Orcas may be teaching each other to attack boats following a spate of strikes on sailboats off the coast of Europe, some observers say.
3:23Orcas may be teaching other to attack boats following a spate of strikes on sailboats off the coast of Europe, some observers say.
Sailors have reported a series of "coordinated" attacks by a group of orcas, including a May 22 strike on a 26-foot vessel sailing off the coast of Cape Spartel, near the Strait of Gibraltar.Orca Attack Reports , a Facebook group dedicated to flagging orca activity. "Both rudders destroyed and blocked … Boat to be hauled off later this week."
That attack followed a nighttime strike on May 4, when a Swiss yacht named Champagne, which was also sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar, was attacked by three orcas. They struck its rudder, eventually sinking it, reported
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