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00:00 Ok, so whales aren't generally that cool, but believe me, the candidates for the title
00:04 "The Best Animal in the World" from the 6th episode of Annual Battle are just overpowered,
00:08 one fighting with giant 14 meter squids and the other one being the nightmare of great
00:13 white sharks.
00:14 So, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present you these two incredible sea creatures.
00:20 The killer whale versus the sperm whale.
00:24 Also stick until the end of the video to find out who is the winner of the last battle between
00:28 the cougar and the cheetah.
00:29 Let's do it.
00:30 I'm Mario and this is Animal Battle.
00:36 Firstly, both the killer whale and the sperm whale are cetaceans, which are not fish, but
00:43 marine mammals and the killer whale isn't even a whale, but a dolphin.
00:47 Killer whales are also called orcas and sperm whales can be called cachalots.
00:50 Also, don't forget that the winner of Animal Battle isn't necessarily the strongest, because
00:54 we are going to evaluate them by 6 different characteristics, agility, attack, defense,
01:01 intelligence, bonus skill and survival.
01:04 So let's begin with agility.
01:06 Even if they are large, they are pretty fast.
01:07 Sperm whales can reach speeds of up to 45 km/h, which is not bad at all, but orcas outspeed
01:13 them being able to swim with a speed of 65 km/h.
01:17 One problem that they have with agility is the fact that they are limited to move only
01:20 in water, while other animals can walk on land, climb trees and even fly.
01:24 Also, they can't dive to the bottom of the ocean because they need to go to the surface
01:28 to breathe air, and there's a point when they are too deep underwater and the pressure is
01:32 just too big, but that depth is big enough for them, killer whales being able to dive
01:36 up to 259 meters and sperm whales being able to dive as much as 2 kilometers.
01:41 Now let's go to the interesting part of the video, the attack and defense stats.
01:45 Killer whales are the biggest species of dolphins, reaching lengths of up to 6 to 8 meters and
01:49 weights of up to 6 tons.
01:51 For reference, killer whales are about as long as a London bus and as heavy as an African
01:55 elephant.
01:56 The largest killer whale recorded measured 9.8 meters in length, so as you can see they
01:59 are actually pretty big, but sperm whales are way larger.
02:03 They can reach lengths of up to 20.5 meters and 57 tons.
02:07 Once again, because humans aren't that good at visualizing things longer than 15 centimeters,
02:11 you can use as reference the length of 2 and a half London buses and the weight of 9 and
02:16 a half elephants.
02:17 If their sizes weren't enough to impress you, then their hunting techniques surely
02:20 will.
02:21 Let's start with the killer whale.
02:22 They can hunt 30 species of fish, mostly salmon, 32 species of cetaceans like dolphins and
02:27 whales, seals and sea lions, birds like seagulls, and even terrestrial animals like deers if
02:33 they happen to swim between islands.
02:35 And how they hunt them is even more amazing.
02:38 For different types of prey they use different strategies, which are a good indicator of
02:41 a high intelligence level.
02:43 Let's say that a seal stays on an ice floor.
02:45 It might seem like it is safe because orcas can't walk on land, but they don't even need
02:49 to if they can get the seal into the water.
02:51 For this they charge the ice floor in tight formation, creating a huge wave front.
02:55 Just before reaching the ice, they dive underneath, giving a last-second push to the wave with
02:59 their tails.
03:00 The seal is washed off the ice floor and the meal is served.
03:03 Even sea lions staying on the shore aren't safe because killer whales can charge on the
03:07 shore and catch them and go back into the water after that.
03:10 Orcas can also push narwhals into shallow waters and catch them there.
03:14 Another technique, recursive feeding is very good for eating fish.
03:17 A group of killer whales will swim around a school of fish forming a ball, and the orcas
03:21 will take turns to hit the fish with their tails and eat them so that the others will
03:24 keep the school of fish together.
03:26 And if this technique doesn't look like pure genius, then let me tell you about the blowhole
03:30 block technique.
03:31 To kill large whales, the orca will separate firstly the young from their mother and will
03:35 swim above its blowhole so that the whale won't be able to breathe until it drowns.
03:40 And last but not least, the technique that can be used against sharks as dangerous as
03:44 the great white shark.
03:45 Because it is too dangerous to have a direct approach to the sharks, which can also bite,
03:49 the killer whale will firstly use its massive tail to push the sharks to the surface, then
03:53 raises the tail high into the air and hits the shark on its head.
03:57 Then the orca flips the shark over because in this position the shark is paralyzed and
04:01 can be safely eaten.
