vessels were playing music offensive to the orcas involved.
But they're mostly peaceful killer whales, who just want to mess with yacht rudders.
We really need to train AI to speak whale.
“We damaged your boat and then just swam away because there might be some easier food down-current. But if there isn’t, we’ll be back!”
They've found out that it's fun. as is not unusual in predator behavior.
Its a mostly peaceful protest.
The initial reports had it that the individuals harassing boats were juveniles, and it was just playtime for them. Given that they only mess with the rudders of boats and then swim away, I’d say that was the most likely explanation.
I saw Willy in his home in the aquarium in Newport, Oregon, and followed any reports of his life in the wild. In Newport, he liked to watch television, action movies being his favorite. In the wild, in the Norwegian fjiords, he sought out people and appeared to enjoy human contact. Sadly, he apparently never gained acceptance from any Orca pod. Maybe they thought him too much a weirdo.
All of this attests to the intelligence of whales in general, and Orcas in particular.
Juvenile delinquency on the rise among cetaceans. Maybe an inky cloud would discourage them, as it does with porch pirates.
I’m all for trying to understand them, but...we ought to make them understand us too. Just saying.
Orcas going to orca.
For the same reason dogs lick their balls -- because they can.
Because we deserve it?
They are aware that we call them “killer whales” and not their preferred “orcas”. So now they are pranking us until we get the message. They are just prankster whales, not killers.
It’s payback for our 19th Century slaughter of their whale cousins.
Because the other species “Mostly Peaceful” whales are interested in doing Whaley things? Anyone check those killer whales for piercings, and swimming in patterns to the left?
“Why are killer whales attacking boats?”
They were raised without fathers?
Rudders are relatively small, move enough and might be ‘fun to play with’...