This incredible picture byThe Online Fishermanshows an grampus using fish as bait for catch a fowl .
At the beginning of the video , an orca emerges near a clump of birds and deposits a fish . After setting its trap , the whale hold back patiently for a foolhardy psyche to take the lure , thrust forward and clamping onto the shuttlecock ’s wing as it gingerly hops forrard to recollect the tasty bite – only to become a tasty collation itself .
agree tophys.org , scientists use genius - weightiness - to - organic structure - weight proportion as a crude measure of an creature ’s intelligence . An orca ’s mastermind is about 2.5 meter the modal – similar to the mentality of a chimpanzee . However , some scientists believe that gauging intelligence using these ratios earnestly underestimates the possible intelligence activity of heavy aquatic mammals , suggest orcas may be even overbold than the sizing of their head indicates .
Although this orca was in imprisonment at the time the footage was captured and therefore not representative of the metal money as a whole , intelligentand unexpected behavior has been well documented in these aquatic mammalian for decade . In 2006 , researcher at Marineland in Ontario , Canada , also observed an orcabaiting birdsby " spue Pisces onto the water ’s Earth’s surface . " These creatures remain to storm and amaze scientist as more and more is learned abouttheir unique gift and ability .
Arguments have been madethat orcas should be released from captivity and hold " non - human persons " status – not just for canonic animal rights , but because the killer hulk is so intelligent that the emphasis of a captive environs can be extremely psychologically detrimental to the animal .
An interesting form to take note is that there areno recorded cases of orcas kill a human in the natural state , but as most of us are aware , there arevarious casesof the whales attacking and occasionally killing people when kept in captivity .
A full - length version of the video from CetusCetus can be viewedhere .