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Why do orcas start attacking boats? Scientists and sailors left baffled
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Posted on 09/14/2020 7:24:29 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

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1 posted on 09/14/2020 7:24:29 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They’re still mad at Richard Harris.


2 posted on 09/14/2020 7:27:16 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
OLM of course. A peaceful protest.

3 posted on 09/14/2020 7:28:57 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The orca have just started to decipher English and are for the first time trying to live up to their nick-name “killer whale”.


4 posted on 09/14/2020 7:29:02 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

It’s because they never freed Willy.


5 posted on 09/14/2020 7:32:22 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I wonder if a grenade or m-80 would scare them off?


6 posted on 09/14/2020 7:32:53 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Salamander

And and one bit Bo Derek’s leg off first.


7 posted on 09/14/2020 7:34:00 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: kaehurowing

I free my Willy quite often.


8 posted on 09/14/2020 7:34:03 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Moby Dick memorial pod.


9 posted on 09/14/2020 7:34:09 PM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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To: AndyTheBear

They’re not whales actually. They’re dolphins. The largest of their kind.


10 posted on 09/14/2020 7:34:37 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

This has been running around the sailing blogs. The best theory is that if they are fin keel boats with a fin rudder, a sailboat looks like a turtle swimming. I have not seen what type of boats have been approached, so, hard to say.

All I know is that our boat is a full cutoff keel with a supported rudder. All I know is the other day when we were crossing the Savannah River and hit a submerged tree in 50ft of channel, we just kept on going with no damage.


11 posted on 09/14/2020 7:36:25 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

It’s accidental. They don’t do it on porpoise.


12 posted on 09/14/2020 7:37:00 PM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: Salamander

Exactly!


13 posted on 09/14/2020 7:38:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Ken H

https://webmail.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/believe.wav


14 posted on 09/14/2020 7:39:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

We’re the only two people on earth who watched that movie.

:D


15 posted on 09/14/2020 7:40:27 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Viking2002

Okay.

Three of us watched it.

:D


16 posted on 09/14/2020 7:41:29 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Simple. They like the press! Famous baby!!!🦈
17 posted on 09/14/2020 7:42:37 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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18 posted on 09/14/2020 7:42:38 PM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: Salamander

*chokes on beer* ROTFLMAO On a certain level, we’re either a pretty sad lot, or we’re more astute than your average bear. I mean.........


19 posted on 09/14/2020 7:43:56 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

sounds to me like they were trying to turn the boats around


20 posted on 09/14/2020 7:47:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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