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  2. Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...

  3. Iberian orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    The rate of orca-boat interactions and their dispersal prompted the formation in August 2020 of a working group for the issue, the Atlantic Orca Working Group (Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica; GTOA). [1] A Facebook group, Orca Attack Reports, was created to facilitate the sharing of information about the interactions. [24]

  4. Category:Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    Iberian orca attacks; R. Dougal Robertson; T. Tilikum (orca) This page was last edited on 13 December 2024, at 06:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  5. Why are killer whale attacks on the rise? These scientists ...

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    Why Iberian orcas are attacking ships in the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world’s busiest waterways, has quickly become one of the terrifying mysteries of the sea.

  6. Orcas sank a third boat. Scientists think these 'brutal ... - AOL

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    A biologist thinks these attacks could be due to one orca's trauma. Orcas near the Iberian coast sank a third boat earlier this month. A biologist thinks these attacks could be due to one orca's ...

  7. Orca memes swarm social media after reports of boat attacks - AOL

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    Though the "orca wars" reference a fictional battle between human and killer whale, many online have taken their allegiances seriously, posting about being team orca or team human.

  8. Death of Alexis Martínez - Wikipedia

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    Loro Parque ceased (apparently permanently) all waterwork with killer whales (Tr. 563-564). [ 2 ] During the local investigation into the death of Alexis Martinez it came to light that the park had mischaracterized a 2007 incident with Tekoa, another male orca, to the public by claiming it was an accident rather than an attack.

  9. Orca boat rammings in the Mediterranean are ‘just playful fad ...

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    More than 250 boats have been damaged by orcas since 2020, with 15 of Iberia’s orcas believed to be responsible Orca boat rammings in the Mediterranean are ‘just playful fad’ scientists say ...