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Watch This Super-Strong Orca Launch a Giant Sunfish High Into the Air!

Thursday 17 September 2026 β€’Science News for Students
Watch This Super-Strong Orca Launch a Giant Sunfish High Into the Air!

Photo: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen / Unsplash

Incredible new footage has captured a killer whale using a powerful body-slam to hunt a massive ocean sunfish. The clever whale swam at high speed and crashed into the heavy fish, sending a giant splash of water flying into the sky! Marine biologists [scientists who study sea life] have never seen orcas use this amazing acrobatic trick to hunt before, proving these ocean giants are even smarter than we thought.
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