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TIL in a 2016 study, 72 incidents were reviewed of humpback whales interfering w/ orcas hunting mammals. 61 involved prey species other than humpbacks despite "no apparent benefit" for their intervention leading the authors to conclude that "interspecific altruism" could not be ruled out.

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