TV Documentary: Killer Whales
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
British (General)Transcript
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The abundance of krill attracts other visitors to the peninsula in the summer. Antarctic minke whales, their pointed heads and short dorsal fins give them speed on DH endurance, and they need both. There are other whales here, too. Killers. This is an extended family of mothers and their young Onda male with a huge dorsal fin almost two metres high, a lone minke whale. It's just what this group of killer whales is looking for. Working as a team, as they have done for decades, they fan out across the strait in search of their quarry. On they found it. The minke races away, pursued by outriders on each flank, terrified the minke heads for the shore. It's so desperate to escape it almost beaches itself. It makes a desperate break for freedom. Two hours and 20 miles later, the minke is still alive and swimming strongly. It's only real defence is its endurance, but the killers work as a team with fresh ones replacing the outriders in relays. Ondas, the minke tyres, the battering and the biting begins. Sea birds are attracted by the smell of fresh blood rising from the water. The killers try to flip the minke over. If they manage to keep its blowhole underwater, it will drown. One forces the monkeys whole body down below the surface, and then the final strike.
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