Current:Home > MyOrcas are hunting whale sharks. Is there anything they can't take down? -Wealth Legacy Solutions
Orcas are hunting whale sharks. Is there anything they can't take down?
View
Date:2025-04-13 02:24:31
Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can.
Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them. Generally, whale sharks have few predators to worry about, being the largest fish species on the planet. The gentle giants, which eat tiny plankton, can grow as long as a school bus. Still, killer whales have developed a way to take them down, which researchers documented in video footage.
veryGood! (5951)
Related
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
Ranking
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
- Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Recommendation
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return