As for black and white animals, most people think of the giant panda in China. But there is also a marine creature that has a 'dress style' – it is the 'orca'. When it comes to orcas, people should be familiar with them. They have a stout body, and the most representative feature is the white oval pattern behind their eyes. If you don't look closely, you won't be able to find their eyes.

Orca

Orca is also known as: Narwhal, Killer whale, Killer shark. Orcas are called Narwhals because their dorsal fin resembles a narwhal, hence the name. Although they are called 'killer whales', they rarely kill humans. The only recorded killing event involved a named 'Tilikum' orca.

Adult males are an average of 8 meters long, with a maximum of 9.75 meters. Female weight is 3.8 tons, and male weight is 5.5 tons

Orca and humans

The back has tall dorsal fins, with male fins up to 1-1.8 meters, and female fins are less than 0.7 meters. The best way to distinguish males and females is to observe the orca's dorsal fin

Male dorsal fins are uprightWhileFemale dorsal fins are smaller and curved to the left or right.Female Orca

From the north pole to the south pole, in all oceans around the world, there are distributions of orcas, with different food preferences and different dialects in different regions

The most intelligent animal in the ocean

Orcas are also known as one of the most intelligent animals in the ocean! Orcas have

their unique language, unique culture, and unique social relationsStable and close-knit group relationships.Their brains are similar to humans, so they have high intelligence.Unique language

It is not only humans who have language functions, orcas also do.

Orcas have no written language, and they can only teach knowledge through language, so accurate information expression is very important. Orcas use 3 types of vocalizations: whistles, discrete calls, and clicksTheir language may be more complex than human language, so far scientists have not been able to crack their language.However, scientists have discovered that orcas not only communicate and exchange, but also scold and mock other orcas or other animals. During hunting, especially experienced orcas, always use dirty words to scold inexperienced hunters

Orca communication often uses multiple frequencies of sound waves to communicate

Such communication can speed up the communication processDuring hunting, orcas need to use such communication to discuss tactics and huntEven when encountering other regional orcas, they will communicate

Unique social relations

Orcas have formed their own social system – 'matrilineal society'Generally composed of orcas with close blood relations, this matrilineal group will maintain a stable relationship for a long time, and members will cooperate in hunting and share hunting gains and childcare responsibilities

Because of the matrilineal society, the mating way is to enter another family, after completing the mating, return to their own group. If the family is too large, the members will split into two small individuals. However, the relationship between orca family members is very close, even surpassing humans

Creative hunting

Orcas's intelligence is also reflected in their hunting methods. Orcas have different food preferences in different regions, some like penguins, some like sea lions, and some like seagulls······So their hunting methods are different

Catch small fish

When feeding on fish,Through teamwork, team communication will gather the fish shoal, and then rush in to huntSo that you can eat a lot of fish

Or chase the fish shoal to the shallow water, so many seabirds will 'earn the fisherman's profit'Catch Sea Lions

When feeding on sea lions, if the sea lions are chased by them in the water, they will use their tails to knock the sea lions repeatedly until the sea lions can no longer resist, and then eat the sea lions

If the sea lions luckily escaped to the shore, the orcas will still rush to the shore to bite them

And drag them into the water. But this skill needs to be practiced repeatedly, and there is a certain risk, if not used, it is easy to be stranded, which is deadly for orcas. This tactic was pioneered by the 'Waldees' family, and the adult whales would teach the next generation and help them practiceCatching sharks

Similarly, as competitors, orcas also regard sharks as prey

It will use collision methods, forcefully hitting the shark's body, and the shark after being hit either 'stiff reaction' or knocked unconscious, then'Release the shark meat'Because orcas are picky eaters, they will refuse to eat bad sharks, and they will only eat the shark's internal organsSoSharks are very afraid of orcas, as soon as they hear the sound of orcas, they will quickly move away from this area. Orca's voice is also used to drive sharks away from the beach, and it is very effective

Catching whalesWhen hunting other whales or young whales, orcas will discuss strategies with each other

Through continuous collisions and squeezing, the air in the whale's body is exhausted, and the whale is finally drowned, and then

Divide the meatWhen dealing with humans,

Orcas treat marine animals ruthlessly, but they have a different attitude towards humans.

When encountering orcas in the sea, it will not drown you, and it may even take you to the nearest ship locations. There is no recorded case of wild orcas attacking humansEven in some places,

Orcas will cooperate with humans to catch fish, mutually beneficial

Such a cute little orca!

The only 'enemy'Of course, animals are natural enemies in the natural worldAlthough orcas do not have enemies, they have one 'enemy', which is the 'peacock orca'

Whenever orcas cooperate in the sea for feeding, they communicate with each other

The peacock orca can accurately find the locations of orcas by listening to the communication sounds of orcasAnd interfere with orcas, rescue hunted marine animals

Even if there is no benefitIt can also move several kilometers away from the beach to interfere with orcas' hunting, which has a certain chance of rescuing its own kind, and faces the attacks of orcasFor such behavior, orcas are also very helpless, they attack and bite the peacock orca's thick skin, and cannot knock the peacock orca, and even

As many as 15 orcas can drive awayThere are two interpretations of this statement

The young peacock orca is eaten by orcas, and the adult peacock orca will retaliate against orcas, and the adult orcas have no way to do it. The second is that the young peacock orca is eaten by orcas, so as soon as they hear the sound of orcas, regardless of whether it is an orca, the peacock orca will assistIt can rescue its own kind, and faces the attacks of orcas