Marine biologist witnesses blue whale getting torn to shreds by 70 orcas

Marine biologist witnesses blue whale getting torn to shreds by 70 orcas
Nature can be super savage.
Credit: Naturaliste Charters.
It was a blue-skyed day with calm waters while marine biologist Kristy Brown was out on a whale-watching tour off the coast of Western Australia. Pretty uneventful until Brown caught sight of a beautiful blue whale, slapping its tail above the water — but it wasn’t alone. What initially looked like a serene scene quickly turned into a horrific feeding frenzy as more than 70 orcas ganged up on the whale, chasing it for hours until they finally had their way.
Brown works for Naturaliste Charters, a company that operates whale-watching tours in Australia, so she has quite a bit of experience studying whales in their natural habitat. But she’s never seen anything like the “Orcas of Bremer Bay Canyon hunt” before March 16, which the marine biologist described in a blog post as something “that very few people have, or likely will, ever see in their lifetimes.”

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