Posted on 05/30/2024 8:15:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
This orca gave a team competing in The Ocean Race a scare The Ocean Race VIEW 2 IMAGES
For four years now, orcas have been ramming and sinking luxury yachts in European waters, and scientists have struggled to work out just why these smart, social animals had learnt this destructive new trick. But it's not due to some anticapitalist 'eat the rich' agenda, nor is it to do with territory and aggression. The truth is, well, it's child's play.
Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings on just why one particular Orcinus orca group has developed this destructive streak. And it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping, which is not at all surprising for a species that has been known to adopt odd, isolated behaviors from time to time.
In recent years, a dramatic recovery in the population of bluefin tuna in the region has been a win for a group of about 40 critically endangered Iberian killer whales that feed exclusively on the large fish. This has meant they've cut down their time spent foraging, leaving space for other 'hobbies.'
"In addition, climate change could be playing a role, leading to these tuna being in the Gulf of Cádiz continuously rather than seasonally," the scientists noted. "This year-round abundance means that there appears to no longer be a need for the whales to pursue every fish encountered."
(Excerpt) Read more at newatlas.com ...
Boaters should be allowed to shoot attacking predators of any kind.
“...orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun...”
https://youtu.be/PIb6AZdTr-A?list=RDPIb6AZdTr-A&t=7
“climate change”
It wouldn’t be a story if they couldn’t work that in.
Orca version of cow tipping.
karma bopping humans on the nose.
:)
Bring back Sea World - Orcas like to do tricks.
They had to find a way to slide in “Climate Change”.
Drop some capsaicin in the water and the young Orcas will leave.
Idle flippers
Have you tested this...?
Yep, TEENS.
I also think that the Orca black / white coloration results in racism as we've seen before...
Same here. What nonsense.
“Hold my seal and watch this!”
Drop some hand grenades in the water and everything will leave
Blame it on da yoots.
Those darn amish yoots..................
They need to get a job and stop hanging out on the corner with their no account hoodlum friends!
Nothing mammalian likes capsaicin burning their eyes.
I was just thinking it would be very diluted in an ocean and wondered if it had been tested as effective...
Bingo. Orcas ram other species of whales. Boats probably appear to be other species from underwater. No word on the harm to Orcas ramming these boats in the article. Typical woke mush.
Orca delinquency. I’d recommend night basketball. Also more government grants for marine biologists.
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