Current Events > Orcas have attacked and sunk another boat and experts warn of more attacks

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Beany
05/17/24 7:29:31 PM
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A group of orcas known to attack boats in southwest Europe have sunk a 50-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar after ripping open its hull. It is the fifth time these killer whales have sent a ship to the seafloor in the last three years.

And experts have warned that more attacks are likely in the coming months after the orcas unexpectedly switched up their behavior earlier this year.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-attacked-and-sunk-another-boat-in-europe-and-experts-warn-there-could-be-more-attacks-soon

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Ratchetrockon
05/17/24 7:31:35 PM
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Damn I remember when they were just beating them up without sinking them

Their technique has gotten better

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Zikten
05/17/24 7:33:37 PM
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The revolution has begun
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thronedfire2
05/17/24 7:34:01 PM
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I read that as Orcs sunk another boat

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Notti
05/20/24 7:29:04 AM
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Do they get anything from it? Food? Or is it just revenge/bored?

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_____Cait
05/20/24 7:30:48 AM
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Notti posted...
Do they get anything from it? Food? Or is it just revenge/bored?

They are said to be close to the social intelligence of humans. Maybe it is revenge?

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JuanCarlos1
05/20/24 7:31:03 AM
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Nature knows whos at fault

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TomClark
05/20/24 7:31:15 AM
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Notti posted...
Do they get anything from it? Food? Or is it just revenge/bored?

They're sending a message.

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mustachedmystic
05/20/24 7:35:03 AM
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Notti posted...
Do they get anything from it? Food? Or is it just revenge/bored?
Orcas are jackasses. Iirc, they are the only other species(than us) to have been documented killing for fun.

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cjsdowg
05/20/24 7:36:33 AM
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Normally I am not a fan of Dolphins. But I will have to ask what were the boats doing to them to get them so upset in the first place.

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WingsOfGood
05/20/24 7:39:51 AM
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Orcas visit antiwork reddit
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Irony
05/20/24 7:40:35 AM
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Good

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LeCh0nk
05/20/24 7:41:01 AM
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The Earth is fighting back

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LeoRavus
05/20/24 7:42:38 AM
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Maybe the boats are scaring away their food?

That would be terrifying.

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WingsOfGood
05/20/24 7:43:38 AM
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Boat is probably noisy too.
Maybe they were trying to sleep.
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Southernfatman
05/20/24 8:16:15 AM
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"Do you know the Orcan proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It's very cold... in the sea."

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ffmasterjose
05/20/24 8:38:48 AM
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Oh shit we might actually nuke the whales if they keep this up.
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TimeForAction
05/20/24 8:41:12 AM
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A lot of seals like to jump up on boats to avoid the orcas. Perhaps theyve taken notice
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MangaBroski
05/20/24 8:55:50 AM
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Comrade orcas sink another yacht.
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LeoRavus
05/20/24 9:00:31 AM
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TimeForAction posted...
A lot of seals like to jump up on boats to avoid the orcas. Perhaps theyve taken notice

Could be, but I doubt seals could jump high enough to land on a yacht. The videos I've seen were smaller boats.

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Vegy
05/20/24 9:19:41 AM
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Do dey really want to go extinct?

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UnholyMudcrab
05/20/24 9:23:46 AM
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Orcas know what's up.

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DarthAragorn
05/20/24 9:25:36 AM
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Destroyed a yacht? That's pretty based.

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SpawnShadow
05/20/24 9:28:38 AM
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I, for one, welcome our new cetacean overlords.
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ai123
05/20/24 9:31:39 AM
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People are all 'save the whale!', and 'I wanna swim with dolphins!', but they are the nasty bastards of the sea: they rape and murder other creatures (and their own kind) for fun.

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McMarbles
05/20/24 9:33:48 AM
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Aquaman is pissed.

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Thermador446
05/20/24 9:41:12 AM
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I've been it saying for years; they're gonna start attacking people soon

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I4NRulez
05/20/24 9:48:26 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
Maybe the boats are scaring away their food?

That would be terrifying.

thats one of the theories iirc.

the other 2 main ones are the matriarch of the pod was hit by a boat so she taught the pod how to attack the boats as retaliation. The other is that the whales are just playing

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Ulfar
05/20/24 9:54:21 AM
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Evolution complete.
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Zikten
05/20/24 9:55:26 AM
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The theory i think is that an orca had a bad experience with a boat, probably hit by it. Then it talked to other orcas and spread word on how evil boats are.
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Fony
05/20/24 10:03:40 AM
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Theyre probably just tired of us.

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Compsognathus
05/20/24 10:09:55 AM
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Yeah the most prevailing theory is that an orca pod had a bad experience with a boat so they started attacking boats. But that it has turned into a "meme" among orcas so others are doing it too.

Like a violent version of salmon hats.

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UnholyMudcrab
05/20/24 10:11:23 AM
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The orcas are doing praxis.

