![]() ![]() PHOTO: A group of Bigg's killer whales swim together as seen from a Pacific Whale Watch Association vessel on May 4, 2022, near Whidbey Island in Washington state. There just isn't evidence that that's what's happening,” Wieland-Shields said. And people really seem to be getting behind that. “There's something almost Robin Hood-like about thinking that we've pushed nature far enough that they're finally going to fight back. MORE: Former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison: Source Meanwhile, some experts are calling for more nuance in how the public views these massive marine predators. The encounters have spawned a blitz of alarming press and internet memes about a budding uprising of orcas supposedly enacting their revenge on humans. Three boats have sunk and dozens more have been damaged, according to tracking data from the Cruising Association. Many of them included orcas biting or striking the rudders of sailboats. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images)Īt least 15 human-orca incidents were recorded in 2020, the year in which the encounters are believed to have begun, according to a study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science. PHOTO: A picture from May 31, 2023, shows the rudder of a ship damaged by killer whales (Orcinus orca) while sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar, while waiting for repairs at the Pecci Shipyards in Barbate, near Cadiz, southern Spain. ![]()
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