VIDEO: Pod of orcas caught on cam by boat near Texas

A charter fishing boat witnessed something rarely seen — a whole pod of killer whales.Sam Hardeman took video on his phone earlier this week of the orcas about 130 miles offshore of Galveston, Texas. The pod of at least 30 orcas put on a show for around 20 minutes and then swam off to join an even larger pod.Dolphins and pilot whales are known to play in a boat's wake, but this is said to be highly unusual for orcas.Watch the above video to see what happened.

A charter fishing boat witnessed something rarely seen — a whole pod of killer whales.

Sam Hardeman took video on his phone earlier this week of the orcas about 130 miles offshore of Galveston, Texas.

The pod of at least 30 orcas put on a show for around 20 minutes and then swam off to join an even larger pod.

Dolphins and pilot whales are known to play in a boat's wake, but this is said to be highly unusual for orcas.

Watch the above video to see what happened.

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