{"id":663,"date":"2026-08-19T17:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:21:14","slug":"scientists-had-never-documented-orcas-killing-a-blue-whale-then-it-happened-three-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, the scene looked almost impossible to interpret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A giant blue whale was moving through open water off Western Australia. Around it, a few orcas appeared small enough to seem almost irrelevant. The size difference was absurd. Blue whales are the largest animals known to have ever lived, while even a large orca looks tiny beside one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet the orcas were not drifting randomly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were taking positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One stayed close to the whale\u2019s side. Another moved near the rear half. A third appeared farther ahead, forcing a disturbing question into view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Were these orcas actually trying to hunt a blue whale?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a long time, that sounded almost too extreme to be true. Orcas were already known as powerful and intelligent predators, capable of taking seals, sharks and even large whales. But a blue whale belonged to a different category in the human imagination. It was too big, too immense, too overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then researchers documented something no one had formally confirmed before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three times.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Shocked Scientists So Much<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue whales are not just big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are the biggest animals ever known to exist on Earth. Adults can reach astonishing lengths and weigh more than almost any predator in the sea could realistically challenge alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is what made these observations so important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists had seen evidence suggesting orcas harassed or attacked very large whales before. But a fully documented sequence in which orcas successfully hunted blue whales was something different. It moved the idea from rumor and scattered speculation into documented marine science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the events were not all identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers described three separate predation events off Western Australia, including cases in 2019 and 2021. Together, those encounters provided the first formal scientific documentation of orcas hunting and killing blue whales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That alone is enough to stop a reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the deeper details are what make the story unforgettable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Blue Whales Were Not Just Helpless Carcasses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the reasons this story spread so widely is that it did not look like simple scavenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least one of the blue whales described in the research appeared healthy before the attack. That detail matters, because it changes the meaning of everything that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was not a case of orcas merely arriving to feed on an animal that was already dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It suggested active predation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, some orcas were not just bold enough to approach the largest animal alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were capable of bringing one down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That possibility completely changes how people think about marine power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often imagine size as the final protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This case suggested that coordination could matter even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Many Orcas Were Involved?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first images or video from such a scene can be deceptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may only see a few orcas around the whale at the beginning. That is exactly why the moment can look so visually clean and so hard to believe at the same time. It may seem like a tense encounter, but not yet a hunt on the scale history would remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the bigger picture emerges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers reported that as many as <strong>50 orcas<\/strong> were involved across some stages of the documented events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That number changes everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A single orca beside a blue whale looks small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three orcas around a blue whale look daring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But an organized predation event involving dozens of orcas starts to sound like one of the most extraordinary hunting behaviors ever recorded in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Could Smaller Predators Bring Down Something So Huge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where the story becomes even more fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orcas do not need to overpower a blue whale with raw size. They rely on coordination, speed, endurance and repeated pressure. A group can harass, isolate and exhaust an animal far larger than any one individual could ever control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is one reason the beginning of the hunt matters so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first visible stage may not include blood, biting or chaos. Instead, it can look strangely calm: a few orcas taking positions, matching the whale\u2019s movement, closing space and testing how to control the encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is what makes the scene so unsettling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The violence is not obvious yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And once you understand that, the image becomes much more powerful. The blue whale is still swimming strongly. It is still enormous. But the positions of the orcas reveal that something far more serious may already be underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Western Australia Became So Important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documented events came from waters off Western Australia, a region that has already built a reputation for extraordinary orca behavior. The area has produced some of the most dramatic and scientifically valuable observations of orcas interacting with large marine animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That matters because truly rare predator-prey events are not easy to study. Most happen far from shore, without observers, and without enough continuous documentation to prove exactly what occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These Western Australia encounters gave researchers something far more valuable than rumor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a documented sequence,<br>repeated cases,<br>and enough detail to show that this was not a one-off fluke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a phenomenon is documented multiple times, it becomes much harder to dismiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Story Gets So Many Clicks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because it feels wrong at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A human instinctively looks at a blue whale and thinks: <strong>nothing should be hunting that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the facts start landing one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The largest animal on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orcas taking positions around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists formally documenting the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not one case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to 50 orcas involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least one blue whale that appeared healthy before the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That combination is exactly what makes people click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not ordinary marine drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a complete reversal of what people expect size to mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Video Should Make People Feel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is also why the visual reconstruction works best when it shows only the opening phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need gore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you definitely do not need to show 50 animals all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strongest image is often simpler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">one enormous blue whale,<br>three smaller orcas,<br>and a growing realization that those smaller animals are not merely nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are organizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The viewer should not instantly see the end of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The viewer should feel the question forming:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can this really end the way it seems to be heading?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That question is what carries people into the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the article delivers the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Most Disturbing Part<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most disturbing part is not just that orcas can kill blue whales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is that the event appears to reflect coordination so advanced that the size difference stops being the central fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blue whale remains immense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the orcas are not competing as individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are functioning as a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That changes the logic of the encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What looks impossible in a one-on-one comparison begins to look terrifyingly plausible when strategy, persistence and numbers enter the equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Hunt That Changed the Way People See the Ocean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are wildlife stories that feel dramatic for a day and then fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first documented cases of orcas killing blue whales changed the conversation around predator behavior in the ocean. They revealed that even the largest animal on Earth may not be beyond the reach of coordinated predators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that is why the story remains so compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the start, the blue whale still looks untouchable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end, the science says otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What once seemed unthinkable had now been documented three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And once you know that, a few orcas moving into position around a blue whale no longer looks like a strange coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks like the beginning of one of the rarest and most astonishing hunts ever recorded at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first, the scene looked almost impossible to interpret. A giant blue whale was moving through open water off Western Australia. Around it, a few orcas appeared small enough to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","bwp-blog-post","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-col-3","bwp-post-has-title"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At first, the scene looked almost impossible to interpret. A giant blue whale was moving through open water off Western Australia. Around it, a few orcas appeared small enough to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ElbiStanx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin22\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin22\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin22\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85\"},\"headline\":\"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663\"},\"wordCount\":1305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663\",\"name\":\"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png\",\"width\":1672,\"height\":941},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?p=663#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ElbiStanx\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85\",\"name\":\"admin22\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin22\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elbistanx.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx","og_description":"At first, the scene looked almost impossible to interpret. A giant blue whale was moving through open water off Western Australia. Around it, a few orcas appeared small enough to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663","og_site_name":"ElbiStanx","article_published_time":"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e-1024x576.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin22","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin22","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663"},"author":{"name":"admin22","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85"},"headline":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times","datePublished":"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663"},"wordCount":1305,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663","url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663","name":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times - ElbiStanx","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png","datePublished":"2026-08-19T17:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-19T22:21:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5d784ac9-358f-4586-9b63-8c0b69b1916e.png","width":1672,"height":941},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?p=663#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Scientists Had Never Documented Orcas Killing a Blue Whale\u2014Then It Happened Three Times"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/","name":"ElbiStanx","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8dde86da4da3d8ef5648845d2ddd3a85","name":"admin22","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33cc0a0c05549896b9b93e3e8d46f85841c3adef01da11581ffdd938b8222857?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin22"},"url":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elbistanx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- This website is optimized by Airlift. Learn more: https://airlift.net. Template:. Learn more: https://airlift.net. Template: 6a4182dadb888aa12a55d14e. Config Timestamp: 2026-06-28 20:23:54 UTC, Cached Timestamp: 2026-08-24 02:07:51 UTC, Optimization Time: 2.72ms -->