Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-science-the-insane-biology-of-the-orca New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images Music: Timelapse by ANBR Unravel by Jon Gegelman iIsaac is Tripping by Spearfisher Two by Jameson Nathan Jones Fall Equinox by the Bows End of the Line by C.K. Martin Hope and Heisenberg by Spearfisher Additional Footage: Dreadfin Entertainment References: [1] https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/facts-about-orcas/ [2] https://phys.org/news/2017-05-orcas-prey-great-white-sharks.html [3] https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-first-whale-pakicetus [4] https://www.whaleresearch.com/about-orcas#:~:text=Male%20orcas%20usually%20grow%20to,(2%2D3%20m). [5] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/understanding-orca-culture-12494696/ [6] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/sound-strategy-hunting-southern-residents-part-2#:~:text=The%20whales%20hunt%20with%20echolocation,bounce%20back%20to%20the%20whale. [7] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17348498/ [8] http://courses.washington.edu/fish538/resources/Au%20et%20al%202010%20salmon.pdf [9]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47335-w [10] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/scientists-plan-to-use-ai-to-try-to-decode-the-language-of-whales [11] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280780256_Acoustic_behaviour_of_resident_killer_whales_Orcinus_orca_off_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia [12] https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/831/1.0096602/1 [13] https://www.jstor.org/stable/1380981?casa_token=L30nHWeK8coAAAAA%3AbrD0GVcQ2Rb-WvxrMcbI6cQxqWlkTJKHqGYHmmAf1drv1k7zB4ivPU93f4L5vX4cAwOapvx_QmAjV3S4ex3fMxZDjrN8coZkxxsERab9WZULOhjctEA&seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents [14] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230729878_Development_of_intentional_stranding_hunting_techniques_in_killer_whale_Orcinus_orca_calves_at_Crozet_Archipelago [15] https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11693 [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_intelligence [17] https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Encephalization_quotient [18] https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.a.20075 [19] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635701001346?np=y