Atlantic Magazine Shattered, ERUPTS Over Orca Boat Attack Defenders
June 26, 2023
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as posted by the channelAtlantic Magazine write publishes an interesting piece on the battle between the orcas in the wild and billionaire yachts that are being strategically attacked. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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Orca attacks on boats aren't out of revenge, killer whale experts say. They're just having fun.
"European sailors first reported a spike in orca encounters off the coasts of Spain and Portugal in 2020. The interactions have continued to grow ever since and are happening every day, now.
The killer whales are not only ramming boats with their heads and ripping off rudders with their teeth, but they've also managed to sink three vessels so far this year.
"They clearly find a lot of pleasure in these encounters," Andrew Trites, director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia in Canada, told Insider.
But Trites isn't talking about malicious pleasure, though it may feel like that for the people whose boats are taking a beating. Sailor Werner Schaufelberger described his encounter with orcas in May as "brutal.""
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