The rhythm of that scene where they crack the ice is at movie level epic. The choreographed swim under the ice followed by the shattering effect is just amazing.
@@surfrescue3232 This is Hollywood. "Reality" TV is always scripted. Look up Disney and the lemmings. BBC set a poor seal up to die, probably more than once to get the dozen different camera angles.
It's like one of those scenes straight out of Jurassic Park, when the T-Rex or Velociraptor (can't remember which) eyes down one of the humans through a window or door or whatever
Can we just take a moment and give some props to the videographers filming this? They go to the ends of the earth and capture this stuff so professionally that we feel like we are right there. We have shots so close up we can see the pupils of the orcas and seals. Shots from the air, shots from under the water, shots at eye level, all seamlessly put together to the point that we don't even think about how rare it is for humans to even witness this let alone capture in a way that feels like we are standing there ourselves. Hats off.
The mother orca stopping the others on pouncing the seal immediately because they might get hurt on the sharp edges of the ice berg is insanely intelligent.
@@floseatyard8063not from getting injured by the seal but the original commenter is correct when that ice breaks it’s sharp like a blade and can do damage
I had no idea that orcas could do this. This is on another level. Actually incredible. The level of communication going on between them to deliver such perfect synchronisation is extraordinary.
Well being predators makes them a bit more clever in how they approach things but they're also more closely related to dolphins than whales so they're extremely intelligent. I'm lucky enough to live right near the water in Washington state where we see them semi-regularly. We have residents that live here year round but we also have transients that come and go. I photograph some just recently It's incredible how fast they are I'm talking speeds and excess of 30 knots or around 35 mi an hour.
@@RabidNemo can a lion defeat a blue whale? I searched everywhere and found nothing. There's no video on RUclips specifically implying whether he cannot. As someone who lives close to coast What are your thoughts. ??
@@ressurection2424 hmmm no, not a chance unless it’s a young one or baby whale and that’s outside water, the sheer weight and size difference would be huge even on land where the lion has all the advantages, if its in water an entire lion pride wouldn’t be able to do anything to a blue whale.
English and their big head... the whole world makes documentary, they must have listen to only 3 differents maximum and declare that BBC is the best while knowing nothing of the others
That synchronized swim scene where they cracked the ice in pieces was epic. I can't help, but think how many hundreds of hours of waiting by the film makers to be able to catch that moment. How many drone launches where each launch only lasts 20 minutes? It gives me chill thinking about it. Respect for the film makers.
It’s called wave washing, commonly known as wave hunting. Using synchronized teamwork with the physics of water and waves to manipulate your environment and knock your quarry off its platform.
@terminator-from-another-planet this term "people don't understand just how intelligent..." doesnt mean anything. We could not say how intelligent wales are cause of looking videos as lay. There a biologists that measure that..
You can see them flick their tail fins into the center line perfectly in sync, creating a vortex, kind of like an underwater shockwave. Similarly they kick their tail fins upwards in sync to create the floodwave. It's freakin' incredible.
Simply incredible . It shows the high intelligence of this species and how they manage to coordinate in order to achieve their goal . I have never seen something like this before . Thank you BBC Earth for this content.
@@natalyamartirosyan That we shouldn’t be oohing and ahhing over this or other examples of orca hunting behaviours and go “look how smart they are to invent new hunting tactics as the situation changes”. Because they’re not inventing new tactics to adapt to new situations, but merely using behaviours that had been developed generations ago. Orcas are actually some of the least adaptable predators around at the individual and even population level, precisely BECAUSE of their dependence on cultural traditions and a limited array of hunting tactics per population.
Thank you for 'orca'. If we are going with "killer" regarding meals then perhaps we should change our own moniker to killer humans, as an Orca in the wild has never harmed a human to my knowledge but they have saved some of us a time or two
@@garyha2650 Here in Spain they have leaned how to break small boats´s rudders with their tails and theets and from time to time they have a laugh by stranding those into the sea. Biologist says that only a small family are able to do this but my hopes are into that knowledge goes worldwide.
The cinematography, the moment, the narration, the ocras' intelligence and the seal looks and emotions ... the perfection of this short video is on another level
@@Sunrise-fr9jb you are calling it "normal level of intelligence" but its nowhere near normal when you consider the intelligences of all animals,and its still amazing even among the mammals
@@Sunrise-fr9jb because this isn't normal levels of intelligence for animals. this is normal levels of intelligence for human beings...that is the point you're missing.
@@TheLuppiterXO that’s not true. Orcas are as intelligent as humans. They are on par with human intelligence and emotional intelligence of at least a 16 or 17 year old. Why do you think they aren’t? There is lots of studies proving this
@Sunrise Only dolphins and some apes are close to humans in terms of intelligence. And in this case, most animals wouldn't even try going after the seal because they can't conceptualise making waves to break ice and push the seal off.
Only English accent I can take with the death of the queen and all. I do not even like Dairy Queen or Burger King. I mean KING TACO is ok but damn killer whales and David Attenborough is way cool.
The fact that he is still doing this at 96 years old is incredible in itself! We will truly miss him when he’s gone. An absolute national treasure and irreplaceable 🇬🇧
Its incredible how they learned to break the ice into smaller pieces and they push it to open sea. I had no idea they could do that! It's both impressive and terrifying
One of the best correlates with intelligence is the number of neurons in the frontal cortex, the area dealing with cognition, as this eliminates parts of the brain needed for motor function which is obviously larger in larger animals. By this measure orcas are in joint first place with humans.
I just noticed that after the ice was broken up by the orca pod the seal jumped to a bigger piece of ice. The video doesn't show it, but watch carefully. The seal clearly knew he needed a bigger boat. It shows intelligence at both levels of hunter vs prey. Pretty cool 😎
Either you're correct or we've all been fooled. It could've been a different seal at a different time during a different hunt altogether. These documentaries often tell a particular story but will use other footages. I saw a documentary about a pride of lion but I also noticed that it had footages from other documentaries I've seen before. We as viewers cannot tell the difference between animals but can notice particular events the animals did
I think they are different seals. The dark patch on the left arm area of the seal dissapears and instead it's a wide darker stripe through the whole back. There is a possibility that it was filmed for a longer period and that the seal just dried up, but the lighter spots on the belly/sides seems to be placed differently too.
