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Killer Whales Working Together to Hunt Seals on Ice | BBC Earth

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Orcas knocking seals off waves was thought to be a myth when Producer/Director Kathryn Jeffs set out to film them in Antarctica for BBC series Frozen Planet. Hear the remarkable story behind capturing this unbelievable behaviour on camera. Subscribe

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This Killer Whales attack behaviour dates back to Scott of the Antarctic’s diary and this was the first time Kathryn Jeffs and her crew saw an Orca Pod using this technique in unison to hunt seals in the Antarctic.

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