Orcas now teaching each other to ram and capsize boats

Cool!

But not, at the same time, obviously.

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Good news, then! These are revenge-mammals. :wink: :disappointed:

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I blame the bloody trawls.

:slightly_smiling_face:

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i know.

didn’t want facts to get in the way of funnies. :wink:

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Oh, and fair enough. I was less aiming to be pedantic and more for a “well what he meant was, Monster Island is really a peninsula” kind of thing. :sweat_smile:

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It’s cool. I think “revenge-fish” reached it’s zenith with Jaws 4 anyway.

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The return of Porphyrios, perhaps! :whale2:

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Fact or Fiction? This is a very funny and poorly-written book, but I highly recommend it in a Bad Movie Night sort of way. A perfect beach read!

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Related?

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I have to assume the story will end like this one did:

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That looks like the answer to the question “what if whales wrote those Weasels Ripped My Flesh style men’s magazines?”

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My first thought was, “finally, the eco-warriors we’ve all been waiting for!”
But, yeah, scary for people on small vessels.
And, this isn’t aimed at you, just a general comment, this part:

Is such a reflection of how tragedy begets tragedy and abuse engenders abuse. We’ve got to break the fucking cycle. Everywhere.

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“Scientists can only guess at the origin of this aggressive behavior.”

:sweat_smile:

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you think orcas hate boats? wait till you see them handle a telephone survey

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We don’t even understand their fashion trends (humorous song, real phenomenon).

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It’s been reported that Orcas have been dicks about killing stuff for sport, not because they’re hungry or anything

This behavior (creating a wave to knock seals off of ice floe) is unique to the pod filmed here. These orcas figured it out and teach it too their young.

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see my comment above (or in many other posts about marine life) here:

oh. and welcome to the bbs, comrade.

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Welcome aboard, matey. Try not to get your boat rammed by an orca!

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Cockatoos are bastards anyway. You should see what they do to my potplants, just because I won’t feed them.

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