Orcas have been spotted hunting down an unexpected dinner off the coast of Chile in a particularly brutal way.
The matriarch of this orca pod was seen flinging a dusky dolphin into the air during the hunt, with the rest of the pod sharing food, according to a paper in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
These details about the feeding habits of the pod could help researchers figure out how this Chilean population is linked to others around the Southern Hemisphere and facilitate conservation efforts.
An orca pod matriarch propels a dusky dolphin into the air. This pod’s eating habits could help conservation efforts. An orca pod matriarch propels a dusky dolphin into the air. This pod’s eating habits could help conservation efforts. Maikol Barrera.
