Killer Whales attack Minke www.trinityeco-tours.com

[kristen441]

what the hell are they attacking?

[126Sparkle]

@kristen441 a minke whale.

[sushanalone]

awesome video and lucky you to observe this. Tx for sharing good job.

[APsupportsTerrorism]

"Probably the most intelligent animal on the planet along with humans"

Brain Weight as % of Body Weight

human 2.10

killer whale 0.09

Not "smart" like humans, just incredibly well evolved by nature as an apex predator.

[CuppleCake]

I live in St. John's, and my father keeps bugging me to play this for him, I saw this just too many times.. It's still amazing though, more than less.

But did people know that when they played this on NTV news, The news station actually paid them like 20 bucks .. maybe more =P

[126Sparkle]

@CuppleCake No, I was not paid anything for this video. There was no one on the boat that had video other than myself. As well, there were no other boats in the area at the time the video was taken. There might have been other videos of other instances, but not of this instance.

NTV never even contacted me or the owner of the boat about this sighting.

[scrubjay93]

Since they remain in these stable family pods their entire life, they are believed to have a type of "culture" wherein they pass on information to their young. Adults can live to almost 100 (we have a few here in Washington believed to be in their 80s and 90s), so in only a few generations they have seen a lot of the development of human colonization and civilization. One wonders if they tell stories of us and whether that is why they don't hurt humans.

[scrubjay93]

Holy cow! With all the boat movement, it is amazing you caught those images. Probably the most intelligent animal on the planet along with humans. Hard to see them killing another species of whale or any sea mammal, but their intelligence doesn't mean they developed any sort of empathy or compassion for other whales. It's fascinating that orcas have never attacked humans in the wild, or if so, maybe once or twice and that's it.

[CinnamonCanolli]

@scrubjay93 think of an Orca's mentality towards humans like that of a lion. Lions do not hunt human but if agitated or desperate, they will. I'm guessing if the orca's have a few, bad days and sees a human in the water -- there's be a nasty outcome. As for attacking other whales -- they've been doing this for years. The first time I've heard of it was an attack on porpoises. It doesn't help that we steal their food and maybe some just like to hunt a more difficult prey to take down

[cjd6111111]

im a nefei and this is what me and de bys do every night goes down to the middle cove a throws rock at the whales to get them to fight

[CinnamonCanolli]

@cjd6111111 I hope you fall in the water, one day :]

[Khadaj32]

My mom lives in Newfie, and I took a boat tour to see whales and puffins when I visited her two years ago. Only saw a few Minke tails though, nothing like this. Incredible.

[geofrench6]

I forgot to mention Pygmy right whales. They're really the smallest of the baleen whales. However, because they're less abundant in our waters, I totally forgot about them... :)

[geofrench6]

@justin0993: A minke, actually, is the smallest of the baleen whales. Unlike dolphins and orcas (sperm whales, etc) who have teeth and chew things, baleen whales strain their food (humpbacks, blue whales, fins, minkes).

This is a cool video. NL is gorgeous.

[LEAF5440]

MOTHER NATURE AT HER BEST!!!!!!!!

[goosebayboy]

Both Beautiul animals , but it's a part of life

[duval0033]

there were 2 more minke whales killed today in bull arm, trinity bay

[APsupportsTerrorism]

Yummm. Those Orcas sure have good taste.

Minke whale. It does a body good.

[Kennuckle1]

Interesting. I have a house there.

[MasterJabob4657]

Thats my daddy! :D

[MasterJabob4657]

Thats my daddy! ^_^

[126Sparkle]

Please note: Many comments have been removed as they were spam or had nothing to do with this video. If I removed your valid comment, it was in error!!

Thanks!

[AshleeReign]

Wow. I just read an article about this last night. It's amazing. There's been some Belugas down around where I'm from for years, but I had no idea there were Orcas swimming in our waters. It's amazing to watch.

[HIPHOPisinDANGER]

Flavor Flav would say:

Them whales evolvin' into sharks! boiiiiii!

[RDC19711]

I was raised in NL , lived here all my life but this is the first time I have seen this. and yes I have been in a boat before, this is not some thing you see every day even if you live here. sharks, killer whales, giant squid, giant blue lobster, useless government officials, we see it all. you just dont see a feeding like this very often. just part of the reward for living here.

[mumra1st]

This is life in the raw. Never hurts to be reminded of reality.

[ronofontario]

Rather have the orcas killing to survive or man hunting for money...



[xxNuffSaid]

Admit it, for the good first half of this video, you were staring at the screen, moving with the camera and watching every time you saw a bit a whale, then finally the attacked happened for like 5-10 seconds and you're like..."Oh, cool".

[BeeRich33]

Why can't killer whales just be vegans? Just kidding.

[hypecolor]

Haters gonna hate, Killers gonna kill

[IntentionaI]

Its life, move on.

[MrTubesnake]

I guess that's why they are called killer whales...

