Video captured a pod of orca whales battering a sailboat off the coast of Morocco. Researchers say there has been an unprecedented rise in orca interaction in the region since 2020. No one has been killed in any of the recent attacks.
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The 1997 film “Orca.” Excuse me does that even look like a film made in 1997? It was 1977!
Payback
The animal kingdom has declared war on humans!
Orcas are smart. They know humans are evil.
In that case Orcas are dumb. Because they should know what us evil humans are capable of doing to them.
I love that guy imagining he knows the reason why – those Orcas know what they’re doing and they realize when they sink the ships it hurts the people on board. This problem may result in the first Orca death soon.
“I love that guy imagining he knows the reason why”
LOL, I love that you said that and then went on to imagine you know the reason why.
@Rod You may need to learn to read – I don’t postulate once on a motive. I only state a scientific info on intelligence of the Orcas.
@John-Paul C Sure you were, I believe you too. It should have been obvious by your complete lack of stating it was just a guess. My bad, I totally should have known that you were only postulating and the guy you were laughing at wasn’t doing the exact same thing.
It’s weird though, why are you wasting your time typing out a message for somebody who can’t read?
They realize.🤭
@Rod How about “they realize.”
Like they swim around pondering what they’ll do after they sink a sailboat.
Haida people have been drawing people inside of orca bellies and telling stories about the orcas killing people for thousands of years. …but what is this new phenomenon?!?!
deserved. Humanity deserves to die
GOOD HOPE YOU PEOPLE QUIT MESSIN WITH THEM
Why is it unusual when an animal defends its territory?
Ummm, maybe they are just simply fighting back, they are not stupid, there are now extinction level amounts of orcas there, where once was found a thriving population, their plea should be heard, it’s as though they were shouting a protest, and idiots on the television like the one in this video talk stupidness and anthropomorphize delusional lock down theories…
But orcas never attack humans or eat them? do they attack the humans after they sink the boat?
You gotta admire them for recognizing a problem and doing their part to eliminate or correct it.
admire who
@Rob Not pointless low-I.Q internet trolls with nothing to add to the conversation. .
@dpw181 you think orcas are smarter than humans?
@Rob The intelligent orcas obviously. They are smarter than the humans in this case. Humans just keep going in their territory over and over and wondering why the same thing keeps happening.
I’d shoot them.
The level of intelligence that Orcas possess is scary.
Exactly, and now thar they are learning how to get the people out of the boats… oh boy.
@Lawain Cooley
Who could blame them.
Agree
If I started shooting you think they would keep it up?
Yea, more than most people these days. Go Orcas.
That orca movie came out in 1977 not 1997 – anyone can tell it’s a really old movie – way older than just 26 years
Yeah.And.IT’S A MOVIE.
Seems only fair since weve been polluting their home for centuries
Researchers never seem to learn about animals and mammals. If it’s playing it’s intent is not to harm, and if it intends to harm it ain’t playing.
Orcas are very sensitive and will get offended easily by human speech directed in a negative authorative tone. Example is some sea world trainer’s who have been killed.
They watched Blackfish
There attacking us captin Fire at will
1997! Don’t you mean 1977…..
good ! leave the wild alone
Am I mistaken that all the attacks by this particular group have been against sail boats? Could that indicate that the female in charge had a traumatic encounter with a sailboat that has caused her to regard all sailboats as a threat?
There are more questions than answers here. I do worry about her safety. Humans don’t take kindly to being paid back for their transgressions against another species.
They’ve Had All They Can Stand, & Apparently…They Can’t Stand No More!🤔
(Do Ya Blame Them?)
Maybe because we are destroying earth and people are terrible by killing their own children including wives.. and maybe because we are over taking their ocean by placing stupid city boats releasing chemicals harming the atmosphere… hmm
Why else?!!!!!🤬
This despicable specie can’t wipe itself off fast enough.
I wonder if they’ve learned something. Perhaps tipping over a smaller, less sea worthy, overloaded…boat, has rewarded them in the past.
Notice how every boat attacked has lines out..
Thinking that orcas are just “playing” or “curious” is shamefully simplistic.
Cetaceans are VERY intelligent and extremely capable pack hunters.
The adults are clearly showing how to disable the boat, not “play”.
We will find out a more definitive answer when someone falls into the water or a vessel actually sinks and we can observe the reactions of the orca pod.
It’s not just curiosity. That’s dumbing down how smart they are. They obviously have a vendetta against the boats… probably because they’ve seen other orca whales killed by them.
Cargo ships and fishing trawlers have killed far more killer whales and dolphins than sailboats have in fact sailboats killing marine mammals record is negligible by comparison so that’s another debunked argument.
You watched ORCA one too many times.They’re obviously smarter than…
“He touched the butt!”
– Finding Nemo
They seemed trained!
They are a big deal here in Morocco
theyre getting way too aggressive. Theyre bad for the ocean ecosystem in these numbers.
Don’t worry it’s just a Special Operation.
I hope the orcas win
NOT WHALES……….ORCAS ARE NOT WHALES………ORCAS ARE A KIND OF PORPOISE. ❤️☮️🙏🐬
Could be more immigrants are capsizing crossing mediterranean while using rubber dinghy?
orcas brain 🤔💭🤨🍽️small boat = dinner time 😅
I’ve been thinking the same about how the lockdowns and lack of cruise ships may have affected sea life.
