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An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas 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 1970s. [2]
Of the very few confirmed attacks on humans by wild orcas, none have been fatal. [190] In one instance, orcas tried to tip ice floes on which a dog team and photographer of the Terra Nova Expedition were standing. [191] The sled dogs' barking is speculated to have sounded enough like seal calls to trigger the orca's hunting curiosity.
Kasatka was the matriarch of the San Diego Orca SeaWorld family. [5] She was the first captive cetacean to successively receive artificial insemination, according to John Hargrove, a trainer there. [6] [7] She bore two daughters and two sons, resulting in six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren by the time of her death:
The rather brutal ending should not be misinterpreted either: this is a happy ending, where good and the natural world (Natsilane and the Blackfish) have prevailed over man alone (the brothers). In the wild, orcas do not attack people ; it is not clear if this is due to orca societal norms or because humans are not part of their regular diet.
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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.
While orca attacks on humans in the wild are rare, and no fatal attacks have been recorded, [13] as of 2024 four humans have died due to interactions with captive orcas. [5] [14] [15] [16] Tilikum was involved in three of those deaths.
Tourists on a boat in Australia were left stunned as they watched a pod of orcas chase and attack a group of sperm whales. A rare video shows the “titans of the ocean” battling.