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(CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin ...

It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it flying ...

The matriarch of this orca pod was seen flinging a dusky dolphin into the air during the hunt, with the rest of the pod sharing food, according to a paper in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.