Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 26 minutes ago

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Have you seen the video of orcas in Mexico ramming giant sunfish so forcefully that they explode?

In a paper published in Frontiers in Ethology, scientists describe this remarkable behavior—observed in two separate cases—which they call "ram to fragment."

🎥 Video: @drkatyayres

Learn more: Ayres KA, Gallagher AJ, Avena CV, Duarte CM and Higuera Rivas JE (2026) Fragmentation of sharp-tail sunfish (Masturus lanceolatus) caused by high-impact ramming behavior in orcas (Orcinus orca). Front. Ethol. 5:1835536. doi: 10.3389/fetho.2026.1835536