Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by AlbertoGP on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:39AM
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According to the article, hunger is a factor stressing them out and making them more aggressive towards the boats, though as you note they don’t seem to want to eat humans:
«The orcas return to this noisy, polluted stretch of water for one reason – to feed. They specialise in hunting bluefin tuna, also highly prized by humans. The near collapse of bluefin tuna between 2005 and 2010 “has led this orca population to the very edge, with about 30 adults left”, says Pauline Gauffier, who has studied them.»
Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by jankotek on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:47AM
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Orcas and sharks are after fat. Whales, seals, pinguins are great. Humans are too skiny.
Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by praptak on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:23AM
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They do hunt great white sharks for their livers though.
Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by hombre_fatal on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:39AM
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I don't think you've updated that lil morsel of trivia in a while.
Orcas had many chances to kill and eat humans but they never did it. They don't see us as food. Probably their intelligence makes us interesting to them. And they don't have problems getting food from any source they want, so I'd take hunger out of the equation.