Stowaway seal escapes orcas by jumping on a boat

If you've ever watched any David Attenborough films, you'll know that nature can be beautiful AND cruel.

A US photographer captured just that, when a seal jumped onto her boat whilst being hunted by a pod of orcas - also know as killer wales.

Charvet Drucker, the amateur wildlife photographer, was taking photos of the orcas off Camano Island in Washington, when she noticed the tell-tale signs of a hunt.

A seal then jumped onto her boat for safety. Luckily for the seal, after 20 minutes the orcas gave up and it was able to return to the water unharmed.

The photographer wasn't able to drive away from the orcas because of wildlife boating rules.

They state that people have to keep their boat still and wait for whales to pass, so not to hurt them.

However, Charvet also wasn't able to help the seal either.

That's because wildlife laws don't allow humans to interact or touch whales or seals.

Orcas are highly intelligent predators.

They work together to create waves - like in the video - so they can knock their prey off floating ice in the water. Or in this case, a boat.

Killer whales are some of the largest and most powerful animals in the ocean, which means no other predator is able to challenge them.

Despite their nickname though, orcas don't seem to be a danger to humans. There has only ever been one report of a wild orca attacking a human.