Why dont Orcas Attack Humans In The Wild?

[@hans-christianbauer5947]

It seems that Orcas are naturally inclined to be friendly towards us. I was on a boat once when an Orca swam along to say hello. It allowed people to touch it. A bit further down a little girl started crying bercause her arms were too short to reach down and touch the Orca's head, so the Orca swam up to her and raised itself out of the water high enough for the girl to touch it's "nose". This means that the Orca did not only sense that the girl was distressed, but also understood why. And it was nice enough to make the girl happy. Very touching moment.

[@jcl836]

wow! that is so cool

[@mazuki7602]

thats insane and hard to believe

[@chrispeacock8085]

​@@mazuki7602if it's true then they're just too smart

[@onesmileybaldy8303]

@@chrispeacock8085second biggest brain to body ratio on the planet,able to communicate between themselves like they have their own language,different groups have different dialects and “cultures”,they are self-aware enough to recognize themselves in a mirror etc. honestly,I’m inclined to believe this is real,because I’ve seen videos of wild orcas just curious,wanting to get touched and being playful about it. It’s insane how smart these creatures are.

[@abbysbud1]

🥹🥹🥹

[@Casanova102986]

they are highly intelligent . they know what humans are and know we aren’t food . they are just as curious about us as we are about them . attacks occur in captivity because the ocras are stressed and frustrated .

[@iaminsideyourwalls2021]

I mean we took them away from their home aka the ocean as well as their family just to entertain more hairless primates so I can understand why they attack people in captivity. If I was an orca, I would do it but only if they treat me badly but they had it coming

[@superfly19751]

Should blame the trainers. These God’s creatures are not meant as pets for our entertainment. Free them!

[@yoool7137]

I heard orcas understand how dangerous humans can be, so they dont atack, because they know, we would chase them

[@Star-Gazor]

@@superfly19751 blame the trainers... You say that is if it's the trainers who go out and capture them, and dictate what is gotten and released from aquariums... To my knowledge, they're just people who - usually - love the animals they're working with. So, if anything, telling people to blame the trainers wouldn't solve the issue, when the trainers aren't the ones going out and capturing the poor animals. You should blame the aquarium executives, and the people who go out to capture them. Saying to blame those who are paid to work with animals they love, is pushing the blame on the wrong people, isn't it?

[@jayjaytunezzz5638]

Bone density. They don’t like land animals much.

[@heatherhaack4804]

I feel like I should point out that Tilikum did not kill three trainers. He killed two trainers and a random person that jumped into his tank.

[@lulub1433]

And thats enough! And it shows he did not differentiate . Orca went Orca.

[@mark-se6ef]

@@lulub1433 well if you visit sea world you are all to blame for the captivity, its pure Evil

[@SignatureStagers]

@@lulub1433 you would go "Orca" as well if they kept you in a cage and gave you biscuits to jump and roll over...minimum

[@lulub1433]

@@SignatureStagers Exactly. It is apparent that the Orca was dreadfully unhappy because he was driven to such extremes, but the trainers were not warned of his past/ still decided to get too close. It's a shame all the way around.

[@Spartan1312]

@@lulub1433 Treat something intelligent like a animal why should you be shocked if it starts to act like a animal.

[@kjvonlydude6565]

Orcas in captivity go insane because they're stuck in basically a whale prison

[@willvr4]

@martin barr's CRF450 I would kill any human captor who kept me in their conditions. It's disgusting.

[@SignatureStagers]

the crazy thing is some people actually question why it killed those people...and they think feeding animals is enough to put them in a prison.."for their own safety"...some humans dont deserve to live.

[@lulub1433]

I know. Imagine while driving to work. The distance your car goes probably doesn't cover the amount of travel a natural Orca does in one day.

[@hooblajoobla173]

The only records of orcas attacking humans..Is At seaworld, say no more 🖤

[@gonk986]

Theyre put through living whale

[@robertzantay5923]

I believe that, as is our species way, we grossly underestimate the understanding that Orcas have of their surroundings and the world. They have witnessed humans hunting whales, so they understand that we can be pushed to predatory behavior , there is no reason to injure a human, they have very little fat, and are not considered to be food. They are aware that we can help them get untangled from a fishing net. As far as communicating with each other our languages reflect the very different worlds and societies that we inhabit.

