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- "The idea of revenge is a great story, but there's no evidence for it," says neuroscientist Lori Marino, president of the Whale Sanctuary Project. "There's never been a case of an orca harming a human being in the wild. "If they really wanted to do damage and harm the people on the boat they could easily do that."
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Attacks by orcas, or killer whales, on boats in the Strait of Gibraltar are increasing. But why are these seemingly peaceful creatures becoming dangerous.
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Jun 17, 2023 · And yet, there is not a single documented instance of orcas killing humans in the wild. Why would they react only now? Read: 7 reasons killer whales are evil geniuses
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May 24, 2023 · Orcas keep slamming into boats off the Spanish coast, sinking some of them, leading researchers to believe they might be driven by a single revenge-bent female.
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- Jess Thomson
Jul 3, 2023 · A strange new phenomenon involving sea mammals has captured the public's imagination — and theories that orcas are intentionally targeting humans as an act of revenge have swarmed social media.
Jul 11, 2023 · There have been no fatalities. The encounters have spawned a blitz of alarming press and internet memes about a budding uprising of orcas supposedly enacting their revenge on humans. Meanwhile, some experts are calling for more nuance in how the public views these massive marine predators.
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Jun 19, 2023 · Killer whales have reportedly attacked more than 500 boats in European waters recently. Are they exacting revenge for humanity's treatment of orcas?
No human injuries or deaths were reported — and in most cases, the whales didn’t sink the boats. But the incidents gained such notoriety that they inspired memes heralding an “orca...
