Sperm whales have been observed using a unique defense mechanism against orca attacks, known as defensive defecation. This behavior was witnessed off the southern coast of Western Australia, where a pod of sperm whales was being hunted by orcas. When the sperm whales seemed to …
I think we need to get to the bottom of this ongoing behavior of killer whales (orcas) ramming boats firstly off Spain and Portugal and more recently off Shetland, in the North Sea. It is believed that the killer whales in the south have passed …
There is an extraordinary story in The Times today of a notorious pair of killer whales (orcas) which killed 17 sharks in one day. You might know that orcas have a taste for liver. They only ate the livers of the 17 sharks. Just gaping …
The Times reports that sailors off the coast of Spain and Portugal have been told to be vigilant about the possibility of attacks on boats by killer whales. A group of orcas are thought to have bashed into two yachts and put them out of …
