Here are some videos from Planet Wild where they are: Training guerrilla firefighters in Sicily: https://www.planetwild.com/bizarrebeasts/6 Reviving a river after an eco disaster: https://www.planetwild.com/bizarrebeasts/5 Off the coast of South Africa, a small group of orcas with an apparent taste for shark liver have been taking out great white sharks since at least 2017. And, honestly, that’s not even the strangest thing killer whales have been up to lately. Did you miss this pin the first time around? Find yours here! https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-orca Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Carmen Redunante. Carmen has Indigenous roots from Chile on her mother's side. On her father's side, she is Nisga'a from the village of Gingolx, and her paternal grandfather is Tsimshian from Lax Kw’alaams. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://carmenredunante.com/ You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #orcas #killerwhales ----- Sources: https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/killer-whale https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Orcinus_orca/ https://marinemammalscience.org/science-and-publications/list-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/ https://www.simrstofino.org/blog/orcas-orcas-everywhere https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/21531/DeBruyn_Killer_2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/158866aa-afe0-4525-9d7c-bc9b16bfb37c https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-way-differentiate-orca-whale-cultures-through-audio-recordings https://web.archive.org/web/20110709052810/http://www.orcanetwork.org/nathist/NoAtlantictypes.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320704001338?via%3Dihub https://gizmodo.com/two-orcas-near-south-africa-are-at-war-with-great-white-1849129619 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/video-footage-captures-orcas-killing-great-white-sharks-180980911/ https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3875 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/1814232X.2022.2066723 https://www.sharktrust.org/tonic-immobility https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11693#Fig1 https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1117993583/orcas-attacks-spain-portugal-killer-whales https://theconversation.com/why-are-killer-whales-attacking-boats-expert-qanda-206223?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230626-why-are-orcas-suddenly-ramming-boats https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/understanding-orca-culture-12494696 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11693 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1709475114 ------ Images: Thumb: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/killer-whale-orcinus-orca-adult-leaping-canada-royalty-free-image/1254530177 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f1D9J4ja1uzjLM9B_TnWqqDkbHtCLBHhMsnBEfUCKyw/edit?tab=t.0