Videos capture orcas’ tricks for taking down the largest fish on Earth

The versatile hunters are known for attacking blue whales, boats — and now whale sharks

A pod of orcas is shown attacking whale shark underwater.

The whale shark–hunting techniques of orcas has been documented for the first time. Here, a pod of orcas surrounds a whale shark, with one orca using its head to smack the giant fish.

Kelsey Williamson

Video from excited ecotourists shows how orcas manage an unlikely feat of predation: killing a massive whale shark.