The first orca may have suffered a “critical moment of agony” that caused the aggression.
Orcas have reportedly attacked and sunk three boats off the coast of Spain in apparent acts of revenge that experts worry other whales in their pod might copy.
The whales approach the boats from behind, striking the rudder or hull of the boat, sailors and other eyewitnesses have said. The behavior may have spread even beyond that population, with a British couple recently sharing their own experience of an orca attack near the coast of Morocco.
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