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Thresher sharks have evolved an unusual but highly efficient hunting tactic: tail smacking. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The ...

Orcas can hunt stingrays using brute-force surprise: a sudden, powerful tail slap can flip and stun a ray, leaving it temporarily helpless. Killer whales have an extremely broad diet: depending on the ...

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In an “extremely rare” encounter, a fisherman was knocked unconscious when he was slapped in the face by the tail of a breaching whale. The incident occurred Sunday morning less than a mile off Tweed ...

Thresher sharks were seen slapping their long tails through the water, stunning or killing several smaller fish with each strike. Katherine Harmon reports They’re called thresher sharks. But perhaps ...

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – One woman had a unique sighting in North Myrtle Beach on Christmas Eve, and no it wasn’t Santa’s sleigh. Out in the waters, she saw a whale slapping its tail against ...

With breaches and tail slapping, a pod of orca whales put on a show near Seattle on Friday. The close encounter attracted dozens of people to the shore of the West Seattle neighborhood. Whale watchers ...

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Getting close to a stingray is risky, even for an accomplished predator such as an orca. They are not called stingrays for nothing! But if you can take them by surprise and stun them with a brutal ...