Killer whales wow tourists and hunt dolphins off San Diego coast

Some people on whale watching cruises have been treated to dramatic views recently of killer whales hunting off the San Diego coast. At least two pods of the mammals - these are native to tropical waters - have been roaming up and down the Southern California coast. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge tells us why the orcas made the trip.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

"Nature, red in tooth and claw." - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

[@tonyparra8459]

That orca just flipped the dolphin off, literally.

[@IMSOHIGH619]

These guys are scary smart lol 😆

[@Greggee100]

If they can somehow increase MORE schools of mackerel
and other fish common to the coast, there would be an
increase in seal populations and thus more Orca.....
U could also see a great white...just imagine the two
butting heads in a fair fight.
🤔🧐🤨

[@tazsnoop1044]

So there doing less well yoou could say there doing

[@Bellman84]

Stop eating the fish that the Orcas eat.

[@maximusflys]

Ummmm, dolphins have always been part of their diet

[@Bellman84]

@@maximusflys Last I checked a Dolphin is a mammal not a fish.

[@TB-ModelRR]

😂, sounds like your virtue will be your undoing. Starvation sucks

[@Vote_By_Mail]

I stopped eating wild-caught salmon; don't care if it's "better".

[@kevincrain7499]

The only whale Orcas have respect for is the Sperm whale.

[@ajmaeenmahtab8456]

And also adult blue whales.