This is a disturbing development in what is now quite a long-running story of orcas (killer whales) attacking small boats in the Mediterranean Sea. To an outsider like me it appears very deliberate and it also appears that they are defending their territory. That’s a …
This is an ongoing story. It’s back in the news today. Orcas in the Mediterranean attacking small boats. They seem to be targeting the steering year i.e. the rudder of boats to disable them. It seems to be a very intelligent tactic to stop the …
I would like to remember Lolita, the orca held in captivity for 50 years. She was due to be released into the ocean but instead she suddenly passed away. She never saw the ocean again. Her birthright, her habitat, her place to live from where …
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 …
