Orcas hunting dolphins - Orcas cazando delfines

Recorded in Monterey Bay, California, during a bird watching trip with Shearwater Journeys. If you are ever in Monterey, you have to get on one of their trips. (www.shearwaterjourneys.com).
The video shows a group of Orcas hunting a group of dolphins. You can see the Orcas and dolphins jump completely out of the water. there are some spectacular shots (around 4:12 and 5:00). The whole thing lasted about 20 minutes. In the end, the Orcas got their lunch. Not sure how many dolphins they got, but it was at least a couple. I thought dolphins could outswim orcas, but I guess the orcas are faster. They attacked them like a pack of wolves, surrounding the dolphins and tiring them out. It was amazing to watch it as it happened.

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• Orca
• killer
• whale
• dolphin
• delfin
• ballena
• monterey
• bay
• shearwater

[djgymnast07]

is there a reason why ur laughing?..this dolphin is dying a very slow death and ur laughing...

[manolodorecho]

I was laughing, as was everyone else, because I could not believe was I was seeing. Being able to see orcas jump clean out of the water like that chasing prey is incredibly rare. We won't see something like that ever again. We all wanted the dolphins to escape. But that's how it is in nature. We were not laughing at the dolphins being killed.

[manolodorecho]

I was also laughing because I was able to record these images. What are the chances? First I see something amazing and then I'm lucky enough to be pointing the camera in the right direction. Once the orcas were under the water they kept changing directions so there was no way to know where they would surface. I just guessed and was incredibly lucky. I bought a lotto ticket when I got back home but that didn't work so well

[1mslocum]

We're home- send the link to the grouse when you get it posted- Fabulous meeting you, buddy- mary and the gang

[manolodorecho]

Hi Mary! It was great meeting you guys as well. I will post the videos soon. I think I have some good shots that you'll like :)

[Cdnbutterfly1]

I agree with manolodorecho on this, i'd be laughing too because of such a rare opportunity to see this. Orcas are wolves of the sea, so to see something like that and to catch it on video is quite amazing. Sure there's other videos out there of that 32 year old female orca who's nicknamed "shark killer", but still, thats quite amazing to catch that live. Very nice video indeed. It sucks when nature takes it course that way, but that's the way life is. Gotta eat somehow, right?

[ZephyrPhoenix]

That is just the circle of life. Yeah, poor Dolphins, but the Orcas need to eat, too. It isn't like they're killing just for the sake of killing.

However, Orcas have been known to hunt sharks for sport rather than food. Great Whites in particular.

[skalomon]

gringo culiao, eres tan idiota que debes haber pensado que los delfines y las orcas estaban jugando, IDIOT, FUCK YOU GRINGO

[PeterPeli]

Here`s something we don`t see too often..thnx for the upload...

The dialog is priceless!!..You ALL suddenly became experts on the subject,yet were continually asking for each-others reassurace!...lololol..Don`t be mad,it was very humorous...Your laughter at the situation is common. It was an awesome,terrifying & real life/death situation...common response.

Amazing amerature footage!

[1ceman85]

Incredible shots, thanks for posting! Must be unreal to witness a rare sight like this! LMOA @ 4:57 "I totally got that!".... the orca probably said exactly the same at that point to the rest of his pod :P

[nomibe2911]

It would've been real funny had the killer whale jumped in the boat. All that laughing would've ceased.

[barranquillero2289]

Horror! They killed the lovely dolphin! Malditas ballenas!

[Unicron4ever]

You guys are sick...

I sorta bought on your "I just laughed because I could witness those incredible images" bullsh*** until I noticed your "click here to see the best part" captions.

There's a video here where they torture a cat: did you laugh at that too?

That dolphin possibly came to swim close to your boat hoping to get some help. Didn't know he would fall on a bunch of sadistic tourists...

[djgymnast07]

bitch it ain't funny...

[Anas8120]

Oh my god,the dolphin dyin and they're laughthing! is so sick ppl,and the men said:

Sorry men is the life.

SICK

[Tazzyfish]

@djgymnast07 shut up cry baby, its nature, very amazing and rare to witness nature. It would have been an amazing adrenaline rush to see this.

[JuliendAnce]

Why do they scream like retarded people ?