Orcas are incredible creatures. Apart from the tortured ones that live in captivity, there’s never been a recorded attack on a human by one. That’s not to say they’re not predators, though–if there’s one thing orcas are, it’s an apex predator.
The footage you see above was shot by a drone in the Avacha Gulf just off Kamchatka, Russia. Orcas routinely hunt in well-organized pods, chasing their prey until it’s too tired to evade them. In this case, the prey was a minke whale, and the footage is incredible. It might be sad to watch, but it’s just nature in action.