[@tomislavbasic7871]

You must be part of 2 percent fit population

[@daharos]

@@tomislavbasic7871 well, but he's correct, on average even fat humans are not enough food, plus the fact that most truly obese humans aren't going to be found in great numbers in their environment. usually it's well, people in relatively better shape than most, ie less fat reserves.

[@CoolNumber1]

pretty sure they are scared of human getting revenge. Probably in the past, human would hunt orca to the point they are scared.

[@emanueldelacruz1101]

"Untangled from Fishnets" Who puts the Fishnets in the water?

[@dev4159]

@@emanueldelacruz1101 and who freeds them from such ?

[@sweetness_5772]

The attacks in the aquarium was a direct attack. The Orcas are highly intelligent mammals. They know when they are in captivity. This is one of their direct ways on telling these trainers they want out of the aquarium and want to be back into their natural habitat.

[@angryjalapeno]

No. I think they can go insane in such a small pen compared to the ocean. Imagine if you were locked up in a cage. It also reminded me of 2001:A Space Odyssey when the superior aliens housed that dude in a (poorly) simulated human "house".

[@TheAliciaCookie]

Orcas have INDOCTRINATED eating behaviors. They live with mom, grandma, and great grandma and they go to the same spots at the same time of year and eat the same thing. If you took 4 generations of your family back to the homestead at Thanksgiving and there was a dolphin in a pond, in the middle of a field of turkeys would you consider eating it? If it wasn't a threat wouldn't you just look at it and move on? And it's more than that, orcas don't leave their pod, to go hang out with other orcas to see what they have for dinner. They just follow the same paths year after year to go eat the same things. It's one of the reasons they are so fragile, orcas from the southern pod that don't find enough salmon just don't have babies, or burn through body fat and spontaneously abort because the chemicals we dump in the ocean are fat soluble. If some other food were on their radar, they would be procreating. Its not like a menu "oh, you're out of salmon, ill have the cod" Orcas are very very very specific and habitual in their eating. Forget a human, Orcas sometimes don't even eat what they have in the past because its not the right place or time. So... I guess it is like a restaurant if you only ever got sushi at the sushi place on Monday and Tepon at the sushi and tepon place on Tuesday. When sushi and Tepon place is out of Tepon you just tell yourself "oh ill wait till monday, and have sushi then..." Sharks bite things. "Is this edible? Ediblish?" Like a bebe sticking everything in its mouth. The Orcas are taught. This is a salmon. Bite it. Thats what salmon tastes like. You can eat that. Its salmon. Etc

[@TheAliciaCookie]

@RDN thank you so much for pointing out and explaining. I guess we never stop learning ☺

[@thedoucheman]

@@TheAliciaCookie yeah but orcas love to bully other animals and kill for fun but they have never attacked a human in the wild even if they didn’t want to eat us they could still hurt us for fun but they don’t

[@kyleenglot9184]

What's also quite neat are the experiences and shared oral histories and stories of local Pacific Northwest indigenous people on their relationship to orcas. They've inhabited the Pacific coast for thousands of years. And their stories of orcas go back a very long time. The story of Natsilane, regarding the creation of the first orca, when a young man from a local tribe was abandoned to drown at sea by his jealous brothers. The man is rescued by a sea otter and taken to an underwater cave, it shows the warrior the giant red cedar trees, and the man begins to carve out of this large tree into an orca. He takes it to the water where it submerges and then reappears fully animated and alive. The man commands the orca to find his brothers who left him, and pull them down out of revenge for what they did. But after the act, the man commands the orca to never harm a human again after that. It's a very interesting story considering there seems to be some kind of truth. Those same Indigenous people respect and consider orcas as sacred, often when an orca comes near their ancestral lands they even believe it's a past chief taking on the form of an orca to greet them or give a sign that they are still here. So the mutual respectful relationship between man and orca may have been something that has been a thing for a long time.

[@braggarmybrat]

I wonder, you mentioned moms, grandmas and basically a matriarchal culture. Where do dads and grandpas go? Are they part of the 'transients?' or do they form another layer?