@@v.a.993 It's _really_ difficult to comprehend something so above their mental pay-grade. You can observe the same effect in humans. When a dimwit interacts with a really smart person, it's not unheard for the dimwit to label the other person dumb.
It’s incredibly how expressive the seal was, giving the side eye in 0:27 and basically laying there while being pushed to its fate at 1:35 making you truly feel what’s going through his head, but it’s nature, and we’re all apart of it
Yes we are but at least as humans we are made in the image of God which simply means we are made like Him to have a relationship with him which of course animals do not have.
@@andreas_XX as a human what would you do ? That’s the natural habitat of a seal. There is nowhere to go, hiding is its only path, but when uou encounter an orca with that level of hunting, your IQ doesnt matter 😁
It is a pretty smart technique for an animal but mind blowing intelligence I don’t know about that. This is the animal equivalent of a human shaking a vending machine when their candy bar gets stuck, you wouldn’t see that and say “oh wow!!! He must be an engineer for nasa”
What is it shocking here? It is nature, not a cartoon. Animals are not your fluffy cute toys! They are cruel and they do kill. Crows do kill newborn lamb or calf by eating their eyes before they are strong enough to run away. A male lion would kill any lion babies from another male and leave their bodies for other animals to eat, so that he can mate with their mother. Not Lion King like :)
@@SomeUserInternet Hold on there TIGER, and do not make ASSumptions. Messages have no tone and can be easily taken out of context or misinterpreted without it. You assumed that what I said was negative, it was NOT! I am a biologist SO I do not need a lesson on the animal kingdoms and all they entail as I teach it as well as their evolution. It was fascinating and shocking as I live where there are several resident and transient pods of Orcas but we do not have ice in our waters so I have never witnessed nor seen their hunting skills where ice is involved. Perhaps ask clarifying questions before thrusting your rude reaction to your presumed interpretation of a sincere comment, thinking it is an opportunity to make yourself look smart or give some stranger a dose of reality. It costs nothing to be kind or ask thoughtful questions to clarify instead of acting like an arrogant know-it-all, of which obviously you are most certainly not. Really tired of over zealous you-tube/internet bullies!
There's a couple of vids made by Antarctic tourists showing the orcas wave-hunting; not good quality, as it's a tourist camera and obviously the tourist is excited, but still worth watching. Amazingly, one of the sequences was a teaching session; the orcas let the seal get back on to its bit of ice time and time again so that the youngsters in the pod could practice the technique.
@@Dmdm_dm I can't find data on their biteforce but they do chomp on glitchy fish. The orcas clearly keep a distance when the seal is facing and snapping at them. When it turns around and tries to scramble onto the ice they grab it at the tail from where you can limit its mobility. The orcas seem to have some respect for the seals bite, something you don't see when orcas take pups
@@yiyyie_ Well obviously it was horrified, but it's just the circle of life. And though I may sound 'heartless' by saying that, it's just the truth. It is what it is. R.I.P
Amazing hunters, my mind was completely blown when they coordinated the subsurface pressurewaves, and blowing the bubbles to disorient the seal was the cherry on top. Poor seal.
I think BBC missed a piece of that bubble blowing tactic. It was more than disorientation....it was making the seal loose buoyancy and forcing it to move!
@@rumcayislandcaribbean8546 if you watch the video you may actually notice that the seal is not in the bubbles it is just trapped against the ice because of the bubbles
They’ve been doing this technique for a few years at least. I remember seeing it a while back. Never seen them pushing the ice out to clearer water or the bubble trick though. Amazing creatures
@@descai10 yeah no way this is something new. They are too smart and coordinated. They’ve been in situations like this thousands of times and figured out how to get prey. We’re just now getting it on camera
I actually witnessed this happening in person on a real life trip to Antarctica 16 years ago. We all watched it from the deck or our small cruise ship. It was incredible, and disturbing to me because I knew the seal didn't stand a chance.
I saw a different video where a seal escaped from a pod of hunting orcas by desperately jumping up onto the filming humans' boat. The humans let it stay, but you could see the orcas surfacing a short distance away and just eyeing everybody on the boat as if weighing up the pros and cons of actually trying to capsize the boat. The orcas left in the end eventually, but it makes me wonder what would have happened if the orcas were hungry enough to try, or if they were smart enough to know that messing with humans would have brought down far bigger consequences than a meal was worth.
That was some of the smartest animal on animal hunting iver ever witnessed... and hats off to the network for getting some the most incredible footage I've ever seen as well.. had no idea Orcas had blue eyes until now..
Personally, I was chilled and awed by the bubble blowing. The seal is dead for sure but then the matriarch still doesn't want to risk her kids getting any bite injuries from the seal. very human-like in a scary way.
What amazes me more than the ingenuity of the orcas is the photography that captured it. It's beyond belief how good these photographers are at their craft. Stunning.
This is so impressive on so many levels..those animals are so strong..that last tail kick in unison at 1:42 is so powerful it's causes that "death" wave to wash off the seal into the point of no return..at 1st I thought the whale's would jump onto the ice block and use their weight to break it down into smaller pieces..that under water technique to achive their goal was absolutely mind blowing..can't wait to show this clip to my kids..
I seem to recall a recorded instance of orca tilting an ice floe with (explorers') ponies on it so that they would slide off. They certainly do this to penguins quite regularly...
Orcas are so very smart. I find it fascinating that these mammals can hunt in such cooperation. Also understand that the production of a wave can not only break apart ice but also wash their pray off an ice sheet.
Orcas are incredible hunters; they are so clever and strategic! Our crew took a closer look at them in the Arctic. It was extremely rare to find them there, but now they are taking over and changing the Arctic. Pretty intriguing.
Toure' Muhammad, when an apex predator moves into a new territory or becomes present in greater numbers in a territory it affects the entire food chain and the behavior of all the other species in the ecosystem.
My heart really broke seeing that seals face but I can't help but admire the sheer brilliance and intelligence of that pod. Absolutely amazing creatures of God's.
