kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
What about high voltage? Inverter? Electric fence charger?
That might be unpleasant enough to see them off.
That might be unpleasant enough to see them off.
Damn Orcas
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Well… I don’t think it’s a trend
Part orca , 10 parts media
Now that would be cruel.
Terry Hollis
Super Anarchist
Just checking that I have read your post correctly. You are not challenging the accuracy of my post but you say "My sense is that everybody knows this already. I could be wrong."
MR.CLEAN
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We'd been talking about it constantly for more than a year before the media knew a thing. I was doing deliveries for 3 years between the UK/France/Spain/Portugal/Northern Africa/Gib and skippered a marine mammal observation boat that operated in the mouth of the med for 8 months. I never heard a single account of an orca attacking or disabling a boat during my time there.
According to the cruising and delivery skippers, it's not just a trend - it's a real risk. Beforehand, it was more like a lightning strike.
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Yeah that’s what they say in the mental hospital
Let’s see after the summer Med sailing season
mckenzie.keith
Aspiring Anarchist
Yes. I am a little sensitive about it. Recently I watched a video on youtube about orcas killing a grey whale calf. There must have been 20 comments saying "actually they are not whales.... they are members of the dolphin family..." And I got really irritated. Maybe I took it out on you a bit. But I bet the intersection of people here at SA who A don't know and B do care that Orcas are members of the dolphin family is pretty small. It is kind of like when people say "actually, the tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable..."
mckenzie.keith
Aspiring Anarchist
There is also the fact that dolphins (including killer whales) are members of the order (well, parvorder) "Odontoceti" known commonly as toothed whales. I probably knew that at one point but I forgot until just now when I looked it up.
So killer whales are members of the dolphin class ("Delphinidae") but that class is under the order of toothed whales. So All dolphins are actually toothed whales.
Hopefully this will permanently cure you of correcting people when they refer to Orcas by their common name of "Killer Whale." I still think it is a fun fact that Orcas are giant dolphins. So good on you if you share this fun fact with people who don't know.
You can check this all out on wikipedia if you don't believe me. Or read this if you find it to be a reliable source: https://www.ifaw.org/ca-en/journal/are-dolphins-whales
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Killer Whales Attack And Sink Another Boat And This Time It's On Video
Holyyyyy orcas. Can you even imagine? If those guys were for some reason unable to radio for help, they were in BIG trouble.
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mckenzie.keith
Aspiring Anarchist
Getting harder and harder to joke about it. I sure hope orcas in other places don't start doing this.Killer Whales Attack And Sink Another Boat And This Time It's On Video
Holyyyyy orcas. Can you even imagine? If those guys were for some reason unable to radio for help, they were in BIG trouble.
Kenny Dumas
Non Binary About Anything
For 10+ million years the Orca were the apex predators of the oceans. They ate everything that swam in the seas and still do. Except for us, who started boating 30 or 50,000 years ago. I wonder how long it took them to develop an absolute taboo against eating us?
kinardly
Super Anarchist
When they found out we weren't all that tasty and had less nutritional value than cetaceans and pinnipeds.
Kenny Dumas
Non Binary About Anything
incorrect use of punctuation
Can it be incorrect if there is none to be wrong?
mckenzie.keith
Aspiring Anarchist
Is that a zen koan? What is the sound of one hand clapping?
