Looks like it's just some fun target practice for them.

Flashbacks to the Invincible train scene.

Just to fuck with you all a little. What if they are doing it because its fun to watch it explode?

I wouldn't put it past them

Probably. Orcas can behave in quite a human manner sometimes.

That’s the reason. Dolphins also pick on fish just because it entertains them.

“If you can explode a sunfish you can sink a yacht” - Orca Proverb

I think sunfish are basically full of fart gases to help them float so it’d be like letting off a chemical weapon.

Maybe. There was a orca calf that fed on the exploded bits, while the adults left the small parts for it and only ate the bigger parts.

They made baby food.

Good. I hate sunfish

Any science sauce of what’s happened

The orca who came up with this was a genius.

Hank Green did a video about Sunfish and apparently they are mostly collagen which is not very nutritious so most things don't bother eating or hunting them so it's quite possible the orcas just do it for fun. I think the article speculates that breaking the Sunfish into small pieces might help young orcas to eat it more easily though so it's a bit unknown I think

Orcas are such assholes, but in the best way possible.

Dolphins and Orcas don't have advanced tecnology, because they don't have hands nor fire, needed to develope it. But they have a way higher social itelligence as the humans.

Exploding is a quick and probably mostly painless death.

Orcas are such nice and ethical creatures!

Human weed-whacker

The original article said that the sun fish was already dead, and exploding it is probably a way to create bite size pieces for the juvenile orcas.

Thanks. Not sure if that makes it feel more or less gruesome lol

The mola was already dead