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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Since I need to know...

Do Orcas eat Moose?

Spoiler answer

Basically yes. The article source is able to confirm attacks by Orcas on moose have happened.

The only "maybe" part is whether any moose has been fully eaten by any Orca. Occam's razor says yes, but the whole encounter is a rare enough (or just rarely documented!) occurrence not to be widely documented yet.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

They eat much smaller animals in "small" bites. I'd expect they bite all the parts of the moose they like and leave whatever else there.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

I don't know if it's rare or incredibly hard to document. How do you attempt to track that? You'd need cameras in the water all over the place, all with an internet connection, and the water would have to be clear enough to see through, and the attack would have to happen right next to the camera, and someone would have to notice it.

I guess the alternative is we put a tracker in a bunch of moose and then dissect a lot of orcas and try to find the trackers.

It just seems like something we're unlikely to know how common it is for a very long time, if ever.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought there was an annual migratory path where moose crossed the frozen areas from Alaska to Russia, and as the warming has occured they have to cross more water now, becoming more prone for longer to orcas. Could be wrong, but I seem to remember that from some where

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Good point.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can confirm. Divers freak out, though I don't understand why.

But the orca is fake. 100% never been eaten by one.

[-] edinbruh@feddit.it 32 points 2 months ago

Orcas will also jump on the beach to catch a moose and then squirm back into the water

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 12 points 2 months ago

wut

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Yeah, being on the beach doesn't automatically make you safe from orcas. I'm personally very grateful that we apparently aren't as delicious as moose.

[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

And they love shark liver. It's a really good thing we don't taste like shark liver.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 13 points 2 months ago

Dolphins are known to be assholes, and Orcas are really big dolphins. That beach dive move is like swerving to hit an animal in the grass/sidewalk on the side of the road.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

I think the swerve maneuver is a little better when you plan to eat the roadkill and are an obligate carnivore.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some populations of orcas know how to hunt in land. Yep. That exactly.

It's something they learn and teach each other.

The most famous of those groups lives far away from any moose. But I don't know if there's any small group near them.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Orca whale" is a misnomer. Same with Killer whale. They are not whales. The nickname is a mistranslation of whale killer because Orcas kill whales.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 27 points 2 months ago

Orcas are in the dolphin family which is a branch of the whale family, specifically those with teeth rather than baleen. Compare how humans are in the ape family which is a branch of the primate family, specifically those that are less arboreal and lack tails. If we can say humans are primates, we can definitely say that orcas are whales.

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Aren't they porpoises? I mean, I think they're related to dolphins.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Google says they're neither, so I've edited the above fyi. Thanks!

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Orcas are actually moose. You see there are 2 sexes in the Meese family. The Male have legs and horns and truck around on land, the Women have flippers and swim around the ocean. Moose all have 1 thing in common, it's a fetish for being eaten. The Orcas eat the Moose, consuming their sperm and it gets pushed out towards the egg prior to working it's way out of the esophagus into to the stomach.

/The f did I just write

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm yet to see a convincing, authoritative historical source on the "whale killer" factoid. Follow the trail on asesina-ballenas and Basque fishermen and you get nowhere.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I would probably piss my wetsuit lol

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 months ago

That’s ok, everyone else does that anyway :)

[-] subterfuge@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Keeps the sharks away. Not sure about the moose, though.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Wait, really? I'd never heard that one before.

[-] subterfuge@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was a myth growing up. Blood attracts sharks, but piss will keep them away.

So don’t try this at home… primarily because you probably don’t have shark at home.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

I watched Crocodile Dundee growing up so I keep sharks away with dynamite

The only surfing I do is on concrete though, so that really makes the whole affair hard to understand for local authorities.

Now though, they're just like, "Oh yeah, dynamite guy. Yeah, don't worry about it, it's just for sharks, You're fine.."

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Jawsome!

[-] credo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I don’t know why anyone would dive where Orca swim. Not because of the Orcas, but because the water is cold and the only thing to see is sea weed.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I can't believe they've added a third giant moose boss in Elden Ring, and this time he's underwater

[-] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I've seen moose and bears crossing ocean channels. Both are adept swimmers. Wouldn't be surprised by the orcas eating them part.

Now moose diving? That's new to me... 😳

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