Synopsis
Amazing first time aerial images of orcas hunting sea-lions pups reveal their technique - keeping fins low and using the waves to hit the beach.
- Programme: Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise
- Episode: 03: Life on the Edge
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Biology
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