This is stunning and terrifying! The seal is so expressive -- so sad, like it knows the end is coming. But it also seems exhausted or drugged? And its eyes were so red. The scene where the matriarch pokes her face out of the water to actually see where the seal is, and you can see her eye looking out -- frightening! So much menace, intelligence and inevitability. And the amazing scene from the sky of the pod of orcas swimming in formation under the ice, and then cracking the ice apart! Wow!
@@toniiah This is basically what all these dumb seals do lol If the creature believes "land" to be safe from predators in the sea, then they have nothing to fear as far as it can comprehend. It doesn't start to panic until it hits the water, as is basic instinct. Animals are instinctual, and in this case the animal's instinct is mostly correct, but not for these particular orcas (as stated in video, not many orcas do this) Also, even looking at animals being eaten alive on dry land, it isn't like we see any differing expressions on their faces. They are dying painfully, yet the things just slowly die almost as if neutral.
Amen, right? Our condolences for the passing of HRH, Queen Elizabeth II. Prayers for King Charles III, as he takes the Throne. Here, in the USA, we are remembering the 21st anniversary of the attack on America... on 9.11.01 - New York and the Twin Towers, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and Flight 93... and those two powerful words: Let's Roll.
Well...best be emotionally prepared for a serious downgrade! Guy's like 142 years old now or some'm. Granted, he's got the longevity of a f-ing bristlecone, but...I mean...he's *bound* to eat shit at some point. We all have to be ready for it. Imagine being the next guy? lol Bruuuuutal gig.
In all my years, this was one of the craziest nature films I've ever seen. It was almost cartoonish, if not for the serious consequences for the seal. Absolutely amazing. Just when you think you've seen it all...
GREAT camera shots. I was able to even SEE that the Seal was sleeping at first. I also EVEN SAW the eyes of the Orca, which is VERY RARE in documentaries. GREAT CAMERA CREW❤
Always find It difficult to not feel extremely sad for the hunted animal in videos such as this one. But it's worth trooping through and sticking with to see the incredible display of intelligence and grace the orca have.
You better stay away from these kind of vids due its algorithms on yt, and start your own community in a greenhouse and not come out anymore, as thousands of cute little fluffy cow, chicken, dogs, zebras and so on get ripped apart on a daily basis.
It is sad, but fascinating, their abilities to communicate and deliver these types of attacks continue to astonish me. Their intelligence and ability to work together and navigate ways to capture prey shows their level of intelligence. Truly a magnificent creature.
@@randaizamazing1 yeah. Nature is rough and brutal. But man is it entirely fascinating to behold. These animals are so damn intelligent and graceful. Hard to watch, just as hard to look away.
My teacher had shown this today in class. Many of my classmates were upset, which I understand. The way these orcas hunt was absolutely fascinating to me. I just thought it was very cool.
I love animals and that seal is adorable. But just watching the orcas hunt is like mind blowing😮. And thankfully, we do have the videos like this to see what animals are really capable of. Many humans I know would not come up with these tactics
I’m always fascinated by the highly strategic tactics by Orcas after seeing countless videos but I was still deeply saddened by that seals fate 😢I know that’s the cycle of survival and every living thing whether big or small has a predator but I still find myself rooting for the prey to make it out unscathed. I recall a doc when they attacked a baby calf traveling w/ it’s mother whale, slamming it with great force from every angle and how helpless the mother was to protect it. It was horrible to watch and even more heart breaking because she had to continue her journey alone. This was especially sad because they only give birth once every 2-3years so I can only imagine the grief 😢 Experts have noted that they DO experience grief just as we do!
My opinion of orcas changed after that grey whale episode. It was totally cruel and I’d say, fairly unsportsmanlike. Not mentioned by Mr. Attenborough in that episode, is that the orcas nip and bite their whale victims tongues (!) so they will bleed out. It’s pretty horrible.
@@reedmartin8212 It's the wild. Not like they are humans with rules of fair sportsmanship or whatnot. They do what they do. We can feel sad watching it because how can one not? But it's how it is.
@@cinny_ I would like to think that seal in his previous life was a criminal, and now he's just paying the price. Also if the orcas cannot eat seals/fishes, how can they survive? Such is the circle of life.
I feel bad for the seal all it was doing was just trying to sleep but at the same time it’s nature. I am absolutely amazed at how these orcas are doing this.
Given how few instances of footage there are of stuff like this over the past 60+ years of filming, I'd say it took a freaken long time lol Be in the right place at the right time without having a reliable ability to see where the orcas are at any given time. Ocean footage is just straight luck (I suppose all animal encounters are, but at least on land we have means of better tracking).
The look the seal gave when the ice broke and how itbrested its head on the block of ice when the orcas sratred to push it to clear water just gutted me 😔 It was as if it just understood what was about to happen and resigned to its death. It's truly just devastating
Wow that was impressive. That first ice chunk was massive. Like an organized military team, they moved in perfect unison to create a shockwave of water that broke the ice chunk.
The rhythm of that scene where they crack the ice is at movie level epic. The choreographed swim under the ice followed by the shattering effect is just amazing.
More creative than pathetic Hollywood could ever dream up . They ran out of ideas 15 years ago .
Totally agree, beautiful video ❤
@@surfrescue3232
This is Hollywood. "Reality" TV is always scripted. Look up Disney and the lemmings.
BBC set a poor seal up to die, probably more than once to get the dozen different camera angles.
I replayed it like 5x , wow, and the stress in that seals eyes is Oscar worthy
I literally replayed it over and over it was so moving ...absolutely stunning the choreography
The shot where the whale go out of the water and you can see her staring at the seal is incredible
The seals looks are hilarious… at first he is like stop bothering me I’m chilling then it’s like ok Red Alert I’m stuck down a one way street
@@garccoleman386 🤣
_down a one way street!_
I love it.
1:04 A little help here?
That shot i needed to watch it at least 5 times. The look in their eyes tells us everything
It's like one of those scenes straight out of Jurassic Park, when the T-Rex or Velociraptor (can't remember which) eyes down one of the humans through a window or door or whatever
Can we just take a moment and give some props to the videographers filming this? They go to the ends of the earth and capture this stuff so professionally that we feel like we are right there. We have shots so close up we can see the pupils of the orcas and seals. Shots from the air, shots from under the water, shots at eye level, all seamlessly put together to the point that we don't even think about how rare it is for humans to even witness this let alone capture in a way that feels like we are standing there ourselves. Hats off.
you either get super lucky or spend months freezing your nuts off waiting
i heard the set up the seal just to get this footage. poor guy
Dumb seal, should've located land somewhere to quickly swim to
We can. Absolutely gorgeous images
Nice. You have the clarity to take notice of the essential. Hats off to you, Rexx.
