Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by hidden80 on Friday May 26, 2023 @08:40AM
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What's communication like between orcas and dolphins, and even... whales? Could this behavior be learned by, say, blue whales?
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Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by Dobbs on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:00AM
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Orcas are dolphins. Do you mean bottle nose dolphins?
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by hidden80 on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:06AM
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I think so. You just reminded me that orcas are dolphins, but I'm more curious about the potentially devastating effect of a blue whale exhibiting this sort of "aggression".
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by z3phyr on Friday May 26, 2023 @03:06PM
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Blue whales are usually loners and thus not capable of planning and inflicting damage like a pack of sea wolves.
Blue whales are usually also very calm and do not have teeth (They can still be aggressive in defending themselves or their calves against orcas, who do sometimes hunt Blue whales)
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by bmitc on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:42PM
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Orcas are both dolphins and whales. I think it's pretty clear that the commenter meant other dolphins and whales.
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
by bmitc on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:48PM
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Fish-eating orcas have been observed communicating to dolphins in a way different from their normal orca dialects.
The transient subtype of orcas eat dolphins and whales though, so I doubt there's much fraternization there. Humpback whales have been observed interrupting orca attacks on other humpback whales and even otber species.