A rare scene: the killer whale bites off the tongue of the gray whale. As the top predators in the ocean, killer whales have a mouth of fragile teeth, and they can't chew on the skin of gray whales, so they have to choose to eat soft tongues. Although it sounds ironic, this is a helpless fact.
In order to protect precious and fragile teeth, killer whales prefer soft and chewy foods. Therefore, when hunting gray whales, killer whales obviously prefer to eat their soft tongues to their skin that is harder than car tires, after all, gray whales also have several tons of tongues, and they can eat enough to eat their tongues.
Killer whales are picky predators, and in addition to the gray whale tongue, killer whales also prefer to eat shark livers. They target the liver to attack because the liver contains a large amount of squalene compounds.
Squalene is important for the synthesis of certain chemicals in the body of killer whales. They will also aim at the heart. Killer whales are fast learners and will enjoy eating once they feel the benefits of these organs.
Killer whales have a special means of hunting sharks - vigorously ram sharks, although sharks are also the top predators in the ocean, they are the longest body size is more than 6 meters, completely not the opponent of killer whales, and sharks have a strong static state, once they are rushed to the belly, they will enter a "sleep" state and lose consciousness.
At this time, the shark is slaughtered, and the killer whale can easily bite open the abdomen, suck out the liver, and finally grow away!
Although killer whales can harden most cetaceans and sharks, they also have natural enemies, that is, sperm whales.
The main reason why killer whales are afraid of sperm whales is that sperm whales and killer whales are also toothed whales, but sperm whales are much larger than killer whales. As far as the current findings are concerned, the sperm whale is a large toothed whale, a mature sperm whale that can reach a weight of 40 tons. Killer whales only weigh 10 tons, so they are more afraid of sperm whales.
Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, with adult males averaging 16 meters in length and weighing up to 25-45 tons, an absolute big guy.
In 1950, a whaling team even discovered a very large individual 20.7 meters long and weighing 80 tons. Sperm whales are widely distributed and have excellent diving ability, diving up to 3048 meters deep and lasting up to 2 hours.
Because of their ability to dive deep, sperm whales often feed on large squid, and the king squid, which can reach a length of up to 10 meters, is also the food of sperm whales, and occasionally sharks and large bony fish.
