Orcas Return To San Diego To Hunt Dolphins! (2026) Narrated 4K UHD
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Orcas in San Diego on 9/2 with Gone Whale Watching! Watch a “Planet Earth” style breakdown of the action as our famous pod of Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales team up to hunt dolphins in a spectacular display.
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AI GeneratedA pod of eastern tropical Pacific killer whales, led by a mother named Callie, is observed hunting common dolphins near San Diego. The event serves as a predatory lesson for Callie's calf and other young orcas. While the hunt ends in the death of a dolphin calf, the footage highlights the contrast between the orcas' violent hunting efficiency and their tender social bonds.
Look at me in a second.
Oh that is amazing.
It's all smiles when the orcas are in San Diego.
Unless you're a common dolphin.
And it's even worse for common dolphin babies.
Hunting dolphins is a specialty of these eastern tropical pacific killer whales.
And queen Callie is about to show off her power.
Callie is a new mom and a common dolphin calf isn't much of a meal for her.
But it's an excellent teaching opportunity for her unnamed calf
along with youngsters Coronado and Terso.
The young common dolphin is tired and it gets separated from its mom.
A costly mistake.
Now the orcas make their move.
The young dolphin doing everything it can to escape.
It's a hectic scene to film.
The result of this hunt was never in doubt.
Was the fatal moment.
The mother common dolphin puts herself at risk
by entering the middle of the fray in a desperate attempt to collect her calf.
But it's too late.
It's a painful lesson.
But it's one she was fortunate enough to survive.
And that's because once the orcas make their kill
their focus shifts to sharing their prey with the pod.
And it's amazing after you witness something so violent
to watch how tender these animals become with one another.
This is nature functioning exactly as it should.
And it is breathtakingly beautiful.
San Diego is near the northern extent of these orcas range.
But with the developing El Nino in the Pacific
tropical species shift northward with the warming waters.
Meaning encounters with our favorite orcas
could become much more frequent in the months to come.
Look at you.
Yeah we can go the other side Nicole.
Port side.
It's gonna be the port side.