Posted on 09/19/2020 6:28:19 AM PDT by Rebelbase
SCIENTISTS have been left confused by a series of incidents in which killer whales have hit sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
In some cases, boats have been damaged and at least one crew member suffered bruising from the impact of the ramming.
Two boats also lost parts of their rudders due to the impact of the attacks, according to reports.
Incidents have been reported in several locations, including one just off A Coruña, on the northern coast of Spain, on Friday afternoon.
Pete Green, managing director of Halcyon Yachts, told The Guardian a boat was being taken to the UK when an orca rammed its stern at least 15 times.
As a consequence of the impact, the vessel lost steering and was towed into port to assess damage.
A similar incident happened near Vigo, northwest Spain, at the end of August, when sailors alerted the coastguard to say their boat was “under attack” from killer whales.
On the same day, a Spanish naval yacht, Mirfak, lost part of its rudder after an encounter with orcas under the stern.
On July 29, a boat was surrounded by nine orcas off Cape Trafalgar, in the south-west of Spain.
The killer whales rammed the hull for over one hour, spinning the boat 180 degrees, disabling the engine and breaking the rudder, as they communicated with loud whistling, The Guardian reports.
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Orc lives matter?
SJWs?
(Social Justice Whales?)
The murder hornets have been whispering to them.
Whale Wars?
Maybe they are staging a mostly peaceful climate change protest.
“Youths”
A swarm of killer hornets at the same time would be devastating.
They are going to need a bigger boat.
Is anyone there a marine biologist?
Obviously caused by anthropogenic global warming...
Climate Change
White Supremacists
When they get lasers.... Then it’s time to worry....
..... There I was... Face to face with the fish.... Lol...
It’s not unheard of.
Summary of a maritime classic, “Survive the Savage Sea.” This happened in the Pacific, not Atlantic.
“In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible. In an inflatable rubber raft, with a 9 foot fiberglass dinghy to tow it, Dougal Robertson and his family were miles from any shipping lanes. They had emergency rations for only three days and no maps, compass, or instruments of any kind. After their raft sank under them, they crammed themselves into their tiny dinghy.”
Their boat was wood, and the whales stove it in. My boat is 3/16” steel, and they will just get a headache.
Black Whales MATTER!
Not bigger: metal. Steel or aluminum, see above.
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