Pod Of Orcas Caught With An Enormous Eyeball

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My, what a big ball you have. Eyeball, that is.

While out and about in the Sea of Cortez, or the Gulf of California, a few months ago, BBC film crew and whale biologist Mark Carwardine came across something rather unexpected.

The team was trying to track down a mother humpback and her calf, but instead came across a pod of orcas splashing about at the surface. Since this kind of behavior is typically observed post-kill, the team feared that the orcas may have taken down the humpback calf.