The mother orca stopping the others on pouncing the seal immediately because they might get hurt on the sharp edges of the ice berg is insanely intelligent.
she didn't stop them bc of that lmao seals have claws and could injure their eyes
still the same sharp edges or claws right?@@floseatyard8063
@@floseatyard8063not from getting injured by the seal but the original commenter is correct when that ice breaks it’s sharp like a blade and can do damage
sharp like a glass pieces
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I had no idea that orcas could do this. This is on another level. Actually incredible. The level of communication going on between them to deliver such perfect synchronisation is extraordinary.
Well being predators makes them a bit more clever in how they approach things but they're also more closely related to dolphins than whales so they're extremely intelligent. I'm lucky enough to live right near the water in Washington state where we see them semi-regularly. We have residents that live here year round but we also have transients that come and go. I photograph some just recently It's incredible how fast they are I'm talking speeds and excess of 30 knots or around 35 mi an hour.
@@RabidNemo can a lion defeat a blue whale? I searched everywhere and found nothing. There's no video on RUclips specifically implying whether he cannot.
As someone who lives close to coast
What are your thoughts. ??
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@@ressurection2424 hmmm no, not a chance unless it’s a young one or baby whale and that’s outside water, the sheer weight and size difference would be huge even on land where the lion has all the advantages, if its in water an entire lion pride wouldn’t be able to do anything to a blue whale.
@@reasonablekinda2269 pls answer me what would happen if a diver hugged an orca ?? Also what if the diver's suit can make him/her stick on the orca
It's incredible how David Attenborough is still narrating these documentaries while in his late 90s. He's iconic
Living Legend, period.
*sir
What do you mean? Can u be more precise?
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I like how the seal looks at the camera like, "im screwed, right??"
😂
lit ooked too complacent, it had a thicker neighboring ice but seems not interested to really escape.
🤣🤣 exactly like Dayumm why me.
@@angel91485it couldn’t do nothing it was basically trap.
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Damn that eye contact that the whale did to the seal is unbelievable
You are extremely gay bro
Those red eyes of Orca
@@ElyonGibbor "This isn't personal"
Ya saying, "death is inevitable, why don't U come off from the ice, otherwise we are going to crack the ice for you, LOL!"
It's not unbelievable.
No one does animal documentaries better than the BBC
Correction better than David Attenborough
English and their big head... the whole world makes documentary, they must have listen to only 3 differents maximum and declare that BBC is the best while knowing nothing of the others
What about TerraX?
@@XPLORE32 what
@@XPLORE32 no way
The way they cracked the big piece of ice was amazing!
To me it was fricking terrifying and awesome at the same time
It was fascinating
if i saw that shit even from far away, i would never step foot in the sea with orcas..
@@niks660097 orcas dont kill humans, only in captivity.
@@sultankebab1587 It is orcas who spread these rumours to believe. No one who was eaten tells a word. Mua-ha-ha 😈
That synchronized swim scene where they cracked the ice in pieces was epic. I can't help, but think how many hundreds of hours of waiting by the film makers to be able to catch that moment. How many drone launches where each launch only lasts 20 minutes? It gives me chill thinking about it. Respect for the film makers.
The key ingredients being time and patience, coupled with serious greenback backup. This footage was beyond stellar!
It happens every day daun
It’s called wave washing, commonly known as wave hunting.
Using synchronized teamwork with the physics of water and waves to manipulate your environment and knock your quarry off its platform.
They don't get nearly enough money for the credit and work they do.
People don't understand just how intelligent orcas are, it's quite incredible. That being said, I felt so bad for that poor seal lol
then why are you laughing out loud? Disrespectful
@@hellobye4705 People don't understand just how intelligent human hunters are, it's quite incredible.
@@RoP-xy4vh what?
@terminator-from-another-planet this term "people don't understand just how intelligent..." doesnt mean anything. We could not say how intelligent wales are cause of looking videos as lay. There a biologists that measure that..
@@terminator-from-another-planet So much for "People don't understand"
The seal looked at the camera man like “so you just gone let this happen?”
😂😂
1:35
I just imagine it looking at the camera like “Wile E. Coyote!” Like it wants to hold up a sign saying “I’M FUCKED!”
They are not allowed to disturb the nature.
They can't disturb the natural cycle of predation
That’s wtf I thought 😂😂😂
0:46
The way they all lined up to break that ice, was mind blowing
Just awesome to watch
Extremely intelligent. Literally just massive dolphins.
Literally looks like something out of cartoon
@@yazamuto Yeap, they are massive dolphins
You can see them flick their tail fins into the center line perfectly in sync, creating a vortex, kind of like an underwater shockwave. Similarly they kick their tail fins upwards in sync to create the floodwave. It's freakin' incredible.
Simply incredible . It shows the high intelligence of this species and how they manage to coordinate in order to achieve their goal . I have never seen something like this before . Thank you BBC Earth for this content.
Species is singular and plural, mon ami.
Do remember this isn’t a tactic they came up with on the fly: this is something they only know to do because their parents taught them.
@@bkjeong4302 what’s your point?
@@bkjeong4302 - Did they say anything to the contrary?
@@natalyamartirosyan
That we shouldn’t be oohing and ahhing over this or other examples of orca hunting behaviours and go “look how smart they are to invent new hunting tactics as the situation changes”. Because they’re not inventing new tactics to adapt to new situations, but merely using behaviours that had been developed generations ago.
Orcas are actually some of the least adaptable predators around at the individual and even population level, precisely BECAUSE of their dependence on cultural traditions and a limited array of hunting tactics per population.
The seal looks at the cameraman like thanks a lot
The seal was like "Thanks alot Rachel, Thanks alot''😂😂😂
1:05 hey yo bro I thought you said this was just about me. Not me getting killed!