[@kyleenglot9184]

@@braggarmybrat males remain with their mother's pod for life. They only leave the pod briefly when they seek opportunities to mate. In orca societies the females are responsible for teaching and leading the pod. Resident orcas are definitely more wired this way and the eldest female is the matriarch. Transient orcas are not related to resident orcas. They are a seperate ecotype and share no genetic relations. Residents adapted to have a preference and appetite for salmon, Chinook salmon in particular. Transients are their own kind of orca and they get the name due to the fact that unlike Resident orcas they travel a lot less predictable. They range from as far south as Baja Mexico and all along the west coast to Alaska and they have a more varied diet and will hunt marine mammals. Resident orcas are more local and follow typical migratory paths. Spending spring and summer in the inner waters of the Pacific Northwest around Washington State and southern Vancouver Island, Canada. The southern residents cover that range. There is also a northern resident pod that range from the middle and northern parts of Vancouver Island and southern Alaska. They are also strictly Salmon hunters, but again are genetically seperate from southern resident orcas and Transient orcas. For transient orcas their family ties may be a bit varied. Males generally never start their own pods and like the resident orcas they stay with their mother's pod. Sometimes younger females in a transient pod may part and start their own pods.

[@dcrcort]

orcas are so smart they know humans are not the enemy to have. The orca population would be wiped out if they constantly attacked humans and ships. And it has worked great for them...they are seen as cute giant panda bears all while in reality they are the most vicious and powerful predators in the oceans lol. Even more than sharks.

[@lulub1433]

Bingo! Good point!

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

@@lulub1433 yep

[@kennethfharkin]

Ha ha ha. I love how people assign the ability of animals to make predictive cause and effect decisions. The orca population is not playing some sort of long game for survival where they are assessing the ability of humans to kill them and acting accordingly. Humans have simply never been on their native dinner menu for millennia because no humans were moronic enough to go swimming with them. You don't see Inuit out swimming with seals. There are simply enough of their traditional prey about to sustain them. Now should they become really hungry, with no traditional prey about and humans dumb enough to be in the water with them it might be interesting to see what happens. There likely wouldn't be enough human left to determine what happened to them...

[@dcrcort]

@@kennethfharkin you’re overthinking the comment. It was just a silly what if. But btw, most animals are born with superb natural instincts and survival skills…we don’t know what ultimate survival skills orcas are born with. Although they are so famous, we still know very little about them.

[@Vinnie101a]

@dc. I very much doubt that. I can’t see any whale foreseeing the future enough to envisage the seventh fleet coming over the horizon to extract revenge for a few humans they might have attacked.

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

Orcas are highly intelligent, communicate with each other, and travel large stretches of the oceans. They have to have seen witnessed not only vast commercial traffic, but military ships as well. Just the routine active sonar of a carrier battle group must be a nightmare for creatures with such sensitive hearing. Even killer whales have reason to fear Man. The confines of a water park is an unnatural environment where the animals are subjected to incredible stress, and the constant contact with humans allows for familiarity to breed contempt. They know they're bigger than people, and most likely resent being made to jump through hoops.

[@shawnkincheloesr5192]

I totally agree & great observation ✌🏾

[@davidzly]

I concur

[@snsnshhhs663]

They’re also huge dickheads in the ocean and shouldn’t be sympathized with

[@Scarshadow666]

@@snsnshhhs663 Be careful with that judgment though, because even though they're an intelligent species, they're still animals and probably don't have 1-1 senses of morality like humans do. We know that they're similar to us because of their intelligence (which means being just as capable of kindness, as we see from the way they care for each other in a pod, as well as cruelty), but they're still wild animals at the end of the day and nature usually has 0 f*cks to give when it comes to morality. Besides, better to sympathize with an endangered species than to set it aside and screw up our ecosystem further. For example, we've already seen what bad press on sharks can do, and how that has led to endangered sharks and our oceans getting thrown out of wack. 0_0

[@YD-uq5fi]

Two reasons : i) They are so efficient at hunting that they only eat their preferred foods (such as just the tongue of a whale or just the liver of a shark) and waste the rest. Humans are too bony with no valuable body part, and are thus just nowhere near their preference. ii) They probably did eat humans occasionally before the 18th century, but then they saw whaling ships kill the biggest whales, and figured out that attacking humans would be a poor choice for the entire Orca species, so they collectively decided not to. They are smart enough to change their practices and communicate the new rules worldwide. That is what it is.

