Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/23/idiot-attempts-to-body-slam-endangered-killer-whale-video.html
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Can anyone blame the orcas for slamming into and sinking our boats? I was really hoping to see that whale take a big ol’ bite of the fat, drunk dude.
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Heck, even the orca playfully grabbing the guy and taking him for a little underwater jaunt, as they sometimes do…
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Hey, what’s that big fish called?
Killer Whale? Cool, I’m going to give it the people’s elbow. See you in the next life.
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That’s some Darwin-award-worthy behavior right there.
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I sure don’t blame Orcas just for being wildlife, nor do I own a boat.
Ram away.
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American tourist: “Watch me do something really stupid.”
New Zealand tourist: “Hold my beer!”
(FYI, I’m American and truly ashamed by things American tourists do.)
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“Did you get that? Did you get me doing the crime?”
I hope the orca found it half way amusing. Though I assume if it didn’t it could just bite the guy in half if it wanted to.
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I haven’t cheered so hard for the animal since I viewed “Grizzly Man”.
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Most idiots like that (including this one) are powerboaters, though, while the orcas only sink sailboats.
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We really are getting dumber as a species - or again it’s just being reported more. I just can’t fathom why people go up to wild animals that could clearly kill them if the animal so desired. It’s one thing to approach a bunny rabbit, but to go after a KILLER whale??
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so far!
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“Idiot.” It takes a lot to rate lower than a “gentleman”, apparently.
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New Zealand man did a pretty good impersonation of Florida Man.
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Orca:
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Afaik all the serious damage was done to GfK boats with skeg rudders. As you know, that is not a feature powerboats have. I doubt an orca could sink a boat of reasonable size if it didn’t break the rudder well through the leverage of a long thin rudder.
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Orca are immensely powerful animals, and this really could have ended horribly – with either the startled whale being injured, or the man responsible being harmed by the aggravated animal."
But only one of those outcomes is horrible.
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The misuse of “aggravated” is also horrible.
It means among other things annoyed or irritated; for instance Merriam-Webster gives the first definition as angry or displeased, especially because of small problems or annoyances. You don’t think that might apply to the orca?
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Bro.
What
