No one was hurt, including the whales, and authorities took the boat in for inspection. Just a few weeks prior, a family with ...
Killer whales are not known for attacking people. The attacks and subsequent deaths that orcas have caused have taken place when killer whales have been taken into captivity and kept in small tanks, ...
From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are ...
A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials confirmed to ABC News. Two people were on board the vessel when the incident occurred ...
While scientists are still trying to figure out why exactly the orcas have it out for boats at sea, some have suggested that it’s simply a sign that they’re having fun. “They don’t care if it’s a ...
In what maritime officials are carefully describing as “a developing situation with cetacean stakeholders,” a growing ...
In another wild instance of orcas attacking ships, three orcas were filmed off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal, going full send on a small boat until the rudder was detached and the vessel started to ...
But such attacks are quite common, logical, and had been seen several times before, per an expert. Orcas target fatty organs because they get the most nutrients for the least effort, he said. A ...
A pod of killer whales disables the rudders of idling yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar, sinking three ships. A herd of elephants tramples a woman collecting water at a river and returns to her ...