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Killer whales sink $128K yacht in ‘terrifying’ 2-hour Mediterranean Sea attack: ‘Like watching wolves hunt’
New York Post ^ | July 26, 2024 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 07/28/2024 12:28:05 PM PDT by george76

Orcas relentlessly battered a yacht in a “terrifying” two-hour attack that didn’t end until the $128,680 vessel sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

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they were not playing at all, they knew exactly what they were doing. They knew the weak points of the boat, and they knew how to sink it...

“Their sole intention was to sink the boat

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The five orcas circled the 39-foot sailing boat and took turns smashing it to bits .. in a coordinated assault Powell compared to the carnage of wolves.

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The pod of five first focused on the rudder, rendering the sailboat unable to steer after about 15 hits.

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“They were circling. It was like watching wolves hunt,

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Though they were just two miles off the coast of Spain — and the crew radioed for help as soon as the attack began — it took two hours before help arrived.

A Spanish salvage vessel fortunately helped them abandon the stricken ship, minutes before it sunk 130 feet below the Mediterranean’s surface.

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he tried everything from dropping firecrackers in the water and turning off the engine to deter the attack, but the pod was determined.

“It was a very long attack, and it was really the violence of the attack that surprised me

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the same group responsible for terrorizing other skippers in European waters in recent years.

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In May, a pack of killer whales sank a 50-foot yacht in Moroccan waters after repeatedly slamming into the vessel.

Orcas also interfered with a sailing race last year

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“It’s only a matter of time before someone shoots one of these killer whales

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The fight between man and beast is going to get worse. Luckily none of us were in the water or got hurt.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: attack; fakenews; gibraltar; killer; killerwhale; killerwhales; mediterranean; orca; orcas; portugal; sinkyacht; spain; sunk; vessel; vesselsunk; whale; whales; wolves; wolveshunt; yacht
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To: george76

Maybe it’s time we start killing off these handfuls of pods that are doing this so this “behavior “doesn’t matriculate throughout the remainder of the species.

I don’t care if they’re playing or not


21 posted on 07/28/2024 12:55:38 PM PDT by suasponte137
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To: george76

WTF!? There was a comment that referenced a passage I. The Bible and it was deleted while I was in the middle of commenting.


22 posted on 07/28/2024 12:56:15 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: delta7

“They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. (Rev. 6:7-8)”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Excellent post. I was thinking along similar lines. God has used wild animals as punishment in the OT as well. It won’t be long before the word gets around among them that we are a good source of protein.


23 posted on 07/28/2024 12:56:36 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Chickensoup

Alright, I clicked the ad-filled link just for you, ‘soup.

Best I can do is $130K. 🤣

Still just a couple bites for an orca!


24 posted on 07/28/2024 12:56:50 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: george76

They need to call in some pilot whales. Orcas are scared to death of them.


25 posted on 07/28/2024 12:57:05 PM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: george76

No depth charges? Never go out without depth charges. Just sayin!


26 posted on 07/28/2024 12:58:13 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: george76

Those are killer dolphins, not whales. They are from the dolphin family.


27 posted on 07/28/2024 12:58:18 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: mkmensinger
I wish I had said that


28 posted on 07/28/2024 12:58:39 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Nervous Tick

Like a million dollar house in LA. Not that grand.


29 posted on 07/28/2024 12:59:58 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Chickensoup
Boat flipping will get some boney creatures that can’t swim well.

....and taste like chicken.

30 posted on 07/28/2024 1:00:06 PM PDT by LouAvul (DEI = Didn't Earn It. )
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To: suasponte137

There was a time when suggesting the killing of whales would get you cancelled! It was the Third Rail of enviropolitics and you DARE not touch it!!

But I guess we now live in the Post-Whale culture?


31 posted on 07/28/2024 1:01:22 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: george76

Countries are going to end up culling the sea wolves.


32 posted on 07/28/2024 1:02:40 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

WTF!? There was a comment that referenced a passage I. The Bible and it was deleted while I was in the middle of commenting.

All comments are still up.


33 posted on 07/28/2024 1:03:50 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: george76

Drop some M26 frag grenades. Get their minds right.


34 posted on 07/28/2024 1:07:42 PM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: mkmensinger

I say “we need a bigger harpoon!”.


35 posted on 07/28/2024 1:08:54 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: Eccl 10:2

Good to see some are watching. We need more “ Watchman”. Hopefully, more “ Christians “ will be given the eyes to see, and ears to hear”….and that begins by daily reading, Thanks, Praise and Worship.


36 posted on 07/28/2024 1:09:21 PM PDT by delta7
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To: george76

Take a rifle to them. They’re smart and it will only take a couple to die for them to catch a clue.


37 posted on 07/28/2024 1:10:26 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Indy Pendance
"They’re simply teens goofing around"

Big floaty toy!
38 posted on 07/28/2024 1:10:32 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: george76

Shoot, sail and shut up.


39 posted on 07/28/2024 1:11:22 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Indy Pendance

Yup... Go ahead and shoot them. Imagine if help never came. Once those people were in the water then they would have been attacked and killed.


40 posted on 07/28/2024 1:13:21 PM PDT by Revel
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