Ive seen footage of Orcas working together to hunt seals, if they work together to attack boats i doubt they are “playing”, that’s just wishful thinking on that old guys behalf. You reap what you sow.
Heard about this, most likely its passed on behavior, a mother most likely had a bad experience with a boat, and it was traumatic, and they now perceive them as a threat, and taught that to others because they are social animals and hunt together. So to these orcas boats are now seen as a predator or threat, and are dealt with accordingly.
Yay!!!!
bull
Isn’t there a noise they avoid, that could be played in the water?
I heard it was the sound the keel makes that they don’t like and all the attacks have been on sailboats
I didn’t see or hear any attack on this video
Got to say I’m with the Orca’s. Aren’t they entitled to their own safe spot in the world they have to live there human’s do not. The human race sometimes isn’t something to be proud of
Sandi Hill, Well said. Couldn’t agree more. 👏
save the whale, let the rich people in their luxury boats sink
Playful? Sure 😈
Go and play with another boat..
Lol 😂😂😅😁 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
They are a type of dolphin so their extremely intelligent. Doesn’t look like a game.
The film Orca was not made in 1997 and the whale in the film seeks revenge after the fisherman tries to capture it’s pregnant mate and killing it’s newborn. 🙄 It’s actually free on YouTube and it’s surprisingly good for a Jaws rip off!
Im glad someone else caught that false description of the film Orca. “1997 film” “After a boat struck its mate” wrong! 🤦♀️ Excellent Film.
Well…they start that and we will be serving them with tarter sauce
Playful is not the descriptive term I would use to describe this behavior. They’re capable of making decisions based upon past experiences and I think they have every right to make their anger known to the great apes who dare to trespass upon their seas. Whales have much to gripe about so it’s unsurprising.
Yeah.Wait ’til they evolve and develop legs.
We’ll be sorry then.🤭
I am rooting for the orcas
They don’t like the offshore wind farms.
Stay out of THEIR home 😊
Evil girls evil girls 😈😈😈😈😈
Good
Orcas are malicious. They torture many animals just for fun. If this escalates to human casualties, harpoon the instigating individuals.
“No Cheating”
Our elders in western Alaska told us never to shoot orcas are they’ll remember you forever. And once you go out hunting they’ll attack you
Orcas are bullies! I’m no longer allowing my transgender daughter Skyler to sail boat OMG!
I see nothing wrong here. 🌍 ❤
Whale is not killer. Killers are humans who killing those incredible species!!!..
Im on the orcas side tbh
This is the same whale pod filmed a year ago in the Mediterranean doing the exact same thing.
Those boat owners deserves the consequences
Kinda rooting for the orcas myself.
😥😥
Why can’t sailors stay out of the Orca territory? Can it be off limits especially since the animals are endangered?
Guns will make this short… unfortunately.
Maybe they are reacting to climate change and our pollution of their environment the oceans 🤨🤔
After all they have been around longer than we have 😎
Welp when orcas start turning up on the beaches around there, we’ll know they used sonar to distract them.
Orca lost his job, inflation, gas prices…..
😂 I’d say during lockdown, far more people were out on their boats.
Was there past people on boats traumatizing the Orcas recently? Cause I lived near B.C. for years and the only time they did this to us, was due to playful curiosity. And we always stayed as far away as possible to prevent curiosity or approach. But this seemed extra aggressive? Maybe people were bothering them before and now this is their retaliation? That was intense.
I’m currently learning about them and it varies pod to pod. The Jpod near us in the pacific northwest is an entirely different group out there. They eat completely differently and interact completely differently. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have good reason to not like boats.
@Anonplussedhuman I too have seen the K pod and the J Pod. You must have lived near me back then 😊. I thought orcas were orcas ya? But maybe just like humans adapt to their culture and locations so do whales? 🤔
I think it is the ultrasound they have been using, disturbing them.
I’m team Orca. They could be warning us about something we haven’t become aware of.
Always watch how animals behave. They know more than we do.
Orca’s not killer whales 😢
😊mobi-orc.!
Nice that humans gaslight ocras this wya like these attacks fell out the sky. It plain and simple why they are doing this.
Um didn’t anyone see the TV mini series called the swarm earlier this year?
Art imitating life methinks 🤔🤔
Just call me Ishmael!
Orca, the killer whale was 1977
Any food and treats for the Orca’s. Training to chase whales.
🌺🥀🌺
Playful?
🥀🌺🥀
First, you make the claim that older Orca are teaching younger Orca to attack and chew on the boat’s rudder. Then, you REFUSE to be open to the possibility that the Orca are doing this on purpose and attacking the boats???? It looks like we’re the ones who are playing around, because these Orca aren’t playing.
Its funny how many people go “oh orcas are attacking small boats and then rush out to sea to get footage on their small capsizable boats.”
Keep feeding them sharks guys. Good work.
Shoot em
There’s saying stay away . Read THE ROOM .
Maybe stop hunting them or polluting their habit
Good Orca!! Keep fighting ❤❤
Orca pirates
Let’s let the Japanese come hunt them
Get em orcas
They know something we don’t. Maybe they are trying to warn us 🤷🏻♀️
These orcas are saying, “get out of our waters”.
Something strange is coming
Killer Whales have turned in sea Pirates!!! Attacking ships!! We need to destroy them!!!
There freaking out cause the poles are shifting and its throwing them off…
Wicked Bad sense of humor !