Two orcas destroy 12m yacht
Coast guard officers were called to tow a yacht to port after two aggressive orcas damaged the vessel's rudder near Guilvinec, Brittany.The orcas collided with a sailing boat off the ...
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Orcas are learning new frightening behaviors, becoming increasingly intelligent
From sinking boats, eating shark livers, consuming whale tongues, to tossing dolphins around for entertainment, orcas are displaying some behaviors that can be quite alarming.In March 2019, researchers off the ...
Decoding the Reasons Why Killer Whales Attack Boats
The orcas ramming and sinking boats in the Strait of Gibraltar may just be immature individuals playing around and following a behavioral trend.Since May 2020, researchers have recorded nearly 700 ...
Killer whales collaborate to sink a 15-meter yacht
A pod of orcas known for attacking boats in southwestern Europe has sunk a large yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar after puncturing its hull.On May 12, several orcas (Orcinus ...
The cunning tactic that helps sperm whales fend off killer whale pods
The sperm whale pod off the coast of Australia employs a rare defensive mechanism to force a hunting group of orcas to retreat.A pod of sperm whales was pursued by ...
Mother and baby orca team up to drown their kin
A rare moment was captured by a National Geographic film crew, showing a killer whale and its calf together drowning another calf from their pod.Mother and calf killer whales engage ...
Killer whales stranded in sea ice off the coast of Hokkaido
Approximately 10 orcas are trapped amidst thick ice, several of them young, struggling to lift their heads above water to breathe.A pod of orcas trapped in sea ice off the ...
Killer whales try to save their dying kin
Two young orcas repeatedly tried to push an elderly male orca to the surface so it could breathe.Desperate moments of an elderly orca. (Video: Pierre Robert de Latour)The final moments ...
When a seal faces an orca, does it have a chance to escape?
At the bottom of the vast ocean, a battle between life and death is always underway. When threatened by fierce killer whales, do seals stand a chance of escape?The Ecological ...
What Makes Orcas Go Wild and Attack Everything?
Science Still Cannot Accurately Explain the Unusual Aggressive Behavior of Orcas. Meanwhile, the number of their attacks continues to rise.Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are a particularly unique species, being apex ...
