Kalothar comments on Orcas filmed ramming one of the world's heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun

[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The video is kinda amazing and also from the article

The sunfish were already dead in both events, so the ramming is thought to be a processing technique rather than a means of delivering a killing blow.

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago

The trend may start with a dead fish but underwater, all slopes are slippery.

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh they weren't eating that. Nobody eats sunfish, they're basically made out ~~keratin~~ other shitty inedible proteins. Thatwas done for the love of the game

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 6 days ago

Even the researchers sound like they prefer the "play" explanation, though.

This is pretty much red rover underwater.

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