Video: Seal attempts to evade pod of killer whales by hiding in a mussel farm

Hide and seek! Incredible drone footage shows a crafty seal using a mussel farm to hide from a group of hungry orcas In an attempt to escape the orcas, the seal hid behind lines of mussel ropes When it left its hiding place and headed for open water, it was caught and killed Interactions involving man-made structures are rarely if ever, caught on camera The prospect of being hunted by a group of hungry orcas is pretty terrifying for even the most fearsome creature. But one crafty seal used a cunning method in an attempt to hide from a group of orcas off the coast of Shetland. In an attempt to escape the orcas, the seal sought to conceal itself between two lines of mussel ropes at the Grunna Voe mussel farm, which is to the north of Lerwick, Shetland. When it left its hiding place and headed for open water, it was caught and killed by the whales. Ms. Hague said it was ’fascinating’ to see them ’potentially being used by prey to hide from predators.