Maybe because sonar is annoying as hell for cetaceans and makes their ears bleed?
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Free time, curiosity and playfulness has led to young orcas bumping boats
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#22> The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping.. > Most of the 15 were male juveniles and teens..suggesting that what started as playful head-bumping on boat rudders has escalated as the animals have grown larger..And no orca over the age of 25 – when males are fully grown – has been seen participating in the tomfool…
Do the go after the sail boats or is it just motorboats. The propellers are quite loud under the water, I wonder if they are maybe annoyed by the noise and learnt attacking those vessels makes the noise go away
Among the sailing cruisers, it's become clear this is not a factor. Sailing vessels have been attacked with their propellors on brake, with their props disengaged or with props running.
In general, marine mammals don't mind the sound of engines (even though I do!) We have had pods of dolphins swimming along and playing around our boat in all configurations. I once turned off the engine when the dolphins came around, and they left immediately, presumable because we lost too much speed to be interesting? That genuinely surprised me, as I like sailing for the quiet.
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#23> The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping.. > Most of the 15 were male juveniles and teens..suggesting that what started as playful head-bumping on boat rudders has escalated as the animals have grown larger..And no orca over the age of 25 – when males are fully grown – has been seen participating in the tomfool…
I believe orcas can live as long as humans. So there's a bunch of middle-aged orcas out there who sometimes go: "Remember when we all wore fish hats after Jeannie got one? Man, that was crazy... Do you think a dead salmon would look good on me still?"
The important thing was that I had a salmon on my head, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any pink salmons, because of the humans. The only thing you could get was those decaying yellow ones...
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#24>But, sadly, it's not their anticapitalist 'eat the rich' agenda > Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings Nevertheless, the "rich" quickly mobilized with a full on multi-year research team alongside government officials, with decent funding to fix the problem. Out of all the current global and local problems, can't have…
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#25>But, sadly, it's not their anticapitalist 'eat the rich' agenda > Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings Nevertheless, the "rich" quickly mobilized with a full on multi-year research team alongside government officials, with decent funding to fix the problem. Out of all the current global and local problems, can't have…
It’s a public safety issue. Do you also realize that the working class get out on boats to fish and partake in leisure activities?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do the go after the sail boats or is it just motorboats. The propellers are quite loud under the water, I wonder if they are maybe annoyed by the noise and learnt attacking those vessels makes the noise go away
Being a sailor, I've been carefully paying attention to the Orca reports, they seem to like the modern sail boat fin rudders which have no skeg (vertical support attached to hull with hinged rudder behind) and is pretty easy to knock off the boat with little damage to the Orca. I heard about a boat with a skeg-hung rudder that stopped dead in the water in that area, but was able to continue on with a working rudder.…
I wonder if any boats with a traditional long keel have been affected? I'd expect that arrangement to be even less attractive to an orca given there's no gap between the rudder and keel.
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#27> The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping.. > Most of the 15 were male juveniles and teens..suggesting that what started as playful head-bumping on boat rudders has escalated as the animals have grown larger..And no orca over the age of 25 – when males are fully grown – has been seen participating in the tomfool…
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#28>But, sadly, it's not their anticapitalist 'eat the rich' agenda > Following years of research, a team of biologists, government officials and marine industry representatives have released their findings Nevertheless, the "rich" quickly mobilized with a full on multi-year research team alongside government officials, with decent funding to fix the problem. Out of all the current global and local problems, can't have…
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#29The Kia Orcas
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#30> The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping.. > Most of the 15 were male juveniles and teens..suggesting that what started as playful head-bumping on boat rudders has escalated as the animals have grown larger..And no orca over the age of 25 – when males are fully grown – has been seen participating in the tomfool…
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