The orca whales’ strategies and intelligence are incredible…👍
Take that sea world loser’s lol
Thank you for 'orca'. If we are going with "killer" regarding meals then perhaps we should change our own moniker to killer humans, as an Orca in the wild has never harmed a human to my knowledge but they have saved some of us a time or two
@@garyha2650 Here in Spain they have leaned how to break small boats´s rudders with their tails and theets and from time to time they have a laugh by stranding those into the sea. Biologist says that only a small family are able to do this but my hopes are into that knowledge goes worldwide.
Okey, yes...
And scary. Big, powerful, brilliant beast!
That is one intelligent pod with an extraordinary matriarch!!!! I’m dumbfounded with their precision, coordination, and execution!
So there is a species where the females are smart!
I am dumbfounded by your impeccable grammar.
They are spectacular.. 👍
@@kellygervais3440 they certainly are!
@ peter anserin. Thank you! 🙏
The cinematography, the moment, the narration, the ocras' intelligence and the seal looks and emotions ... the perfection of this short video is on another level
tudo aqui é tão perfeito!
Watch the whole frozen planet 2 @@juliocastro7398
It’s remarkable how intelligent these Orcas are.
1:15 that look at the seal is amazing.. wow
Very human looking eyes
For the seal that look was terrifying! 😱
"Dont even think of escape I got ya"
He's looking at the camera like "Well, aren't you going to help?"
“Gotcha”
Their understanding of different kinds of waves, their effects on ice sheets, and how to create them is astounding.
@@Sunrise-fr9jb you are calling it "normal level of intelligence" but its nowhere near normal when you consider the intelligences of all animals,and its still amazing even among the mammals
@@Sunrise-fr9jb because this isn't normal levels of intelligence for animals. this is normal levels of intelligence for human beings...that is the point you're missing.
@@Sunrise-fr9jb you have watch animal documentaries little bit more to understand that.
@@TheLuppiterXO that’s not true. Orcas are as intelligent as humans. They are on par with human intelligence and emotional intelligence of at least a 16 or 17 year old. Why do you think they aren’t? There is lots of studies proving this
@Sunrise Only dolphins and some apes are close to humans in terms of intelligence.
And in this case, most animals wouldn't even try going after the seal because they can't conceptualise making waves to break ice and push the seal off.
Sir David Attenborough's narration with his English accent gives these nature documentaries such charming feelings.
Only English accent I can take with the death of the queen and all. I do not even like Dairy Queen or Burger King. I mean KING TACO is ok but damn killer whales and David Attenborough is way cool.
Thanks for sir David!
Apparently he writes the scripts as well as just narrating.
F him, he Pushed the Dead shot.
The fact that he is still doing this at 96 years old is incredible in itself! We will truly miss him when he’s gone. An absolute national treasure and irreplaceable 🇬🇧
Its incredible how they learned to break the ice into smaller pieces and they push it to open sea.
I had no idea they could do that! It's both impressive and terrifying
The seal knew they wanted him for a meal, but he didn't have many options that far out.😢
@@hollowasthe0ingod502Don’t be sad! They are the seal straight away, usually they play for a while before they kill the seal and don’t eat it
One of the best correlates with intelligence is the number of neurons in the frontal cortex, the area dealing with cognition, as this eliminates parts of the brain needed for motor function which is obviously larger in larger animals. By this measure orcas are in joint first place with humans.
Don’t be terrified. To my knowledge, there has never been an orca attack on humans.
@@mistergrievesyou mean apart from what you see on tv
I just noticed that after the ice was broken up by the orca pod the seal jumped to a bigger piece of ice. The video doesn't show it, but watch carefully. The seal clearly knew he needed a bigger boat. It shows intelligence at both levels of hunter vs prey. Pretty cool 😎
Good vision
Either you're correct or we've all been fooled. It could've been a different seal at a different time during a different hunt altogether. These documentaries often tell a particular story but will use other footages. I saw a documentary about a pride of lion but I also noticed that it had footages from other documentaries I've seen before. We as viewers cannot tell the difference between animals but can notice particular events the animals did
I think they are different seals. The dark patch on the left arm area of the seal dissapears and instead it's a wide darker stripe through the whole back. There is a possibility that it was filmed for a longer period and that the seal just dried up, but the lighter spots on the belly/sides seems to be placed differently too.
Nice I kinda thought that but then forgot bc of the annoying greatbminds of those dang Killa whales 🐋!!
Also notice the ice on the seals nostrils
Im completely blown away by how intelligent those creatures are
They must think the same thing about humans, at times.
@@v.a.993 It's _really_ difficult to comprehend something so above their mental pay-grade.
You can observe the same effect in humans.
When a dimwit interacts with a really smart person, it's not unheard for the dimwit to label the other person dumb.
It’s incredibly how expressive the seal was, giving the side eye in 0:27 and basically laying there while being pushed to its fate at 1:35 making you truly feel what’s going through his head, but it’s nature, and we’re all apart of it
The desperation in its eyes....
He knew his fate was sealed.🙂
Yes we are but at least as humans we are made in the image of God which simply means we are made like Him to have a relationship with him which of course animals do not have.
@@rachaelireland9467 how you know?
If only he was attached like sealant to the ice.
1:15 that deathstare tho 💀
1:04 Bro said “ guess I’ll see y’all in another life” 💀
Indeed, most animals know when there most likely going to die.
1:10 Coldest death stare ever
So amazing
Yeah. Like " I'm gonna get you "
Coldest? Why? They are just hunting. They need to feed their bellies like we used to do.
@@carloschacal9334 Yeah I have no issues with that. Coldest here meant scariest.
@@AmanKumar-un1he Scariest?!!! For me it was a look of a very intelligent being, measuring, planning, working out strategies.
They're so incredibly intelligent, but I can't help feel pity for the seal. Poor little thing 😢
This is what we call food chain and you can only be happy if you're not at the bottom.
Facts! At least Orcas don’t have their own version of “To Serve Man” 😂. [Regards to The Twilight Zone].
@@mikimaus5420 you can only be happy if you're on the top
@@mikimaus5420yeah no shit. But you can still feel some sympathy for that cute little seal being devoured.
orcas cant go to mcdonalds mate... but at least they consume what they kill...
