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Why do orcas start attacking boats? Scientists and sailors left baffled
ss ^ | 9/13/20 | ss

Posted on 09/14/2020 7:24:29 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

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To: hanamizu

Ramming is how they attack whales. They keep at it until the whale opens his mouth, then they eat its tongue.

Good Lord.


61 posted on 09/14/2020 10:02:28 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Salamander

They are looking for dinner!!!


62 posted on 09/14/2020 10:06:58 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I only ate them for the crust. That was the good part. But hey, like you said, they were cheap, and they were filling. The Ramen noodles of their day.


63 posted on 09/14/2020 10:10:51 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: Viking2002

Rhonda Scheer. Ya, I remember.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5b2fMegz4


64 posted on 09/14/2020 10:12:49 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: JohnnyP

Don’t forget her co-cost Gilbert Gottfried. Up All Night was a quirky, offbeat, oddball variety/music video/B-movie show that fell victim to mergers, acquisitions, and general negligent homicide via the Internet. They say what’s old is new again, and I’m sure in a generation or two, something like it will come along again, but it’ll either be a direct ripoff with no legs or a poor clone of the original.


65 posted on 09/14/2020 10:35:03 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: CommerceComet

When we are in their environment. we are the slowest Potential food in the area.


66 posted on 09/14/2020 10:39:04 PM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: mass55th

Wild animals are still wild animals.


67 posted on 09/14/2020 11:02:23 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Salamander

They were banging a drum and whistling in their orchestra.


68 posted on 09/14/2020 11:21:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Viking2002
Just the turkey ones. Beef and chicken are fine.😉
69 posted on 09/14/2020 11:30:16 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“Teens”


70 posted on 09/15/2020 2:03:51 AM PDT by BradyLS (lDO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Considering that Orcas will tip an ice flow to get a seal to slide into the water for a quick meal, who’s to say that they haven’t been successful in knocking a person off a small enough boat. Orcas are social hunters and highly intelligent. Once they learn a behavior they will perfect it. Considering all the recent waves of migrants from North Africa attempting to reach Europe who can say if the Orcas haven’t ‘disappeared’ a few rickety, improvised boats?

Theories of navy sonar and such are Al Gore fantasies. The US Navy doesn’t go banging around with active sonar in the straits, rather they would attempt to slip through their unnoticed.


71 posted on 09/15/2020 3:20:38 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Considering that Orcas will tip an ice flow to get a seal to slide into the water for a quick meal, who’s to say that they haven’t been successful in knocking a person off a small enough boat. Orcas are social hunters and highly intelligent. Once they learn a behavior they will perfect it. Considering all the recent waves of migrants from North Africa attempting to reach Europe who can say if the Orcas haven’t ‘disappeared’ a few rickety, improvised boats?

Theories of navy sonar and such are Al Gore fantasies. The US Navy doesn’t go banging around with active sonar in the straits, rather they would attempt to slip through their unnoticed.


72 posted on 09/15/2020 3:20:41 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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It’s possible they were actually trying to warn the boats that there was danger, possibly great white sharks. Orcas are dolphins, protectors. Dolphins have been known to protect people from sharks on many occasions, including attacking the sharks themselves.


73 posted on 09/15/2020 4:08:16 AM PDT by blabs
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The moment fear kicked in, Morris says, was when she went below deck to prepare a grab bag


had she abandon ship, the brain dead twit would have made a nice snack ...


74 posted on 09/15/2020 4:10:02 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

None of the above causes.

Its the mermen revolting and using their buddies to take out targets of opportunity - mermen are aquatic offshoot of human race from one of the human races aquatic stages hundreds of thousands of years ago. Them or aliens


75 posted on 09/15/2020 4:15:45 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Salamander

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

I saw it, but that’s not my best memory of Bo Derek.


76 posted on 09/15/2020 5:31:38 AM PDT by suthener
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To: HighSierra5

Or maybe just piss them off more? One thing you don’t want is an angry orca!

All kidding aside, this is really weird. We have plenty of Orcas swimming up and down the California coast, and while they’re generally not as curiously gregarious as dolphins, they do occasionally match pace and check out sailboats. After several decades I’ve never seen a hint of aggression towards a boat, though you wouldn’t want to get in the water when they’re hanging around. People look way too much like seals when in the ocean, IMHO.


77 posted on 09/15/2020 5:55:01 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: mabarker1

or maybe they’re hungry...


78 posted on 09/15/2020 6:07:00 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

To them, it’s food on a tray that’s been brought to them.

What’s not to enjoy?


79 posted on 09/15/2020 6:41:00 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I loved the Veal Parmesan Banquet meals!

They don’t make them today.


80 posted on 09/15/2020 6:48:00 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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