Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by sidibe on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:57AM
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Different groups of orcas have very different diets to the point where for example dolphins know it's safe to hang out with some pods but not others. Since they are very cautious and picky eaters, its possible humans were avoided but now a group has added them as OK food
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Re:Orcas striking sailing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar
by stupendousyappi on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:29AM
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Orcas are picky eaters, especially the ones that feed on fish like the Gibraltar orcas. There have been an enormous number of human-orca interactions both in the wild and in captivity, and even in the only known attacks on humans- the Sea World attacks- no orca has ever eaten a human. The likelihood that the fish-eating Gibraltar orcas are attempting to eat people is extremely low, IMO. It's much more likely an attempt to simply kill due to stress, like the Sea World orca attacks.