04:02 So killer whales are just monsters, having no natural predators.
04:05 But don't worry, even though orcas have killed humans in captivity, they have never killed
04:09 any human into the wild because they realize that it is not a prey.
04:13 So what about sperm whales?
04:14 How can they be anywhere as cool as orcas?
04:16 Well, they don't hunt on the surface.
04:18 Instead, they take long dives for more than an hour.
04:21 The snow lighted the depths of 1 km, so they use their echolocation to hunt for 14-meter
04:26 giant and colossal squids who fight as big as a plate.
04:30 And killing them isn't an easy job.
04:32 They fight to the death.
04:33 The sperm whale kills the squid in the end, but it has a lot of scars after such an extreme
04:37 fight.
04:38 Unfortunately, these amazing battles have never been recorded on camera because the
04:42 depth at which they occur is very big.
04:44 Also, because they are so big, they don't have other predators than killer whales.
04:48 Orcas can try to attack a young sperm whale, and all the adults come together in the margaret
04:52 formation to defend it.
04:54 Also, the adults are safe at bigger depths, so we can observe that they have very good
04:57 attack and defense stats.
04:59 Killer whales have the maximum stats due to its amazing hunting strategies, power, and
05:03 the lack of natural predators.
05:05 Talking about intelligence, I can mention that sperm whales have the largest brain of
05:08 all animals, which is more than 5 times bigger than the human brain.
05:12 But the size of the brain isn't that important if you don't take into consideration the
05:15 size of an animal.
05:17 Because the sperm whale is so massive, the proportion of the brain to the body mass is
05:20 very small, having an EQ of just 0.3, whilst humans have 7.44.
05:26 Killer whales have the second largest brain of all marine animals and an EQ of 2.5, which
05:31 is pretty good.
05:32 They can be trained in captivity and teach others new skills.
05:35 Mothers push their calves onto the beach for training.
05:37 Also, a captive orca discovered that it could regurgitate fish onto the surface, attracting
05:42 seagulls and beneath the birds, and four other killer whales copied its behavior.
05:46 All of these, combined with their hunting techniques, give killer whales high intelligence
05:50 stats, while sperm whales have lower stats.
05:52 Let's go to bond skills.
05:53 A huge bonus that both species have is the fact that they live and hunt in groups, which
05:58 means that they are much stronger together.
06:00 Killer whale calves stay with their mothers their entire lives, forming groups called
06:04 matrilines, which don't separate for long periods of time.
06:07 One to four matrilines can form parts, which can sometimes separate for weeks or months.
06:11 Sperm whales form natal units, which consist of females, juvenile males and the young.
06:16 Now let's talk about the name of sperm whales, which comes from a liquid located in the organs
06:20 above the whale's skull, which was thought to be its semen.
06:23 Now we know that it is actually used to generate powerful clicking sounds for echolocation
06:27 and communication.
06:28 They are so powerful that they reach 230 decibels.
06:37 For comparison, if you have the misfortune of staying near a jet engine, because everyone
06:41 knows what it's like to stay near a jet engine, you will hear only 150 decibels.
06:46 That is why it is very dangerous to swim near sperm whales.
06:49 Killer whales also use clicks, whistles and calls for navigation and communication, although
06:54 not as powerful.
06:55 Another interesting fact about sperm whales is that they sleep vertically and their waste
06:59 is called ambergris, is used for making expensive perfumes, so if you find one floating you
07:04 can celebrate because it costs from 10 to 100 thousands of dollars.
07:08 So we can observe that they also have high bonus kill stats.
07:11 Ending with survival, I can say that there are around 50,000 killer whales in the wild,
07:16 which can live up to 50 years, and around 360,000 sperm whales, which can live more
07:20 than 70 years.
07:22 So overall they have amazing stats, but only one is the winner.
07:26 Who is the winner?
07:27 It is up to you because you can vote the winner right there and write your opinions in the
07:30 comments down below.
07:32 Also share this video with your friends, family and babushka so that more people can see how
07:36 incredible these animals are.
07:37 Now I will announce the winners of the last battle between the cougar and the cheetah.
07:41 So after counting the votes, the winner is…
07:46 The cougar!
07:47 An amazing animal with high stats overall.
07:50 Cheetah fans, like me, shouldn't be upset because even though the cougar is the one
07:53 going further, cheetahs are still impressive animals and we should understand that all
07:57 animals are amazing.
07:58 So once again don't forget to vote for this episode's winner in the top right corner
08:02 and maybe support me on Patreon so that your name will be shown in my videos.
08:06 Respect animals!