'It shows the power of the matriarch': Heartbreaking footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calf

Heartbreaking footage shows an orca mom and her adult son drowning a young calf from a neighboring pod. The dramatic video is likely the first time this rare behavior has been filmed.

Orca infanticide is extremely rare, and it wasn't something the production team was expecting to capture."This behavior is so rare — in fact we think this is probably the first case of filmed orca infanticide," Chloe Sarosh, executive producer on the series, told Live Science."We didn't plan to film it, it was just a case of right place, right time."

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Infanticide among orcas is so rare it has only been documented once in published scientific literature, Charli Grimes, a researcher in animal behavior at the University of Exeter in the U.K., told Live Science in an email.

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