KILLER WHALES SINK ANOTHER YACHT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Killer whales sank another yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday. One particular pod of Iberian orcas living off the coasts of Spain and Portugal has been ramming vessels since 2020. Two people were aboard the 49-foot boat when they started feeling blows to the hull and rudder and water started seeping in. They sent an SOS and were taken to Gibraltar by a nearby oil tanker, leaving their boat adrift. It eventually went under. The pod has sunk five sailboats and two fishing boats; they’ve also rammed hundreds of other boats without sinking them. Marine biologists don’t believe the attacks are malicious; they think it may be an attempt at play or simply a show of curiosity.
* Great – orca sympathizers. Another thing for college students to protest.
* A show of curiosity? Like – curiosity about what we taste like?
* As they swam away they were yelling “Eat the rich!”
* Can’t we just fill the ocean with beach balls and pool floaties to distract them from the yachts?
* I guess after 5,000 years of running ships and boats through the whales’ home, we’ve finally worn out our welcome.
[Note: if you’re interested, Morning Sidekick has a funny take on boat-ramming orcas on our podcast side-project, Spoof!. It’s called “Aquamanly”, a takeoff on the Aquaman movies. Go to spoofpodcast.com, scroll down to “Aquamanly”. And please feel free to promote the Spoof! site on your social media, we’d appreciate it!]