It's true... there have been a number of reports.
DIVE MAGAZINE : ORCAS SINK BOAT - PORTUGAL
OUTSIDE ONLIE : WE SAILED THROUGH ORCA ALLEY - BOATS RAMMED -SINKING
Excerpt: Along the Iberian Peninsula, where the North Atlantic collides with the rugged coastlines of Spain and Portugal before pinching into the Mediterranean Sea, an endangered subpopulation of orcas has developed the unfortunate habit of ramming into sailboats. The powerful animals target the rudders, often breaking them and destroying or disabling a boat’s steering. Such force can sometimes also damage a boat’s hull and cause a leak.
Orcas, also called killer whales (Orcinus orca), are known for their prowess as marine predators, and they’re intelligent and highly social. Across their global range, they’re unusually flexible in what they eat, how they hunt, and where they call home. Among their many talents, they’re masters of surprise.
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Showing posts with label Orca Whales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orca Whales. Show all posts
3/24/26
8/21/23
MIAMI SEA AQUARIUM's ORCA TOKITAE DEAD : THEY THOUGHT TO RETURN HER TO THE OCEAN BUT SHE DIED BEFORE SHE COULD GO BACK TO THE PACIFIC AND SEATTLE
THE GUARDIAN : ORCA DEAD After half a century in captivity, Tokitae the performing orca could finally go home WELL SHE DIED BEFORE THEY COULD THROW HER BACK IN THE OCEAN....
SEATTLE TIMES : TOKITAE DEAD See her performing in the photo.
She was one of very many whales that were captured with the desire to make them into performers. Many of them died in the capture....
8/22/20
MAMA HUMPBACK FENDS OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO EAT HER CALF
DAILY MAIL - HUMPBACK WHALE MOTHER ENDS OFF A POD OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO ATTACK HER CALF
Whales have whale enemies. In this article by Charlotte Kapp for Daily Mail Australia, you'll see drone video of the way the Killer Whales, also called Orcas, attempt to distract the Mama Humpback. Unfortunately the baby whale was then killed by hunters....
Will you feel angry that men have killed it?
8/3/19
WHALE MOMS WHISPER TO BABES TO AVOID PREDATORY ORCAS
NEW SCIENTIST - WHALE MOMS WHISPER by Micheal La Page
EXCERPT: The whales feed near Antarctica during the summer and then migrate north to coastal waters during the winter to give birth and breed. The mothers and calves remain there for three months and often keep very close to shore, just beyond the breaking waves.
It is suspected they do this because the noise of the waves helps mask any sounds they make and thus makes it harder for predators such as killer whales and sharks to find them. The findings of Mia Nielson of Aarhus University in Denmark and colleagues suggest this is indeed the case.
2/21/15
ENDANGERED POD IN PUGET SOUND - FIRST BIRTH OF BABY ORCA IN 2 YEARS
SCIENCE RECORDER - RARE NEWBORN BABY ORCA OFF WASHINGTON COAST full article from early January 2015...
This is good news for the pod, which has not seen a new addition to its community in more than two years.
Balcomb was monitoring the pod, known as J-pod, in the Puget Sound when he noticed the just-born baby orca, dubbed J-50 for now.
According to Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the birth of the baby whale is an encouraging sign for the pod, which was listed as endangered in 2005, a report by Live Science said. This is especially true since the pod lost a pregnant female earlier in December, probably caused by a bacterial infection following the death of her fetus.
“The loss of J-32 was a disturbing setback,” Hanson told Live Science. “We lost a lot of reproductive material.”
Balcomb does not yet know which whale is the calf’s mother—it could be an older 43-year-old female called J-16, who has given birth to three other surviving calves, or a younger whale, J-36, according to the Live Science report. Sadly, deaths among newborn killer whales are not uncommon. About 35 to 45 percent of all newborn orcas fail to survive past their first year, according to NOAA.
This is good news for the pod, which has not seen a new addition to its community in more than two years.
Balcomb was monitoring the pod, known as J-pod, in the Puget Sound when he noticed the just-born baby orca, dubbed J-50 for now.
According to Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the birth of the baby whale is an encouraging sign for the pod, which was listed as endangered in 2005, a report by Live Science said. This is especially true since the pod lost a pregnant female earlier in December, probably caused by a bacterial infection following the death of her fetus.