1:04 “Hi, I’m Tom. I bet you’re wondering how I got myself in this predicament. It’s a long story…”
1:15 ok that was actually scary , that orca staring into our soul , oh my. Spectacular view
The level of intelligence is mind blowing. Really, it's a genius creature.
And one rather stupid seal
@@andreas_XX as a human what would you do ? That’s the natural habitat of a seal. There is nowhere to go, hiding is its only path, but when uou encounter an orca with that level of hunting, your IQ doesnt matter 😁
@@andreas_XX the hell he supposed to do
@wowbased move more porpoisefully lol
It is a pretty smart technique for an animal but mind blowing intelligence I don’t know about that. This is the animal equivalent of a human shaking a vending machine when their candy bar gets stuck, you wouldn’t see that and say “oh wow!!! He must be an engineer for nasa”
What an incredible level of intelligence and group coordination. Great job of filming it, too!
Seriously as human I never would have thought to use those strategies
@@eskanda3434 I agree! I wouldn't have thought of it either.
@@eskanda3434 bc we don't have the abilities, physically?
This was extremely well Orcastrated
😂 good one
I see what you did there.
The orcas sure castrated that seal for good
Incredible and shocking! I have never seen anything like this before.
What is it shocking here? It is nature, not a cartoon. Animals are not your fluffy cute toys! They are cruel and they do kill. Crows do kill newborn lamb or calf by eating their eyes before they are strong enough to run away. A male lion would kill any lion babies from another male and leave their bodies for other animals to eat, so that he can mate with their mother. Not Lion King like :)
@@SomeUserInternet Hold on there TIGER, and do not make ASSumptions. Messages have no tone and can be easily taken out of context or misinterpreted without it. You assumed that what I said was negative, it was NOT! I am a biologist SO I do not need a lesson on the animal kingdoms and all they entail as I teach it as well as their evolution. It was fascinating and shocking as I live where there are several resident and transient pods of Orcas but we do not have ice in our waters so I have never witnessed nor seen their hunting skills where ice is involved. Perhaps ask clarifying questions before thrusting your rude reaction to your presumed interpretation of a sincere comment, thinking it is an opportunity to make yourself look smart or give some stranger a dose of reality. It costs nothing to be kind or ask thoughtful questions to clarify instead of acting like an arrogant know-it-all, of which obviously you are most certainly not. Really tired of over zealous you-tube/internet bullies!
There's a couple of vids made by Antarctic tourists showing the orcas wave-hunting; not good quality, as it's a tourist camera and obviously the tourist is excited, but still worth watching.
Amazingly, one of the sequences was a teaching session; the orcas let the seal get back on to its bit of ice time and time again so that the youngsters in the pod could practice the technique.
@@franl155 Amazing! Will have a look, Thank you for sharing 😀
@@aweishaupt5955 - this just popped up in my Recommendations, no idea why,
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As a human, I think we should make friends with the sea Oreo
Sea oreo wtf 😂
no chance humanity is more interested in making friends with space oreo
@@pandabear125lol somehow I can see the connection between the orca and Oreo, they both have the same colors
What does oreo mean?
Oreo cookies get soggy in water
Highly intelligent, beautiful creatures that deserve much respect. Nobody stands a chance when you’re in their territory.
This is every seals worse nightmare
Especially, when you’re on the shopping cart being pushed out to clear water. Poor seal knew his time was up and he was next on the dinner menu.
Not just seals worst nightmare
Prince Andrew Assaults his daughter “live” on the world stage
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Not just seals everything in the ocean 💀
It would be weird if the singer had this nightmare though.
*The orcas are ingenious, and the seal looks like it accepted its fate.*
It fought to the bitter end🦭
Did you miss the bit where they blew bubbles at it to avoid getting bitten?
@@KonradvonHotzendorf The orcas are so much bigger though, there's no way the seal could seriously harm them
@@Dmdm_dm It can take a chunk out of an orca snout. All wounds are prone to infection.
@@KonradvonHotzendorf the seal doesn't have such a powerful bite force to do that.
@@Dmdm_dm I can't find data on their biteforce but they do chomp on glitchy fish.
The orcas clearly keep a distance when the seal is facing and snapping at them. When it turns around and tries to scramble onto the ice they grab it at the tail from where you can limit its mobility.
The orcas seem to have some respect for the seals bite, something you don't see when orcas take pups
The sub-surface wave the Orcas generated to break that ice BLEW MY MIND. That was the craziest thing I've seen an animal do.
Mad respect to the team of scientists who filmed this.
Absolutely incredible !!
The poor seal's face never cried so bad
What about the seal's face makes you feel bad?
@@tħe0 u can see trough its eyes that it was so scared
@@yiyyie_ Well obviously it was horrified, but it's just the circle of life. And though I may sound 'heartless' by saying that, it's just the truth. It is what it is. R.I.P
@@tħe0 It's natural to understand that yet feel for the life lost
yeah poor seal, you can feel a lot her terrified look and then the "give up" stare
Amazing hunters, my mind was completely blown when they coordinated the subsurface pressurewaves, and blowing the bubbles to disorient the seal was the cherry on top. Poor seal.
I've seen it circulated in several places that when the orca hunt your only chance is to simply be faster than they are
Yeah. The seal was also staring at the camera very monotonous like: welp, it appears to be that this is the end for me, today
I think BBC missed a piece of that bubble blowing tactic. It was more than disorientation....it was making the seal loose buoyancy and forcing it to move!
@@rumcayislandcaribbean8546 if you watch the video you may actually notice that the seal is not in the bubbles it is just trapped against the ice because of the bubbles
@@the_undead Watch a little further. Orca end up going under the seal.
They’ve been doing this technique for a few years at least. I remember seeing it a while back. Never seen them pushing the ice out to clearer water or the bubble trick though. Amazing creatures
thousands to millions of years*
@@descai10 yeah no way this is something new. They are too smart and coordinated. They’ve been in situations like this thousands of times and figured out how to get prey. We’re just now getting it on camera
0:28 That Dafudge? Look from the seal is hilarious.
I actually witnessed this happening in person on a real life trip to Antarctica 16 years ago. We all watched it from the deck or our small cruise ship. It was incredible, and disturbing to me because I knew the seal didn't stand a chance.