[@sbaby-nv1dd]

This doesn't explain why they don't even attack/trouble us though. Orcas bully other animals that they don't eat, I just watched a video where they drag baby seals into the ocean but not to eat them, then they cornered a full grown one and basically tortured it, and then left it without eating. Whats the reason they don't seem to ever do this to humans?

[@Spartan1312]

Here are two little facts for you 1) They eat much harder to chew food than us like Moose. 2) There are old Whaling towns that have it well documented that when they would go out to hunt there was a Orca pod that would help by herding the whales to the boats like sheep dogs. The whalers would give them the scraps.

[@gonk986]

@@Spartan1312 i utterly detesy whaling like everyone and their grandma but the second one is cool as hell ngl

[@ArtificialSoul]

I think: 1. We are too weak and we don't trigger their hunting instincts. 2. We do trigger their curiosity. They notice we're social airbreathing creatures just like them but living in a world they cannot enter (land). 3. We interact with them 4. They notice we're not just like other animals. They're curious as well about ships etc. 5. They're intrigued by us, because despite our physically weakness and we usually are friendly or scared towards them they know we also can be very dangerous.

[@rickastley744]

No, orcas exactly know what humans are, and they know what we are capable of. They don't attack us because they fear the consequences. Which is very intelligent.

[@johnrud454]

the orcas are probably sat back laughing to each other saying dont eat the silly humans if we leave them long enough they'll wipe each other out

[@DragonFae16]

Orcas in captivity are exposed to repeated trauma and have had their natural social structures completely destroyed. Attacks on humans could be due to PTSD, extreme boredom, frustration, or numerous other psychological issues. Some of the attacks can definitely be linked to females experiencing severe distress when their babies are stolen away from them to be moved to another park. If your toddler was kidnapped by the people around you right before your eyes, wouldn't you lash out at them?

[@trueking1857]

Because we are mostly bone and aren’t worth eating the reason they kill us in captivity is due to the stress of being locked in a tiny tank usually without even having a tank mate never mind access to a whole pod and being forced to eat nothing but fish for tricks which is wrong because they are used to hunting large prey not just fish.

[@Spartan1312]

Not entirely true I have read about Bear and Moose remains coming to shore after a Orca attack. Bears and Moose have much tougher bones than we do. In fact other than humans can you point out any other species they leave alone?

[@trueking1857]

@@Spartan1312 bear and moose will be more nutritious for them as their is more protein and fat but humans are useless to eat as we are mostly bone so they leave us alone. I can’t actually think of anything else they leave alone probably tiny marine life that’s not worth eating.

[@kennethfharkin]

@@Spartan1312 Camels. There has never been a single reported Orca attack upon a camel.

[@Spartan1312]

@@kennethfharkin lol they would if Camel's had access to the ocean.

[@kennethfharkin]

@@Spartan1312 Purely a technicality 🙂

[@KennyG881]

So Orcas don't attack us b/c we're not delicious? I'm relieved and insulted at the same time.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

The same way why most sharks like the great white seldom attack us, we taste like crap 😂

[@jazrex]

I don't think at all that that is the reason. Doesn't make any sense at all. How would they know how we taste? For that very reason, sharks sometimes take a bite and only then realize the mistake. So unless someone thinks Orcas have a magic sense for knowing what things taste like without even so much as touching it, then that's nonsense. I think the reason really lies somewhere in their intelligence.

[@simonkendra3079]

@@jazrex but that’s exactly what it is. they have decades to hundreds of years of experience with humans and we know now that orca pods communicate and have their own language up to different slangs, and dogs teach their pups to not eat certain animals too don’t they, so is it really a stretch to think that they teach their young that humans taste like crap?

[@AsianAmerican2007]

Cannibals have said that we taste like pork.

