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Why are orcas attacking boats and is the behaviour spreading?

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The Orca's Behavior Toward a Boat Off the Shetland Islands

There has been a very recent report from the Shetland Islands of a sailor, a Dutch sailor, who had one animal come up to the aft of his sailing vessel. He reported that the animal was pushing the hull or raiming the hull a few times. And he was scared obviously, and the animal very quickly lost interest in the boat again and disappeared. I don't know what to make of this observation. So far it's one incident with one animal. We cannot rule out that killer whales from the British Isles have been swimming in the area with the Iberia and the sea. It's not possible to say if this behavior is spreading, not yet.

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