15 miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, a pod of Orcas trap a family of Sperm Whales. The action intensifies as the Orcas slam into the Sperm Whales, working as a unit to try and separate an individual and take down their prey.
Photographer Shawn Heinrichs off the coast of Sri Lanka captured a world's first: photographs of a pod of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.
"The attack was violent and disturbing as the panicked Sperm Whales were clearly no match for speed and maneuverability of the orcas.”
April 19, 2013, Five to Six Orcas (Killer Whales) attack a pod of six Sperm whales of the coast of Sri Lanka. Go to this video by my brother Shawn Heinrichs of Blue Sphere Media to see the full story and incredible underwater action (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq6D9sjzj6M) See the Wired Magazine story here: (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/orca-v-sperm-whale/).
