Why The Ocean’s Deadliest Predator Never Hunts You

Orcas kill great white sharks and blue whales, so why has a wild orca never been confirmed to kill a person? Here's what the ocean's deadliest predator can actually do, and why it leaves us alone. 0:00 Killer whales break through the ice, 1911 1:35 How deadly an orca really is 4:41 The boy in Alaska 5:28 Why orcas don't eat people 8:16 Orcas that bring people food 9:36 The orcas sinking boats off Spain and Portugal 10:50 Should you swim with orcas? Footage and photos: NOAA Fisheries; SeaDoc Society, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and NOAA Fisheries; Type D Killer Whale Research Team 2019, taken under Chilean Sub-Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Permit, Res. Ex. 1811 (31 May 2017) and Res. Ex. 4402 (18 December 2018); Pexels: Mehmet Ali Turan. Archival: Herbert Ponting, Maull & Fox, Ernest Linzell, Oswald Brierly, C. E. Wellings. Vanessa Hollon, Fair Projects / Steve Hathaway, Ravi Komatireddy (CC BY 3.0); Callan Carpenter (CC BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0); Carlos Valenzuela, Alezack (CC BY-SA 4.0); Ecohotel, Yathin S Krishnappa, Kevin Nichols, Fanny Schertzer (CC BY-SA 3.0); Jason Auch, Mike Baird, Rennett Stowe (CC BY 2.0); Erik Stockdale (CC0). Maps: Natural Earth.