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Hejiru
05/20/24 10:24:24 AM
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During Covid, there were a lot less ships in the sea, which resulted in quieter waters. This was a great benefit to cetaceans, as it let them communicate more easily. (Imagine if a species was constantly running jets over your head.)

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/891854646/whales-get-a-break-as-pandemic-creates-quieter-oceans

https://btbel.pbsci.ucsc.edu/baleen-whale-stress-levels-post-covid-19-reductions-in-ocean-noise-and-marine-traffic/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/07/covid-how-the-pandemic-may-have-helped-whales-off-californias-coast/amp/

So I have to wonder if its a coincidence that these attacks started shortly afterwards. They were used to noise all their lives, then suddenly got a break and realized what life could be like without humans screaming across the ocean all the time. So maybe theyre trying to go back to that.

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Zikten
05/20/24 2:51:29 PM
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Hejiru posted...
During Covid, there were a lot less ships in the sea, which resulted in quieter waters. This was a great benefit to cetaceans, as it let them communicate more easily. (Imagine if a species was constantly running jets over your head.)

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/891854646/whales-get-a-break-as-pandemic-creates-quieter-oceans

https://btbel.pbsci.ucsc.edu/baleen-whale-stress-levels-post-covid-19-reductions-in-ocean-noise-and-marine-traffic/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/07/covid-how-the-pandemic-may-have-helped-whales-off-californias-coast/amp/

So I have to wonder if its a coincidence that these attacks started shortly afterwards. They were used to noise all their lives, then suddenly got a break and realized what life could be like without humans screaming across the ocean all the time. So maybe theyre trying to go back to that.
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Frosted_Midna
05/22/24 1:44:18 AM
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I am on team orcas!

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Mr_Karate_II
05/22/24 1:48:11 AM
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Orcas are dicks to other animals BUT I'm siding with them on this.

It's actually kinda funny they're sinking boats.

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Arcanine2009
05/22/24 1:52:16 AM
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Fishermen encountered a horde of Wailmers
Wailmers used Body Press. It's super effective!
Fishermen yacht fainted!

j/k, but I'm glad the fishermen are okay at least

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divot1338
05/22/24 2:13:34 AM
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Notti posted...
Do they get anything from it? Food? Or is it just revenge/bored?
Scientists have theorized that an orca may have been injured when cooling its face in the prop wash.

It learned revenge and taught its friends.

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Smashingpmkns
05/22/24 2:18:02 AM
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Avatar 2 predicted this

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Kradek
05/22/24 3:32:09 AM
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Fuck yes. Sink as many boats and yachts as you can, orcas.

I fucking hate it when people side with shitty ass humans (an invasive species) over aquatic life.

Our species was not meant to be in the ocean. We were not designed for that and the only reason we are is because of our intelligence. Do we have more of a right to be in the ocean than creatures literally born into it who cannot live elsewhere? FUCK NO.

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VFalcone
05/22/24 4:35:18 AM
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My greatest fear is that they'll get so good and frequent at it that we decide we have to kill orcas off now. We wouldn't learn anything or try to understand their message, we'd just kill them.
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Hyena_Of_Ice
05/22/24 6:49:04 AM
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Kradek posted...
Fuck yes. Sink as many boats and yachts as you can, orcas.

I fucking hate it when people side with shitty ass humans (an invasive species) over aquatic life.

Our species was not meant to be in the ocean. We were not designed for that and the only reason we are is because of our intelligence. Do we have more of a right to be in the ocean than creatures literally born into it who cannot live elsewhere? FUCK NO.

You do realize that humans have been crossing oceans since the Neolithic, right? We're talking at least 7,000 BC, bare minimum, that humans were crossing the Mediterranean sea for trade.
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Kradek
05/22/24 11:57:38 AM
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Hyena_Of_Ice posted...
You do realize that humans have been crossing oceans since the Neolithic, right? We're talking at least 7,000 BC, bare minimum, that humans were crossing the Mediterranean sea for trade.

You obviously missed the point of my post so you could smugly try to hit me with some sort of gotcha.

Try again.

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thronedfire2
05/22/24 2:45:42 PM
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Hyena_Of_Ice posted...
You do realize that humans have been crossing oceans since the Neolithic, right? We're talking at least 7,000 BC, bare minimum, that humans were crossing the Mediterranean sea for trade.

sailing and rowing ships arent noisy like ships with engines are

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ROB45
05/22/24 2:46:23 PM
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They ain't called "killer whales" for nothing.
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ZevLoveDOOM
05/22/24 2:47:15 PM
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this is some true pirate shit for real.
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Charged151
05/22/24 2:48:10 PM
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McMarbles posted...
Aquaman is pissed.
Dang. Somehow I knew it would end this way...

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Scorsese2002
05/22/24 2:54:58 PM
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Read topic title as Oreos have attacked and sunk another boat

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