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A comment on Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavior May Be Spreading. Parent comment

Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by mattkrause on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:08PM (#36551608)
I'm skeptical anything (reasonable) would be able to shoot through several feet of water.
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by droffel on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:15PM (#36551691)
Harpoon guns are designed to do exactly that.
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by pinkcan on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:43PM (#36551990)
yea, let's equip boats that can't handle an orca with guns that shoot projectiles through meters of water

it's like trying to solve school shooting, by giving teachers guns

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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by dbish on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:50PM (#36552857)
Sadly this seems to be an approach a large chunk of people actually want to try. Lots of folks out there who are not equipped to make suggestions
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by yetanotherloser on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:27PM (#36553378)
I have never, ever met a yachtsman who wants to carry any kind of anti orca weaponry. Let's not exaggerate here.
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by dbish on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:33PM (#36553448)
Lol. Referring to arming teachers not boaters (I’m a sailor myself, yet to hear anyone wanting one)
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by yetanotherloser on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:18PM (#36554660)
Ah. Sorry, I got the wrong end of the stick there!
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by dbish on Saturday July 01, 2023 @05:04PM (#36555198)
Ha. No worries. Anaphoric resolution can be ambiguous. I blame the English language.
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by someweirdperson on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:13PM (#36554614)
Maximum depth of penetration is the ratio of the densities of the projectile and the matter to be penetrated times the length of the projectile. Harpoons have a higher density than water and are quite long, so they work.
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