Mother-Son Orca Pair Commits Infanticide in Oceanic Shakespearean Drama
This is hardly the first case of infanticide in mammals, but it’s the first observation of such an act in orcas.
This is hardly the first case of infanticide in mammals, but it’s the first observation of such an act in orcas.
Granted, humans do make a lot of fart noises, but unless that's what they mean I'm not hearing it.
They're called "killer whales" for a reason.
This is a behaviour never before seen in the predatory species.
Interspecies altruism is adorable when it’s framed as a “cute animal friends” special on Animal Planet, but in the wild, it’s rare.
It’s ended the practice of breeding orcas in captivity. It’ll also stop running its theatrical shows, replacing them with what it calls “natural” encounters—but only by 2019.
It looks like the change will only affect the San Diego SeaWorld park for now.
Blackfish exposes some of the behind-the-scenes practices at SeaWorld that very few people knew about. If you haven't seen it, you probably should.
