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Orcas attacking ships nothing new
The Columbian· 4 days agoA pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht over the weekend between Spain and Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar...Gibraltar — and it’s not the...
Killer whales keep ramming and sinking boats. Scientists now may know why, report says.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” she...
After Orcas Sink Another Yacht, Researcher Says They're Probably Just Playing
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNews outlets (including HuffPost) have used the word “attack” to describe a spate of events in which...
Man Charged After Trying to Body Slam an Orca in New Zealand
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIt turns out that killer wales do not like boats. They really don’t like them, in fact, and have...
Idiot attempts to "body slam" endangered killer whale (video)
Boing Boing· 2 days agoIn celebration of his own idiocy, a 50-year-old New Zealand man dove off his boat in what appears to be an attempt to land on top of an orca swimming near his boat. The incident happened off ...
Scientists Think They've Determined Why Orcas Keep Attacking Boats
Men's Journal· 15 hours agoLast year, mariners in the Mediterranean were baffled by incidents of orcas seemingly attacking...
In One Ear: Hooligans
The Daily Astorian, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThose naughty orcas off Southwest Europe have struck again, Euronews Green reports. On May 12, they repeatedly rammed a 49-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar until ...
Rare sighting of "unusually fascinating" deep-sea fish in Oregon
WLTX-TV Columbia· 5 days agoThe fish usually live thousands of feet below the ocean's surface, and only a few dozen have been...
Man fined after trying to ‘body slam’ orca, officials say
WSB Radio· 3 days agoAuthorities in New Zealand have fined a man hundreds of dollars after he was caught on video jumping...
