Orcas are normally docile towards humans. They felt like they had a reason to sink that ship.
The world could do with fewer yachts anyways.
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This is a sailboat though isn't it? It's not like a billionaire mega yacht (unfortunately).
Well, it's a submarine now.
Scuba divers in the West Coast of BC are trained to be aware of sharks in the water but if an orca is spotted you get the fuck out of the water.
Why? I haven't even heard of attacks on humans other than from orcas in captivity
I think it is that when you are diving you could be mistaken for a slow awkward seal.
Killer whales don't attack humans in swimming settings because we are obviously not their food but when divers are underwater mistakes could happen and if you are not close to the surface anything that happens that messes with your regulator or tanks means death.
Mistakes literally never have happened so far though.
But yeah, I'd probably get out of the water myself. Or just do something really dumb looking so it was clear I was human.
Interesting. I know I'd be terrified, those things truly are apex predators.
Giant pacific octopus would be the worry I would have.
Octopus are strong and curious, if they lived longer than a few years they would be next to us or higher on the intelligence scale. They can pull off your regulator or mask just out of curiosity.
Plus their massive beaks are serious business
Orcas are one step closer to eating the rich as we all wish
nature is fighting back
Go whales!
Can’t Elon or some other millionaire/billionaire be onboard for the next ones?? Too much to ask?
There's a similar account from the 6th century CE Roman Empire: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyrios_(whale)
Could be a whale, or a large orca. The story goes that it was a single creature, but I think a series of Orca attacks that got attributed to a single creature fits the evidence as easily.