BruceK
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I could hardly believe they could move fast or jump after seeing a few.
The world wide orca issue is really interesting. Orcas are pretty smart. Most smart animals (including humans) use play as a learning experience during maturation. One hypothesis is that a group of adolescent male orcas found it fun to hit sailboats. This behavior spread pod to pod to now include much of the world.
Orcas have been around for a long time as have sailboats. But the behavior is relatively new. Most involve high aspect balanced fin rudders and adolescent male orcas. Orcas have a long standing aversion to great white sharks as they share food sources (seals and other small marine mammals). Pods of orcas will attack great whites unprovoked. Some think this play is training for such activities. However this all is hypothetical as there’s yet to be any hard science to support it.
Saw this one sunfish (Mola Mola) which had some sort of injury on it's face/jaw area...
Sounds like retaliation for human "misdeeds", albeit indiscriminate.Was reported off the coast of Japan, a pod of dolphins attack some swimmers.
Sounds like retaliation for human "misdeeds", albeit indiscriminate.
Sounds like retaliation for human "misdeeds", albeit indiscriminate.