999-3 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-4 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-1 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-2 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-5 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

917-355 - Killer Whale/Orca (Orcinus orca) probably sub-adult Male surfacing. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean.

979-9179 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9311 - A small pod of Type B killer whales (Orcinus nanus) just outside Duse Bay in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9175 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) south of the Antarctic Circle near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9177 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9329 - A small pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the coast of South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

979-9174 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) south of the Antarctic Circle near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9397 - A small pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) off Ascension Island in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean

979-9015 - A group of at least 8 Orca (Orcinus orca) surfacing off the coast of the island of Surtsey, southern Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean

979-9178 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9173 - A small pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Drake Passage, Southern Ocean

979-9176 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) south of the Antarctic Circle near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

817-87120 - Orque Orca Orcinus orca Killer Whale Classe des Mammiferes Ordre des Cetaces Sous-ordre des Odontocetes cetaces a dents Super-famille des Delphinoides Famille des Delphinides Sous-famille des Globicephalines attaque sur jeune otarie a criniere ou li