Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on May 15, 2024 21:44:10 GMT
I just saw this article come up today and thought of this thread! Apparently over the past few years, orcas are sinking private boats in the Strait of Gibraltar. They don't know why or how many are doing it but it's apparently a thing. Orcas sinking boats |
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Post by Lexica on May 15, 2024 22:53:25 GMT
I just saw this article come up today and thought of this thread! Apparently over the past few years, orcas are sinking private boats in the Strait of Gibraltar. They don't know why or how many are doing it but it's apparently a thing. Orcas sinking boatsI saw this same event on another site. Reuters is reporting there have been 700 interactions with killer whales since 2020. Not all interactions resulted in capsized boats, of course, but I don’t doubt they were studying humans and that ultimately resulted in them beginning to attack boats. I remember reading that they are extremely smart and the pod that a young baby was caught and brought upon a ship. Both the baby and pod members were screaming in distress. I think they followed the boat for miles, crying out in communication with the captured baby. They are so smart that when a ship that might capture another young Orca comes near them, the mothers and babies roll over onto their sides to keep their dorsal fin below water in an attempt to avoid detection. Then the males head away from the mothers and babies to try to lure the ship away from the babies. This breaks my heart. I can’t blame them for capsizing boats near their territory. I see it as self preservation more than an attack. I have always hated that these beautiful wild creatures are put in small tanks and are suffering just so people can watch them doing tricks on command. |
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Post by ntsf on May 16, 2024 0:26:22 GMT
the cool thing about orcas is that the grandmothers run the pods.. and teach the youngsters their wisdom. we have been in a sailboat near a big pod.. they were doing a circle hunt.. it was pretty exciting to see. they are a top predator, so are not nice. but do the job they fit into in ecosystem.
btw.. this was in monteray bay.. about 15 orcas circling their prey. we. were in our sailboat and a distance away.. I think they were hunting seals..
dh once had a juvenile sea lion come on our sailboat in the middle of the night. and knocked on the hatch. dh was sleeping on the deck.. startled. that was in drakes bay.. pt reyes
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tracylynn
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Post by tracylynn on May 16, 2024 5:16:52 GMT
They are thought to be attacking the noats because due to injury from a boat or the threats they may feel from the boat rutters.
Not because humans are on board.
Orcas have never attacked a human in the wild. They are definitely curious, but have never harmed a human. Captive Orcas can't be held accountable for their actions quite frankly.
As far as bullying, they simply work together to feed their pod. It's amazing to watch. They are so smart.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on May 16, 2024 14:00:38 GMT
Orcas are wild animals and for that very reason there needs to be an abundance of caution. Would I rather be stuck swimming with an Orca or a white shark? Orca all day long. We have a very small pod off the coast of MA, who knows, maybe more will come to the area for the white sharks, apparently they like to eat their livers. We have a lot of white sharks with more every year (though I love it b/c I'm a shark nut and I don't swim in Cape waters anymore). I think a lot of the bullying behavior is seen when they're teaching the young to hunt though there have been stories of them killing dolphins, etc and not eating them.
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Post by finsup on May 17, 2024 12:55:10 GMT
And yet then there was this movie - scarred me for life lol: I’m also scarred for life from this movie…but it’s from sitting in a crowded movie theater as a little kid and having my dad let out an enormous fart and loudly blame it on me. 😆 |
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Post by scrapalotomous on May 18, 2024 6:44:57 GMT
I visited a museum in Eden on the east coast of Australia last week and read of Orcas helping whalers hunt. The orcas would find whales, shepherd them into Twofold Bay or neighbouring regions of coast, and then often swim many kilometres away from the location of the hunt to alert the whalers and lead them to where they were.
There were stories of them helping whalers who had fallen into the ocean as well.
There was a famous one called Old Tom who helped the whalers of the time for years.
This was 1800’s for the record.
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Post by katlady on May 22, 2024 18:27:47 GMT
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Post by Zee on May 23, 2024 4:49:41 GMT
I visited a museum in Eden on the east coast of Australia last week and read of Orcas helping whalers hunt. The orcas would find whales, shepherd them into Twofold Bay or neighbouring regions of coast, and then often swim many kilometres away from the location of the hunt to alert the whalers and lead them to where they were. There were stories of them helping whalers who had fallen into the ocean as well. There was a famous one called Old Tom who helped the whalers of the time for years. This was 1800’s for the record. Confirmed: orcas are the Dicks of the Sea. |
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Post by lesserknownpea on May 23, 2024 10:08:55 GMT
Humpbacked whales hate orcas because they will go after their young. And the humpbacks hold a grudge. They’ve been known to interfere and surround orcas when they are trying to hunt other prey, foiling their efforts. Just because.
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