The reason why killer whales are afraid of humpback whales is because humpback whales are larger than killer whales.
The body of the humpback whale is much larger than that of the killer whale. At the same time, the thick skin of the humpback whale can resist the damage of the killer whale. The humpback whale has sharp teeth, the killer whale will become. Humpback whales became their food. However, humpback whales do not have teeth. However, due to the larger size of humpback whales, killer whales cannot defeat humpback whales.
As one of the ten greatest lords of the ocean, killer whales have bullied many big fish. Even sharks and blue whales can become food in their mouths, so most fish do not dare to attack them easily. close, but only humpback whales will rush to stop them when they hearhave the hunting sounds of killer whales. According to observations, even if humpback whales cannot save their prey, they will prevent killer whales from hunting with peace of mind. We can say that they are real enemies.
Humpback whales specialize in rescuing marine mammals attacked by killer whales. In the Antarctic region, once upon a time there was a killer whale preparing to attack a crabeater seal on an ice floe. As long as it gently turned over the ice floe, the crabeater seal could not escape the killer whale. attack. But at that time, the humpback whales arrived after hearing the news, chased away the killer whales, and rescued the crabeater seals.
Adult gray whales weigh more than 30 tonnes and measure 10 to 15 meters long. Their larger bodies can protect themselves, but young gray whales are targets of killer whale attacks. When a gray whale mother mtakes her newborn in search of food and she is targeted by a killer whale, the killer whales divide into two groups: one group will attack the calf and the other will prevent the mother from saving it.