KILLER WHALES SUDDENLY ATTACKING BOATS

Killer whales have been ramming into and damaging sailing boats off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, puzzling marine experts with their suddenly aggressive encounters. Orcas are highly-intelligent and known to follow boats closely, and it’s unusual for them to repeatedly attack the vessels. But there have been several attacks over the last two months:
– On July 29, a boat was surrounded by nine orcas off Cape Trafalgar in the southwest of Spain. The orcas rammed the hull for over one hour — spinning the boat around, disabling the engine and destroying the rudder.
– On August 30, a vessel radioed the coastguard to say it was “under attack” from killer whales.
– On the same day, a Spanish naval yacht, Mirfak, lost part of its rudder to a killer whale encounter.
– In the latest incident on Friday, a 36-foot boat was near A Coruña, on the northern coast of Spain, when an orca rammed its stern about 15 times.
Scientists have called their recent behavior “highly unusual” and “concerning.”
* Although if you’re on one of the boats being attacked, it’s a little more than “concerning”.
* And they’re doing it on porpoise.
* Maybe they’ve just discovered the concept of “bathtub toys”.
* Still think it was a good idea to free Willy?
* 2020 just keeps bringing the surprises, no?
* It’s part of the new killer whale protest movement, Black & White Lives Matter.