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Gladis the killer whale strikes again! Sailing vessel off Gibraltar becomes the first this year to be sunk by orcas that have been targeting boats in the area since 2020
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 14, 2024 | Miriam Kuepper

Posted on 05/15/2024 1:31:03 PM PDT by Twotone

A sailing vessel off Gibraltar has become the first this year to be sunk by orcas that have been targeting boats in the area since 2020.

Crew members of the Alboran Cognac boat called rescue services for help around 9am on Sunday, saying that their ship had been damaged by orcas 14 miles from Cape Spartel, at the southern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, in Moroccan waters.

The sailors said they had felt hits on the hull, before their rudder was damaged and they noticed a leak threatening to sink their 50ft boat, local outlet El Pais reports.

They were swiftly rescued by a nearby oil tanker around 10am, but the sailboat drifted off and sank following the orca attack.

Experts reportedly believe that the first ship wreck caused by orcas should be attributed to 15 Iberian killer whales, which are known as gladis.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: gibraltar; gladis; killer; killerwhale; orcas; whales
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1 posted on 05/15/2024 1:31:03 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

We’re gonna need a bigger boat!


2 posted on 05/15/2024 1:37:38 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Twotone
looks like they've bought into the Mediterranean diet
3 posted on 05/15/2024 1:39:23 PM PDT by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling, the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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To: Twotone

Saw some orcas playing frisbee with a seal on Monterey Bay.
Pink water.


4 posted on 05/15/2024 1:43:00 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: Twotone

Too bad the sailors didn’t have a few M-80s to toss overboard.


5 posted on 05/15/2024 1:43:09 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Twotone

Only a matter of time. Killer whales kill blue whales and other baleen whales by diving into their mouths to eat their tongues, they deliberately chase and kill dolphins for fun, they eat great white sharks alive, tipping them over to chew their livers out. They’re basically the a***holes of the sea. You knew sooner or later they’d start wondering what we taste like.


6 posted on 05/15/2024 1:44:25 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Twotone

The whale that wouldn’t die.

Courtesy Boston

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dead-65000-pound-humpback-whale-keeps-washing-ashore-on-massachusetts-beaches/ar-BB1moB6Y

The whale, named Espresso by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), first washed ashore April 25 on Preston Beach in Marblehead.... They decided to tow her out to sea on May 2.

Moved 50 miles out to sea
... the whale was moved more than 50 miles out in the ocean, according to Swampscott town administrator Sean Fitzgerald.

But, the whale didn’t decompose as fast as NOAA had expected and, twelve days later, she landed on a beach near Blodgett Avenue in Swampscott.

We need Homer and Springfield to step up.


7 posted on 05/15/2024 1:50:54 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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The Oregon State Highway Division knows how to deal with dead whales.


8 posted on 05/15/2024 1:56:41 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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"The Oregon State Highway Division knows how to deal with dead whales."

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Besides, there were all those boxes in the shed...

9 posted on 05/15/2024 1:59:40 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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I was in high school in Portland when that happened. I probably would have skipped school to go see it if I’d heard about it ahead of time.


10 posted on 05/15/2024 2:06:01 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

The Oregon State Highway Division knows how to deal with dead whales.
= = =

I was kind of alluding to that.

But- what does the highway division due about live whales, like on freeways and bridges?


11 posted on 05/15/2024 2:07:16 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

It made a hilarious video.


12 posted on 05/15/2024 2:07:18 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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The Oregon State Highway Division knows how to deal with dead whales.

Conversation with insurance provider "Well, I went for a walk on the beach, you see. And when I returned, I found that a 200 pound chunk of whale blubber fell from the sky, crushing my car roof....."

13 posted on 05/15/2024 2:10:49 PM PDT by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling, the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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14 posted on 05/15/2024 2:13:36 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Those who favor abortion are not just atheists but followers of Satan whether they know it or not.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

There’s a NatGeo documentary that shows orcas coordinating to create cavitation that breaks apart the ice flow a harbor seal has climbed onto to avoid them. Scary smart critters.


15 posted on 05/15/2024 2:13:43 PM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: Twotone

Call the Japanese and harpoon that bunch.


16 posted on 05/15/2024 2:14:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: Twotone

Orcas are scared to death of Pilot Whales. They leave the area.


17 posted on 05/15/2024 2:17:43 PM PDT by dljordan (What do you think?)
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To: Twotone

The Happening meets Free Willie.


18 posted on 05/15/2024 2:28:03 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: Twotone

Can they be trained to sink boats containing illegals?


19 posted on 05/15/2024 2:35:45 PM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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For orcas, boats are the ocean’s pinatas...

There’s meaty treats inside


20 posted on 05/15/2024 2:46:01 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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