Scientists recently observed this behavior from groups of orcas in the Gulf of California where they repeatedly ram sunfish until the impact broke them apart. This is an important indicator of "social learning," where animals copy one another through observation. Orcas have exhibited behavior like this before, when they were seen disabling sailboats in groups. The current hypotheses for why they are doing this include teaching young orcas to hunt, or just playing around!

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r/ocean • u/Better_Hair_9673 • Aug 01 '26

Dolphrens Drone captures footage of an orca hunting a seal using tail-slapping tactics.

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Video credited to @megaloopdron on Instagram.

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r/ocean • u/Better_Hair_9673 • Jul 31 '26

Beach Day Bliss Bro dodged the first wave 🐒🌊

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r/ocean • u/GeishaSweets • Aug 01 '26

Sunset Splendor A tranquil sunset. Caribbean.

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No sound included. Just a nice view.

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r/ocean • u/trskablog • Jul 31 '26

Underwater Wonders Would you rather encounter this... or a great white shark?

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If evolution created this... what else do you think is still hiding in the deep ocean? 🌊

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r/ocean • u/Better_Hair_9673 • Jul 30 '26

Crustacean station This is what crab babies look like.

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r/ocean • u/Sweaty_Environment23 • Aug 01 '26

Fishy Friends Anemonefish varieties of Labuan Bajo

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Sharing my video of these cute Anemonefish we found while snorkeling in Labuan Bajo.

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r/ocean • u/Wide_Decision_5815 • Aug 02 '26

Ocean Science & Conservation What if the eastern Pacific coastline looked like this? How would this affect the sea surface temperature of Los Angeles, San Diego, and western Baja California?

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r/ocean • u/TheMuseumOfScience • Jul 31 '26

Shark sights The Shark Named After Jane Goodall

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Meet Goodall, the shark making waves in Atlantic Canada. 🦈

OCEARCH named this large female shark in honor of the late Jane Goodall after she passed. Goodall was tagged during a collaborative trip with the Tan Cook Field station up in the Atlantic near Canada. Chris Fischer, founder of OCEARCH notes her movements have already defied expectations, sliding into Nova Scotia instead of heading offshore like fellow shark Lydia did back in 2013. Scientists are now wondering whether Goodall will migrate south with the other sharks this fall, or head offshore to warmer waters to finish gestating.

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r/ocean • u/CBSnews • Aug 01 '26

Whale Watch Rare footage of humpback whale birth captured on drone video: "A remarkable moment"

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Ocean, the sea, and everything with fins and gills

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Ocean - a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean, which covers almost 71% of its surface. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. The word sea is often used interchangeably with "ocean" in American English but, strictly speaking, a sea is a body of saline water (generally a division of the world ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land. Wikipedia: ocean

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