article_snippet: Photographer Craig McInally, 40, caught the moment two orcas tore the young humpback whale to pieces when Photographer Craig McInally was diving off the Revillagigedo Islands in the Pacific.
article_snippet: In the remarkable photos, two orcas can be seen isolating the humpback whale calf from two orcas and killing the humpback whale calf before the humpback whale calf returns to its mother side having watched the humpback whale calf being killed.
article_snippet: After having killed the young calf, the two predatory orcas set about tearing its mother skin off in a brutal display of aggression .
article_snippet: Mr NcInally said: 'In fifteen years of expeditions to the remote Revillagigedo Islands, the crew of the boat I was on had never seen orcas there, much less witness the orcas' exhibit predatory behavior. '
article_snippet: In the photos, the humpback calf can be seen swimming closely with its mother before the larger killer wales separate the pair before slowly drowning and killing the baby.
article_snippet: Fully grown humpback whales, such as the one pictured by Photographer Craig McInally, can grow to be 16metres in length .
article_snippet: I looked over and was shocked to see the unmistakable fin of a male orca. '
article_snippet: we grabbed we cameras and dive gear and after a moment we realized the orcas were here for the baby. '
article_snippet: the baby was trying to escape and get back to The battle mum, but the orcas coordinated the attack to keep the baby separate. '
article_snippet: Finally, the orcas succeeded in drowning the baby and then fed on the blubber. '
highlights_snippet: Photographs show a humpback whale calf being isolated and killed by orcas before its mother returns to its mother side .
  
highlights_snippet: Incredible pictures show the two killer orca whales tearing the skin off the humpback whale calf's corpse .
  