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Unique orca hunting technique documented

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A pack of killer whales uses waves to knock seals off the ice.

Some Antarctic orcas use the cunning tactic of regularly hunting in packs and making waves to wash seals off floating ice, researchers have confirmed.

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  1. Visser, I. N. et al. Mar. Mamm. Sci. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00163.x (2007).

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Kaplan, M. Unique orca hunting technique documented. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.380

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