Killer Whales attack Minke www.trinityeco-tours.com

Skipper Bob Bartlett of Trinity Eco-tours (www.trinityeco-tours.com) took us out for a memorable day on the water. Definitely was a once in a lifetime experience!!

See more footage on our website www.trinityeco-tours.com)

Make sure that you check out my other videos. They are of the same pod.

Sad to see, but this is life.

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• Killer Whale
• Attack
• Minke
• Newfoundland
• trinity

[kristen441]

what the hell are they attacking?

[126Sparkle]

@kristen441 a minke whale. 

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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??

[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.

[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

[CinnamonCanolli]

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

[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.