Video: Group of killer whales attack whale for several hours, leaving it badly injured | the Chronicle

“The orcs were in full attack mode and the hunchback was desperately trying to protect himselfSaid Gemma Sharp, director of Whale Watch Western Australia, a whale watching and eco-tourism company.

Typically, Sharp and his team spot killer whales, blue whales, humpback whales, or southern right whales. He argues that killer whales hunt different animals, including beaked whales, for food. But it says that I had never seen an attack of this nature.

More than 30 kilometers from the coast, they noticed that 15 killer whales had emerged from the surface and were starting to attack a humpback whale. “Usually they don’t challenge each other this way, but the whale was also alone and I think the killer whales were hoping that I had no experience“, reports.

“The humpback whale was a healthy youngster, at least 2-3 years old. He was healthy and incredibly strong. Every time they caught him he would slide his cock side to side to dislodge them“According to Sharp, the whale took refuge under his boat for an hour while the orca tried to move him from there.

However, the scene continued. A group of what appears to be bull sharks He started to turn under the boat, drawn to blood, which caused the killer whale to retreat and one of the pods moved away from the spot.

When the whale tried to get away from the boat, one of the killer whales pushed it back into the trap. The male of the pack tried to charge her, but failed to affect her. So the killer whales realized that they didn’t have the strength to fight the whale and they started to walk away.

When the hunt was over, the humpback “came ashore as fast as it could,” said Sharp. “They removed the fin [dorsal], but the caudal fins and pecs were fine, which is important. If they are exhaling blood, it’s still a real problem, but there was none of it. At one point we thought he wouldn’t, but it has demonstrated its ability to recover ”, concluded.