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Killer whales are 'attacking' sailboats near Europe's coast. Scientists don't know why
NPR ^
| 08/20/2022
| Scott Neuman
Posted on 08/20/2022 9:26:08 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
Scientists believe that the damage to boats is being done by just a few juvenile males
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chat; killerwhales
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So orcas have their problems with "teens" too.
To: TexasKamaAina
I’m surprised that scientists haven’t linked the killer whales attacking sailboats to climate change. Seems like everything else is.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:28:12 AM PDT
by
ssapro
(SSAPRO/ EXBP)
To: TexasKamaAina
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:28:31 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: TexasKamaAina
I DO!
Climate change and Donald Trump.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:29:59 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: TexasKamaAina
just a few juvenile malesKids just being kids.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:31:34 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
To: TexasKamaAina
Could it be: No one has been allowed the tools to kill or severely injure the attacking whales?
Get rid of the offending whales, problem solved.
It does not sound as though there are very many of the misbehaving ones.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:33:57 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: PIF
Yeah, they smell the garlic inside.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:34:54 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: TexasKamaAina
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:35:53 AM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: TexasKamaAina
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:36:59 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: TexasKamaAina
Noooo!! Shamu wouldn’t do that!
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:39:05 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(Trump /DeSantis)
To: TexasKamaAina
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:40:22 AM PDT
by
Clioman
To: TexasKamaAina
What are their gang symbols?
To: TexasKamaAina
It’s a good thing we don’t have floating 7-Elevens.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:40:56 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: TexasKamaAina
One summer in the mid-60s I worked on an albacore boat out of San Pedro, Cal. The captain would make us leave the deck if he caught sight of a killer whale’s fin. He claimed to know fishermen whose boats were attacked by killer whales. In one case the fisherman climbed the mast to keep out of the whale’s reach.
Now, I have no idea if his stories were true or not—all fishermen are known for tall tales. But I’ve never bought into the idea that killer whales were pretty much harmless to humans. I think they got their name for a good reason.
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:47:58 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
08/20/2022 9:55:08 AM PDT
by
sevlex
To: sevlex
Europe-Barbary wars redux?
To: TexasKamaAina
“Whale Lives Matter”, or WLM...just sayin’.
To: TexasKamaAina
They’re suffering from Merry Garland “revenge” syndrome. Payback for all that whaling that went on back in the 1800s.
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posted on
08/20/2022 10:00:46 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
To: hanamizu
Killer whales were aptly named, dolphins aren’t friendly either. You are a soft sweet treat to one and a floaty torture it toy to the other.
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posted on
08/20/2022 10:04:07 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(A man who would cut off his junk would gladly help someone cut off yours. )
To: TexasKamaAina
i.e. punk kids messed up on hooch.
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posted on
08/20/2022 10:06:14 AM PDT
by
glorgau
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