[myusernameistaken23]

I guess the next Minke whale will think twice about humping a killer whale =)

[KaptKan1]

Those orcas have to eat just like everybody else. Of course the "vegans" will get after them and try to persuade them to only eat seaweed... I wonder if killer whales like the taste of vegans?

[RDC19711]

only in good old NFLD! best whale footage ever!

[oleHABSole]

2 hours later these people are eating chiken for dinner lol

[charlievrw]

@devonh00 Ah, Thank you I read everywhere but the title.

[ghidfg]

thought it said "attacks mike" but whats a minke???

[EpicRandomGirl]

@ghidfg A smaller whale

[Justin0993]

@ghidfg i think a minke is liek another word for dolphyn or somehting

[charlievrw]

Where was this?

[LetterheadExperiment]

Maybe the minke owed them money

[thebellrang]

@PrinceEasy

There were no hardcore newfie accents in that vid or we'd need subtitles.

[kurtieboy4]

fuck you whale, dose motha fucas drop da atom bomb.

[monster66644]

@kurtieboy4 to much southpark dude

[MrBlackFak]

Wow, killer whales a douche bags..

[angryinternetguy991]

@MrBlackFak humans do much worse.

[gonner709]

these orca's are probably the first of the marine refuges from the gulf too end up here...

[b3in]

Man everytime I hear a fellow newfy's voice on something other than real life I can totally understand how much of an accent we have.

[shannonautumn]

@b3in me too!

[FiveStarJosh]

I live in newfoundland pretty close to this place. ;D

[icimblind]

That's why they call them "killer whales". They are experts at killing other whales!

They are even known to take out white sharks. Watch it here on YT.

Some of the largest great white sharks have been caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island, could have something to do with the blue tunas and seal populations? Google great white sharks Prince Edward Island. I saw a massive male at Cove Head over 20 yrs ago. Unbelievable!

Still no research on G.W.S. here on PEI, why??

[longwanghung]

Next thing were gonna see is a Great White Shark jumping out of the water with a Harp Seal in its mouth.

[DaNoodleKing]

1:06 WOW LOL good video

[Sewermutt]

This reminds me of a funny joke:

A baby seal walked into a club.

[barter2056]

This is Awesome!

[guitayrplaya]

SAVE ONE WHALE SO A WHOLE GROUP OF OTHER WHALES WILL DIE.

I"M MISINFORMED AND I LIKE TO POST MY OPINION THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT ON THE INTERNETS.

PETA's real meaning: People Eating Tasty Animals.

Get with it, leave nature alone.

[squir]

@shannonautumn Obvious sarcasm detector in the shop?

[futon]

Nothing glorified here, it's nature, what's being glorified?

That's what wrong with everyone, people are appalled by what happens and has always happened in nature. It is life and death in nature.

[fuckutube15]

@futon your forgeting human nature LOL

[GTPseriesll]

I realize everything has to eat and survive! But to glorify this is gross!

[photonut69]

@GTPseriesll

i wouldnt call it glorifying so much as documenting, you've never watched a nature show? i don't know about you but i findi it highly interesting to see how animals have adapted to finding food over millions of years its either kill or be killed and this is just evidence of that nothing more nothing less, now if their was an ad prior to saying come watch this vicious killing filled with blood and guts then yeah i may be on your side but im gonna have to agree to disagree here

[larinanne]

loves it!

[MisterKeeping]

lah b'ye lah

[leestringer]

@shannonautumn

Oh my. It's called "ironic humour" dude. Look it up. And I am a Newfie by the way.

[shannonautumn]

@leestringer Didn't realize it was sarcasm..and I'm a Newfie too. I'm just used to PETA stickin their nose in about the seal hunt. And also living in AB dosen't make my sense of humor about "newfie" jokes any easier. Sorry Lee!

[leestringer]

@shannonautumn No problem

[Whadayaat1121]

is this near southport?

[leestringer]

I've had enough of this cruelty to Minkys from Newfie Killer Whales. I'M CALLING PETA!

[myusernameistaken23]

Lard Jezsus those fishies are vicious, by

[Staynergirl]

Friggin awesome, me son!

[NewfieTaz]

Wow. It is something I never thought I'd see happening off our coast!! And twice in as many weeks! We were out a few weeks ago in Witless Bay and saw nothing. But the guide had told us a pod of orca's had been through & scattered the whales.

[kirbyfan120]

wow just wow

[blackfoliage1]

Damn, that was intense.

[ub4meib4u2]

Where in Trinity Bay is this Video taken? We boat mostly between Ireland's Eye Upper Deer Harbour.

[wacb]

Pretty awesome to be caught on video like that. The Newfie accents are a nice touch, it's definitely much better than Oprah but and about on par with David Attenborough.

[briscophoto]

Incredible. I was there kayaking three days earlier (Aug 14th).

[krissydb]

ohwow !

never thought we had killer whales before !

this is awesomeee.

[jasonpaulgreen]

amazing.

[newfie8]

Nice Video!