Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas

Re:Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas by tekkk on Saturday December 07, 2019 @10:36AM (#21730773)

Aren't seals mammals? And in captivity, killer whales have a killed a few humans, dunno the total count. So I guess they just don't find humans that appetizing in the wild, or just haven't had the chance to try them out. I'm not sure how common it's for humans to swim in the same waters as killer whales. And isn't it quite rare for sharks to attack humans too?

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Re:Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas by puranjay on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:57PM (#21731573)

The captivity killings can be explained by the psychosis brought about by keeping an intelligent, social animal in isolation inside a pool

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Re:Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas by ceejayoz on Saturday December 07, 2019 @01:32PM (#21731774)

And revenge for mistreatment, potentially.

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Re:Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas by Semiapies on Saturday December 07, 2019 @10:58AM (#21730901)

I wonder if it's a matter of looking at humans and going, "Wow, that weird little critter has such a hard time moving around." and some protective instinct for injured or sick pod members kicking in.

Or maybe we're just ugly-cute to them.

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Re:Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Orcas by kevingadd on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:05PM (#21731272)

I would assume it overlaps with whatever instinct or learned behavior inspires them to kill sharks - if you're not going to kill a shark directly, why not deprive it of a meal?

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