Orcas are attacking and sinking boats

[MrDawn]

I found this to be pretty interesting. What are you thoughts about it?

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Orcas may be teaching others 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.

"[Six] orcas arrived, 2 adults very big, 4 smaller ones," sailor JP Derunes wrote in 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 Yacht, a German boating news outlet.

Killer whales learn 'coordinated' attacks on sailboats, some observers say

Orcas may be teaching other to attack boats following a spate of attacks on sailboats off the coast of Europe, some observers say.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Deleted member 49125]

Maybe they are sick of the overfishing!
I can see the traumatic aspect. Animals learn but I wish they wouldn't anthropomorphize animals. They don't feel, think, act like humans do.
Just teach humans to be more aware. The ocean belongs to the animals. Humans are just visitors.

 

[Page]

THat's new, never seen that before

 

[Deleted member 17779]

Maybe they are sick of the overfishing!
I can see the traumatic aspect. Animals learn but I wish they wouldn't anthropomorphize animals. They don't feel, think, act like humans do.
Just teach humans to be more aware. The ocean belongs to the animals. Humans are just visitors.

Also, there are a lot of animals that will attack or act aggressively in order to protect their young. They may view us fishing as in invasion into their territory.

 

[Demon_skeith]

If there isn't some kind of wrong treading into their territory, then they might have finally learned to fight back, a horror for us if most fish/animals start learning that.