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# What Is Wave Washing: How Killer Whales Hunt Seals
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/trailers/what-is-wave-washing-how-killer-whales-hunt-seals/
- Published: 2025-01-30T18:15:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-07T13:42:15.000Z
- Description: Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals - Antarctica's second-top predator.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #geo-us, #v1.5, #ZZZ_Trailer_b39c3041-3749-457d-8377-fb8b78b60166, #trailer

Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals, Antarctica's second-top predator. But when reinforcements appear, this group of killer whales has a technique for capturing this aggressive predator: wave washing.