“The loss of J-32 was a disturbing setback,” Hanson told Live Science. “We lost a lot of reproductive material.”
Balcomb does not yet know which whale is the calf’s mother—it could be an older 43-year-old female called J-16, who has given birth to three other surviving calves, or a younger whale, J-36, according to the Live Science report. Sadly, deaths among newborn killer whales are not uncommon. About 35 to 45 percent of all newborn orcas fail to survive past their first year, according to NOAA.
2/16/15
RICK GERMAN'S ENCOUNTER WITH FIVE KILLER WHALES NEAR LAGUNA NIGEL
KTLA - PADDLE BOARDER AND FIVE KILLER WHALES video
EXCERPT:
A man paddle boarding off the coast of Laguna Beach captured amazing video of his close encounter with killer whales.
Through the years, Rich German said he has had several interactions with animals while paddle boarding, but always wanted to see killer whales upclose.
The avid paddle boarder heard about the orca pod swimming along the Southern California coast and tracked their location. By using his GoPro camera, German took video of the whales playing around whale watching tour boats. They even swam underneath his board.
German said he was “too excited to be scared.” He kneeled down at one point because he was worried one of the whales...
EXCERPT:
A man paddle boarding off the coast of Laguna Beach captured amazing video of his close encounter with killer whales.
Through the years, Rich German said he has had several interactions with animals while paddle boarding, but always wanted to see killer whales upclose.
The avid paddle boarder heard about the orca pod swimming along the Southern California coast and tracked their location. By using his GoPro camera, German took video of the whales playing around whale watching tour boats. They even swam underneath his board.
German said he was “too excited to be scared.” He kneeled down at one point because he was worried one of the whales...
11/22/14
FEMALE ORCA WHALES FOLLOWED BY A DRONE : SOME STARVED TO DEATH
TECH TIMES : DRONE STALKS KILLER WHALES AND HERE IS WHAT IT LEARNED full article....
Some of the whales appeared to be skeletal and some died at sea.
Some of the whales appeared to be skeletal and some died at sea.
8/2/13
ORCA WHALE WITH PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH : OUR OCEAN ECOLOGY
LIVE SCIENCE : ORCA WITH PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH ARTICLE
LIVE SCIENCE : ORCA SPOTTED WITH PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH .
MY CONCERNS OVER PLASTIC POLLUTION GROW... link here! .
One group of researchers recently published a database of trash on the seafloor from California to Canada and offshore of Hawaii. They found that most garbage in their count was plastic, and of those items, more than half were plastic bags, some choking corals nearly 7,000 feet (2,115 meters) below.
LIVE SCIENCE : ORCA SPOTTED WITH PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH
MY CONCERNS OVER PLASTIC POLLUTION GROW... link here! .
One group of researchers recently published a database of trash on the seafloor from California to Canada and offshore of Hawaii. They found that most garbage in their count was plastic, and of those items, more than half were plastic bags, some choking corals nearly 7,000 feet (2,115 meters) below.
10/2/12
2/10/12
ATLANTIC WHALES (CANADA) SITE LINKED HERE
"The waters off Newfoundland and Labrador are among the most productive portions of the Earth's ocean. During the spring and summer, some of the planet's largest gatherings of whales, seals and seabirds come to feed in these coastal and offshore waters along North America's eastern edge. For over 500 years some of the planet's most intensive human fisheries have also taken place here...
"People are not always good at sustainably managing the ocean's resources. Over the past few hundred years the Atlantic grey whale was wiped out while the right and bowhead whales have been removed from most of their former range. Other whales including fins, blues, orcas and humpbacks underwent dramatic population reductions at the hands and harpoons of 20th century whalers. In the case of the orcas, the military even used them for target practice...
Click on the link to keep reading!
"People are not always good at sustainably managing the ocean's resources. Over the past few hundred years the Atlantic grey whale was wiped out while the right and bowhead whales have been removed from most of their former range. Other whales including fins, blues, orcas and humpbacks underwent dramatic population reductions at the hands and harpoons of 20th century whalers. In the case of the orcas, the military even used them for target practice...
Click on the link to keep reading!
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