I saw a different video where a seal escaped from a pod of hunting orcas by desperately jumping up onto the filming humans' boat. The humans let it stay, but you could see the orcas surfacing a short distance away and just eyeing everybody on the boat as if weighing up the pros and cons of actually trying to capsize the boat. The orcas left in the end eventually, but it makes me wonder what would have happened if the orcas were hungry enough to try, or if they were smart enough to know that messing with humans would have brought down far bigger consequences than a meal was worth.
Thank you, I was wondering if it was Arctic or Antarctic.
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@@Zaxares I saw the same video , but it was a sea otter🦦
@@Zaxares I saw that video and they were definitely planning a capsize
@@Zaxares fishermen should have cut it or smashed it in the face and let them eat their meal lol
That drone shot of the whales side by side creating the sub surface wave that cracks the ice is breathtaking!
That was some of the smartest animal on animal hunting iver ever witnessed... and hats off to the network for getting some the most incredible footage I've ever seen as well.. had no idea Orcas had blue eyes until now..
Personally, I was chilled and awed by the bubble blowing. The seal is dead for sure but then the matriarch still doesn't want to risk her kids getting any bite injuries from the seal. very human-like in a scary way.
What are you talking about the video literally shows the seal trying to climb back up after the bubbles lol
Orca's moveset
Water pulse 0:46
Surf 1:41
Bubble beam 2:02
lmaoooo
1:16 mean look
1:23 Strength
Pretty sure Aqua Tail was in there somewhere.
What amazes me more than the ingenuity of the orcas is the photography that captured it. It's beyond belief how good these photographers are at their craft. Stunning.
This is so impressive on so many levels..those animals are so strong..that last tail kick in unison at 1:42 is so powerful it's causes that "death" wave to wash off the seal into the point of no return..at 1st I thought the whale's would jump onto the ice block and use their weight to break it down into smaller pieces..that under water technique to achive their goal was absolutely mind blowing..can't wait to show this clip to my kids..
I seem to recall a recorded instance of orca tilting an ice floe with (explorers') ponies on it so that they would slide off. They certainly do this to penguins quite regularly...
1:04 Jim to the camera whenever Dwight does anything
lol
Along with their sheer size, it's the communication and strategy that these orcas employ to hunt that makes them such incredible animals.
Incredible, honestly I get goosebumps to see this! The look of the poor seal and the intelligence of the orcas is outstanding!
1:35 i know circle of life but this shot always gets me , the acceptance
Orcas are so very smart. I find it fascinating that these mammals can hunt in such cooperation. Also understand that the production of a wave can not only break apart ice but also wash their pray off an ice sheet.
Orcas are incredible hunters; they are so clever and strategic! Our crew took a closer look at them in the Arctic. It was extremely rare to find them there, but now they are taking over and changing the Arctic. Pretty intriguing.
They really are the dominant species in the ocean
How are they “changing” the Arctic??
@@touremuhammad5983 They burn the ice by lighting fires, trying to raise the sea levels around the world so they can eat your kids.
Toure' Muhammad, when an apex predator moves into a new territory or becomes present in greater numbers in a territory it affects the entire food chain and the behavior of all the other species in the ecosystem.
@@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 eek
1:14 Damn, that staring is freaking scary.
Me staring at the last Pringle in the can
@@FAKELIEN 🤣🤣🤣
I ain't fucking around
No games, your my dinner
My heart really broke seeing that seals face but I can't help but admire the sheer brilliance and intelligence of that pod. Absolutely amazing creatures of God's.
The seal was quickly killed for food. Humans club a seal and skin it alive, for selling the fur...I say the orcas are kinder.
I felt badly when I saw the seal’s face. He knew he didn’t have much of a chance
@@sumitchowdhury4914orcas are known to keep their food alive for hours. They enjoy killing as much as we.
@@jessiemarie636It's fate was seal-ed.
Everything was fine until you said God.
BBC Earth captures some of the most incredibly interesting and unique clips I’ve ever seen man. Big up.
This is stunning and terrifying!
The seal is so expressive -- so sad, like it knows the end is coming. But it also seems exhausted or drugged? And its eyes were so red.
The scene where the matriarch pokes her face out of the water to actually see where the seal is, and you can see her eye looking out -- frightening! So much menace, intelligence and inevitability.
And the amazing scene from the sky of the pod of orcas swimming in formation under the ice, and then cracking the ice apart! Wow!
Yeah, I wonder what's the backstory with the seal ... That's not how an animal just spotted by a predator reacts 😕
@@toniiah This is basically what all these dumb seals do lol
If the creature believes "land" to be safe from predators in the sea, then they have nothing to fear as far as it can comprehend. It doesn't start to panic until it hits the water, as is basic instinct. Animals are instinctual, and in this case the animal's instinct is mostly correct, but not for these particular orcas (as stated in video, not many orcas do this)
Also, even looking at animals being eaten alive on dry land, it isn't like we see any differing expressions on their faces. They are dying painfully, yet the things just slowly die almost as if neutral.
It's pretty much sick and isolated itself from everything knowing it has no much time left. That's nature.
Amazing to watch how co-ordinated the Orcas are! A very precise methodology carried out without a hitch. Thanks for sharing this brilliant video.
a documentary isn't a documentary without sir David Attenborough 💥
Amen, right?
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Well...best be emotionally prepared for a serious downgrade!
Guy's like 142 years old now or some'm. Granted, he's got the longevity of a f-ing bristlecone, but...I mean...he's *bound* to eat shit at some point. We all have to be ready for it.
Imagine being the next guy? lol
Bruuuuutal gig.
Give that cameraman an award and a raise! Great job filming.
Seal: this looks like a good place for a nap.
Orca: No.
I'm so sad for the seal, but that's circle of life - such an incredible orca whale's intelligence.
The best comment.
You could see the despair in its eyes...
Yes so i do feel too......incredible Orca Dolphins
Saw them hunting a Minkah whale on another episode. They tired him out after about 20 miles
if for whatever reason the entire world turned into the ocean, there would be many of us that are that seal XD
In all my years, this was one of the craziest nature films I've ever seen. It was almost cartoonish, if not for the serious consequences for the seal. Absolutely amazing. Just when you think you've seen it all...
