A pod of orcas has reportedly rammed two boats off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal, sinking one and damaging another
  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Experts initially thought that White Gladis may be exacting revenge for an injury she had suffered as a result of a boat strike, and passing the behaviour on to her relatives.

    Since the encounters first made the headlines, however, some scientists have said it is more likely that the incidents are a form of game, since the orcas lose interest once the rudder is broken.

    ‘They’re pushing, pushing, pushing – boom! It’s a game,’ said, Renaud de Stephanis, president of Conservation, Information and Research on Cetaceans (CIRCE).

    ‘That’s all it is. Imagine a kid of six, seven years, with a weight of three tonnes. That’s it, nothing less, nothing more. If they wanted to wreck the boat, they would break it in 10 minutes’ time.’

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      Don’t subestimate Orcas, comparing with 6-7 years old kids, it’s like saying that Neandertal people had the intelligence of 6-7 years old kids. Orcas are adults which knows exactly what they are doing and why. We can be lucky that they have enough with an advice, destroying our toys which invade their territories. The only difference is that they because of environment and physical conditions are not able to develope an advanced tecnology, also luckily for us.