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The orca uprising: Why killer whales are attacking boats

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The History of Ocean Life

Some of the scientists looking into this have noticed that some of the orcas do have injuries, which could have come from fishing boats. You know, the history of our relationship with these creatures is that we do bad things to them and they take it. We have a history of tearing their young from the pods and taking them to sea worlds in various other places. And even more so than humans, they need company and a sense of being in this pod. But let's imagine they are just having fun. That's something that as a human I really can understand. If I was to make a bid, I'd say go on the orcas.

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