GREAT camera shots. I was able to even SEE that the Seal was sleeping at first. I also EVEN SAW the eyes of the Orca, which is VERY RARE in documentaries. GREAT CAMERA CREW❤
The piece of ice where it stand just changed between 1:07 and 1:24 ... it's a setup for the narrative.
The way that otter open its eye, when it first hear the noise was priceless.🤣🤣🤣
Yes, I like how the giraffe open it's eyes too.
@@raymondwalsh7520no kidding! and did you see the way that Tyrannosauras Rex opened his eye?? Wow!
Otter be like: 0_-
there was no otter in this video
@@cordyceps7531 you probably missed that Ocelot too...!?!?..
fricking terrifying and awesome at the same time
Not sure if I’ve ever been this mesmerized by a nature video before…just incredible
I just got the maddest goosebumps seeing them crumble that ice patch in sync, only God!
seal looking at the camera : “ seriously bro you gonna film this?”
Always find It difficult to not feel extremely sad for the hunted animal in videos such as this one. But it's worth trooping through and sticking with to see the incredible display of intelligence and grace the orca have.
You better stay away from these kind of vids due its algorithms on yt, and start your own community in a greenhouse and not come out anymore, as thousands of cute little fluffy cow, chicken, dogs, zebras and so on get ripped apart on a daily basis.
I know. 😭 it's fascinating and I understand it's the circle of life, but man. Poor baby. I just kept thinking why didn't it try to get away.
It is sad, but fascinating, their abilities to communicate and deliver these types of attacks continue to astonish me. Their intelligence and ability to work together and navigate ways to capture prey shows their level of intelligence. Truly a magnificent creature.
@@kita199 lmao, what? Wtf exactly is it that you're waffling on about?
@@randaizamazing1 yeah. Nature is rough and brutal. But man is it entirely fascinating to behold. These animals are so damn intelligent and graceful. Hard to watch, just as hard to look away.
Wow like synchronized swimmers there ! Incredible how they communicate to swim under the ice so synchronized!!
They're very smart. Not as intelligent as most humans. But it's closer than people think.
They’re so smart and reduce injury as well. Awesome creatures
My teacher had shown this today in class. Many of my classmates were upset, which I understand. The way these orcas hunt was absolutely fascinating to me. I just thought it was very cool.
Being upset doesn't change nature, hope they get to understand that
I get being upset I love seals so I’d be a little upset too, but sadly it’s nature and nothing can be done about it.
Show them videos about how seals hunt penguins. Then they will feel relief.
I love animals and that seal is adorable. But just watching the orcas hunt is like mind blowing😮. And thankfully, we do have the videos like this to see what animals are really capable of. Many humans I know would not come up with these tactics
The level of precision they have while working together it wouldn’t surprise me if their language was just as complex as ours
Sayonara, seal! 1:42
I’m always fascinated by the highly strategic tactics by Orcas after seeing countless videos but I was still deeply saddened by that seals fate 😢I know that’s the cycle of survival and every living thing whether big or small has a predator but I still find myself rooting for the prey to make it out unscathed. I recall a doc when they attacked a baby calf traveling w/ it’s mother whale, slamming it with great force from every angle and how helpless the mother was to protect it. It was horrible to watch and even more heart breaking because she had to continue her journey alone. This was especially sad because they only give birth once every 2-3years so I can only imagine the grief 😢 Experts have noted that they DO experience grief just as we do!
😢😢😢😢😢
My opinion of orcas changed after that grey whale episode. It was totally cruel and I’d say, fairly unsportsmanlike. Not mentioned by Mr. Attenborough in that episode, is that the orcas nip and bite their whale victims tongues (!) so they will bleed out. It’s pretty horrible.
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@@reedmartin8212 It's the wild. Not like they are humans with rules of fair sportsmanship or whatnot. They do what they do. We can feel sad watching it because how can one not? But it's how it is.
@@cinny_ I would like to think that seal in his previous life was a criminal, and now he's just paying the price. Also if the orcas cannot eat seals/fishes, how can they survive? Such is the circle of life.
I feel bad for the seal all it was doing was just trying to sleep but at the same time it’s nature. I am absolutely amazed at how these orcas are doing this.
0:49 is the most spectacular thing I've ever watched. I mean, something I was expecting, yet wasn't.
I hope that they are not planning to smash Great Britain or Ireland that way. 😅
@@stanleymill4910😂😂😂
Faaaactsss that was incredible, beautiful, amazing. Orcas have a special place in my heart! ❤
i would reeeeeeeaaaally love to see a behind the scenes of this whole clip. How on earth did they manage to film this and how long did it take?
Given how few instances of footage there are of stuff like this over the past 60+ years of filming, I'd say it took a freaken long time lol
Be in the right place at the right time without having a reliable ability to see where the orcas are at any given time. Ocean footage is just straight luck (I suppose all animal encounters are, but at least on land we have means of better tracking).
With cameras and one day
Listen this is not some government program this is a simple iphone camera @@someone-ji2zb
Orcas will forever be my favorite animal. Look at how smart and powerful they are! They are terrifying for sure.
The look the seal gave when the ice broke and how itbrested its head on the block of ice when the orcas sratred to push it to clear water just gutted me 😔 It was as if it just understood what was about to happen and resigned to its death. It's truly just devastating
0:26 is it me or is that seal Uncle Ruckus
underrated comment
😂 he's like... "bro, the f*ck?"
Man its mind-blowing how the Orca were able to perfectly choreograph hitting the ice together. Very intelligent animals.😚😚😚
Wow that was impressive. That first ice chunk was massive. Like an organized military team, they moved in perfect unison to create a shockwave of water that broke the ice chunk.
É tão estupenda a capacidade delas que eu não acreditei que esse vídeo era real
That's some amazing problem solving abilities. Those Orca's are something else.
Orcas are simultaneously one of the most beautiful animals in the world and also the most terrifying. I appreciate the contrast so much.
Best public service broadcaster in the world!
Orca have a strongest Biting Power in the Entire Animal Kingdom about 19000 PSI 😮🎉
Wildlife is our lives
Terryifying to imagine being the hunted...Genius on the hunters.
0:55 holy shiznit and the fact that they've figured that out and collectively understand the strategies with each other..
0:26 😆The best part! That seal looked skeptical of the orcas' intentions...
2:31 this shot is amazing