{"id":541130,"date":"2026-07-24T00:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541130\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:40:16","slug":"bam-see-these-killer-whales-explode-fish-into-pieces-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541130\/","title":{"rendered":"Bam! See these killer whales explode fish into pieces &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNSVNOZWt4d2tGMmxPN283Y2hrdjRUX2VxVVBLYUpSXzdlb3huWjB1cTd5YWdqVVpYY2pFZWFPeUZzcVRqb1ZtcndXRVVhNWQwVkY5QUxPcmJudll0WTlOcy1SNjVYWWZfNnFJMmNCbUJNVk85S2J1Tk9vdTdKbHhoNndTRXM4bVZQRE9LdkI5ZjJ5YWU4QzZfVXc3bThGeUxlSzFsRWZydDFXanU4dk5NZmZURQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bam! See these killer whales explode fish into pieces<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNbTd1bzJ0angzTmM3dHpIV1ZZeFdNUEM3WFhjNkZTUmM1a3ZNc1ZDeFJtQW9QUmIycVBiWDZMZWtRVktBbGo1c3p6cUhkWEJlMHFiZnJ4YzVGa3JCNGJ0UHBzbENYTnVhcGMwdVZzTEpDckFOUFVEM3lYM0E5UU54bkJGRm1lVk5wTFhHU25iNVN3X2JQVXI4UHJQV3BMZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE10Y3hueTZ3ZURFNVlmSDFXSUp6OExYcHZfR2U1Y3dzbVBEZlFfMHpiMUtubmRaX1RmVklTUzMyU1F6VjJqQXNJTlFkYURLTkZSQmRsdThWeTU4VkpJREY1OXNTUnpTb0lXRGI5UG1OWVptdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch an orca ram a sunfish so hard that the fish explodes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE1CTzJwcU0tX3Q0WUhERGxZdFBBNkc3UzIzOC0wY2J2QWM3U0RxUTZLbFlOaHBXVGNGRWZmSS1sY3ZRaU1xdHZjVWlBNUU0TU1XMFdyR3N3QUZzX05qTGhrWGwyMFJlMEZaRG9uUUVWQWpNMlRsaVhLNg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to Eat a 2,000-Pound Fish? These Orcas Choose to Pulverize It.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNaHYwWGhJem8xem5VVjJoN3pQeHg0SzV3S0dqTjVBMXFTM19ZSWMtZVNEYkxsNEdTWExMSDE5MnB3NTlrc2ZMcDlzUE9jLWJwZVFsVWw1ZG1JVi1OeThwWHVzVXY2U3VIOC1mZVJzd01rQ3ZZME12YW9RYXdlel8ycjU3c3NrOXI0WXhFYjU4WHpnNm5YX3hGMldXcmttcnczODNfQzln?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Killer whales: orcas blow fish to bits &#8216;for fun&#8217;, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bam! See these killer whales explode fish into pieces&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldOrcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[255589,3246,9260,170047,266372,22529,1888,8321,305,42,30505,296,14235,43,76836,42562,53295,2214,10534,43395,165,24359,2044,40,38,41,39,416,3608,28975],"class_list":["post-541130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bam","tag-both","tag-captured","tag-cooperating","tag-documented","tag-explode","tag-first","tag-fish","tag-have","tag-headlines","tag-instances","tag-into","tag-killer","tag-news","tag-orcas","tag-pieces","tag-prey","tag-researchers","tag-see","tag-smash","tag-their","tag-these","tag-time","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-video","tag-were","tag-whales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}