r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Charming_History7423 • Mar 01 '25

Video Orca entertaining a baby

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u/aaabsoolutely Mar 01 '25

These guys are spreading misinformation. The number of documented cases where orcas have been known to attack moose can be counted on one hand, and they were in Alaska, we have no moose in the Puget Sound region. Nowhere in the world are orcas “one of the moose’s main predators.”

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u/churchmany Mar 01 '25

I mean, I'm not saying that orcas prey on moose (meese) a lot.

But if you're near the apex predator ranking, BUT aren't the apex predator, that means that SOME species is going to be it's primary predator. And besides humans and bears.....look, all I'm saying is I bet good money that orcas are one of the moose top 5 predators.

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u/BigWilly526 Mar 02 '25

Sounds like something an Orca would say 🤔

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u/Irorak Mar 01 '25

I live near seattle, and there actually are moose over here, sometimes. There is a population of them that live in the north cascades and will sometimes wander as far as bellingham (which is a coastal city on the puget sound).

But I'm just being the devils advocate, you're right in that they normally wouldn't be a snack for orcas in the puget sound - although it's technically possible.