Most of the 15 were male juveniles and teens, the “most curious and exploratory” of an orca population, suggesting that what started as playful head-bumping on boat rudders has escalated as the animals have grown larger. The team notes that this rudder-bumping behavior was observed around 2017, but the interactions didn’t result in any boat damage. Now that the orcas are larger, their game has become a lot more powerful.
And no orca over the age of 25 – when males are fully grown – has been seen participating in the tomfoolery. Scientists suspect younger orcas have seen older siblings playing with their rudder ‘toys’ and then copied. (Some females have been spotted, but they’re most likely there just to babysit the kids.)
There was a yacht they attacked. Dno if there were injuries.
They were orca hooligans.
https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/
OMG tomboy orcas ?!!! 😀😀😀
Oh… 😒😮💨😞
Don’t be too sad, that’s a scientist guess, not a fact.
Their version of cow tipping
They’re just like us!
Also like us when it comes to repeating fashion trends.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/12/25/why-killer-whales-famous-for-sporting-salmon-hats-in-the-1980s-might-be-doing-it-again/
For real. I grew up around 26, haven’t attacked a boat since then.