Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.

  • @DokPsy
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    77 months ago

    This is exactly why they’re attacking. Humans fucking up their environment.

    • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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      LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode.

      Please tell me more!

      • stopthatgirl7OP
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        LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode

        …Well, kind of yes.

        One biologist theorized that the attacks originated with a female orca, known as White Gladis, who may have been harmed by a boat. As the theory goes, White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior.

        • @SCB@lemmy.world
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          White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior

          So not at all related to the environment?

          I know that these orcas have somehow been personified for some people online as nature’s divine wrath, but that’s literally not what they are.

          They’re just animals being animals.

        • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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          It sounds like if we eliminated or deterred the Orcas who are exhibiting this behavior it would stop others from learning it. No?

          • stopthatgirl7OP
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            97 months ago

            Orcas are endangered, so no, you can’t go around trying to shock them or blow them up.

            • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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              Never stated I wanted to blow them up. If they attack my rudder I want to ensure the safety of my crew and scare them away from the boat.

              • stopthatgirl7OP
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                37 months ago

                And if either of your ideas were actual viable someone would have tried it always. But your plans risk injuring the orcas, which you can’t do because they’re endangered.

                • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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                  -37 months ago

                  If they attack my vessel I have every right to respond and defend my vessel. It’s even easier if I’m in international waters.

                  • stopthatgirl7OP
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                    57 months ago

                    No, you don’t actually, tough guy.

                    If you ever get a boat, I hope the orcas eat it.

              • @StorminNorman@lemmy.world
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                07 months ago

                Yeah, they have. Just because you have the bare minimum brain cells to stay alive and don’t know shit about the subject doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done before.

                  • @StorminNorman@lemmy.world
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                    07 months ago

                    It’s cute that you think I care. Well, I do, cos shit like this is why the world is falling apart. But your personal attacks hold no weight against me. I ain’t a pretty person, I’ve been insulted all my life, this is nothing compared to what I’ve heard. But then, that’s probably on me for expecting better from you. Especially since I have plenty of evidence that your intelligence is questionable…

      • @sizzler@lemmy.world
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        No go on, you’re in the thread about Orcas turning on people, give us your theory you gun-totin rootin-tootin hard man.

        • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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          -57 months ago

          I’m not a marine biologist, I don’t have a theory on Orca aggression.

          I just know what would keep them from damaging a boat and would most likely deter them from attacking again in the future. High voltage and underwater explosions are pretty well understood by all creatures.

            • @Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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              -37 months ago

              I mean logic dictates that a half stick of dynamite or 2000 Volts of electricity going off in their face would deter most if not all terrestrial creatures that we know of.