Who would win in a fight between a Megaptera novaeangliae whale and an orca ? The humpback is significantly big , with adults being just about 10 measure longer equate to their red panda - corresponding full cousin , but orcas are infamously the surgeon of the sea cutting off and/or out animal - parts include tongues and theliversofgreat white sharks(their taste for the organ is partake bythese otter ) . Most of the time we do n’t have a video recording to pass on to establish the result , but as it happen a whale sauceboat got more than they bargained for in Australia when a four - time of day rape on a humpback by two fuel pod of orcas kicked off right by their gravy holder .

Australia is no unknown to deadly animals though I expect most are n’t habitual to seeing lifetime or death engagement play out with such enormous resister . On the surface of it ( the subject , not the water ) the hunchback seemed to be on the back foundation with not one but two gangs of sea wolf whales on its derriere . bestow to that , that the manlike hulk was just two - to - three year old and the outlook looks even grimmer for this gentle filter feeder .

" We knew we were witnessing something significant , " pronounce Gemma Sharp , the co - proprietor of Whale Watcher Australia who witness the attack on February 17 , to theSydney Morning Herald . " The orca were in full - on attempt mode and the kyphosis was urgently trying to protect itself . "

More common item on the Orcinus orca carte include squid , giant calamari and pick whales who are well-heeled to take down than giant humpbacks . Though Sharp had seen grounds of orca attacks on crookback evidenced by scar on their skin , this was the first time she saw a live attack .

She and around 40 tourists watch over the drama spread out from 200 meters ( 656 metrical foot ) away , and it was soon patent the orcas were try out to drown the young humpback whale by grabbing its dorsal fin and twitch it over . However , the two pods had bite off more than they could manducate as despite their ongoing violation the humpback was n’t yielding as well as a calfskin .

humpback in this kind of situation are known to seek out asylum as a way of shielding from an assault and certainly enough , the humpback crusade itself up against the boat of whale security guard to get away from the orcas . It retain to hide alongside the gravy holder for almost an hour and the commotion and result blood personnel casualty presently attracted an inquisitive pod of 50 pilot burner whales and what look like bull sharks ( probably hop-skip for some scraps ) .

One seedcase gave up while the other   – a group of six   – preserve to wait for the humpback whale to move away from the gravy boat . Forty minute of arc later , having caught its breath , the humpback made a break for it but its escape was satisfy by El Notcho , a 9 - long ton male from the family of six who charged at the hunchback in an attempt to recrudesce its jaw .

When the whale seemed whole unphased by the headbutt , it became apparent to Sharp that the Orcinus orca were at long last soften as the leader called the mathematical group back with a serial of tail smacking and the pod swam off . Our victor live to see another daylight , but it pay a heavy monetary value in the fray . “ They did take his [ dorsal ] fin , but his tail flukes and thoracic fins were all ok , which is authoritative . If they exhale blood … that ’s always a real concern but there was none of that , ” say Sharp . “ At one point , we did n’t intend he was pass away to make it , but he try out his resilience . ”

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