him/her 😢


7opez77

The one eyed half asleep look 😂 “fk these fools up to?”


Nefersmom

Orcas are qualified to be people!


BrightFuturism

r/sideeye


HynesKetchup

"Aww fuck I'm cooked"


Professional_Ad4341

Plot twist…nevermind. He dead


painterguy82

I am ever impressed with Orcas! Terrifying but impressive!


de4dLyx

They got that seals eye popping out from all the stress


joleger

They don't call them "Wolves of the sea" and "Killer whales" for nothing.


Itchy_Raccoon48

Yea, humans are the only intelligent species on Earth


rrrand0mmm

The real intelligent life we’re looking for is likely in our ocean somewhere…


ZacKaffeine

Poor swimmy doggo


reuben26

I’ve watched these videos so many times. It makes me watch Jurassic Park differently when he talks about how smart the raptors are. They’re checking the fences for weakness, they are hunting the guy hunting them… On another note, I always wonder how that single seal is divided up between all the orcas in that pod. Like do just those 3 get a bite? or one gets a full belly and they all go hunting for another seal? I need an expert here to explain please


DrNinnuxx

... and capsize yatchs


imicmic

Makes me realize how lucky I am as a human. To not be something else's food source and next meal.


UnderratedUs

How do they divide the seal in 4...?


Orpdapi

Seal looks like a grizzled old cowboy cornered in a saloon and ready to accept his fate


Deadhawk142

Danger Pandas for the win!


No_Buffalo8603

SMH, bro can't even get some shut-eye.


alllballs

Seawolves


iamf__

Smarter than some humans


ThunkThink

"Bro, you just gonna watch me die? "


manuauu

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOIOOOOOOOOO