News reports of orcas attacking boats off the coast of Spain emerged at the start of September, with encounters having started as early as July. Sailors were reporting orcas ramming their boats and yachts. One Spanish naval yacht lost part of its rudder after several orcas attacked it.
In an interview with the BBC, a Scottish yacht owner Graeme Walker, whose vessel was attacked for 45 minutes early on September 22, described his encounter with three orcas:"The boat would literally spin through 90 degrees when the animals came in. It was as pronounced as that. When they actually bit on the rudder and started shaking the rudder the wheel was spinning from side to side. You could not have touched it. You would have broken your arms.
"Interactions with killer whales have affected, above all, medium-sized sailboats, with a length equal to or less than 15 meters ," a statement from the ministry said."All the encounters with the killer whales took place between 2 and 8 nautical miles from the coast and the sailing speed ranged between 5 and 9 knots, either exclusively under sail or sail and motor."that after docking he realized how close the orcas had come to overturning the boat.
López says that while this increase in killer whales attacking boats seems extreme, the encounters are still relatively rare. He said only 20 percent of orca sightings from yachts had reported damage or trouble."It might sound as if all the boats are being damaged, but that is not the case," he said.
Stock image showing a pod of killer whales. Researchers in Spain say the recent orca attacks on boats were related to injuries sustained by the at least two of the whales.
From the article: “When [the killer whale] actually bit on the rudder and started shaking the rudder the wheel was spinning from side to side. You could not have touched it. You would have broken your arms.' 😳
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Understandable. Boats are like alien spaceships to them.
.... cause humans are awful?
Is it because we keep throwing our trash in their living rooms?
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It's not like we didn't see this coming.
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Black whales matter?
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