<p>Chase Dekker was guiding a morning whale watch in Monterey Bay, California, on October 16 when he observed some playful behavior from a group of killer whales.</p><p>The whales, which he first observed feeding under water, were later seen “harassing” a seabird which Dekker identified on Facebook</a> as a rhinoceros auklet. In aerial footage, the whales are seen treating the bird as a toy, acrobatically flipping it out of water with their tails.</p><p>While it’s safe to say the bird wasn’t having as much fun as the whales, Dekker wrote that, incredibly, it survived.</p><p>He said it was likely the whales were “teaching the younger whales in the pod how to hunt by using an easy target.” Credit: Chase Dekker via Storyful</p><br />