[@NickDennis-px1wx]

That's fine I wanna taste like shit at least we don't get eated lol

[@scienceone1201]

I think they are intelligent to a point that they think human being are intelligent being as well? They appreciate the intelligence and thus do not treat it as food? We are probably just alient to them, taking erratic space ship floating on the ocean with lightening speed, and popping out from nowhere. I think we and orcas show the mutual appreciation with each other. I guess they probably also have a feeling that human being probably can do great harm if they want to?

[@ariyanbista5837]

Nah this logic is completely flawed. 1) Firstly, how can you detect another organism's intelligence? It's not something you can sense. 2) How can an organism surviving only under water bodies know the strength of humans? That's absurd. Even if we show the weaponry we hold, they'll still won't understand unless we actually use it. Even if some have seen what humans are capable of that doesn't explain how everyone would know. The only logic I think that could be applied is they're picky eaters and since humans aren't encountered as much in the oceans, they avoid attacking us.

[@kidddogbites]

@@ariyanbista5837We know Orcas and other dolphins have their own language, and even regional dialects, we simply haven't found the rosetta stone for their languages so to speak, in other words, we know theyre talking but we cant figure out about what. Elephants seem to have some kind of oral tradition (some people argue an epigenetic memory for this, but thats a different debate) in the sense that They remember the location of food sources and watering holes, that they had never been to, but their great great grandmother had been too decades ago and passed down that information to her offspring. Keeping this in mind, consider the possibility that Orcas have developed a sort of Oral Tradition for passing down knowledge through the generations. Perhaps there was a time when they did hunt humans... And then the Humans them hunted back. That could be viewed as an interspecies war, an event that, if they had an oral tradition, would be passed down through generations. Don't kill the humans, it will invoke their wrath. There was also a time in New Zealand, where Orcas would help Whalers hunt baleen whales. They would drive the whales to the humans boats, where the humans would harpoon the whales, then the orcas would take the ropes in their mouth and help tow the whale carcasses back to shore, where they would subsequently eat the lips, tounge, and small amount of blubber, and leave the rest for the Humans. If the orcas are smart enough to realize we can kill whales and exploit that ability,, to me it seems logical to me they would realize we are capable of killing them too. As for the OP comment, I feel as if the analogy that they view us similar to how we view aliens is a rather strong possibility.

[@stevem2323]

​@@ariyanbista5837 Hmmm I don't like that logic at all, precisely because they don't see us often they should try and inspect as the food.

[@Anthonyspartan514]

@@stevem2323 it makes sense like if a human did this example would be to different groups orcas are intelligent so unless you can explain why they would eat humans then the logic discuss checks out sorry you don’t like it when it fits all events

[@stevem2323]

@@Anthonyspartan514 Huh? What the hell is your point, or question here?

[@goosnavslakovic4908]

I wonder if it's maybe how people generally will not eat something if that can't recognize it as a simple safety precaution. Given humans have existed for relatively little time and don't often end up in the water with orca's, they choose to avoid eating what they do not know for their own safety.

[@jongalt6837]

Interesting point, they might look at us, like we look at poisonous plants/animals, no need to risk it.

[@locksand45]

They are probably like "look at the fuckin surfers just sitting there" and the older, wiser whales are like, yea, but remember what happened to Jaws..."

[@lilspliffster88]

Keep orcas outta bathtubs they need to be seen on a whale watch not in a tank..: there so peaceful and loving yet we throw them in pools with mixed families just breaks my heart… free the whales now..

[@GplusGains]

Bathtubs? You high?

[@alsmith4807]

In my Lifetime I've dive & swam with Orcas twice in Canada & Costa Rico I always found them gentle & inquisitive I had a young male that circling me & stopped in front of me I reached out and rubbed his nose the 2nd time we were swimming alongside a pod the pod stayed with us spiraling down they love making eye to eye contact both times we were clicked I swear it's like a metronome in your head & heart stronger from a bull in the pod they know your feelings & emotions I swear!

[@lucykeane3284]

Wow, you are so lucky to have been able to do that. It must be quite humbling. They are such beautiful animals 🐋💗

[@MB-ko3mr]

I think that it's more than us not tasting good as they have been documented to have attacked animals and tortured them with possibly no intention of eating them.

[@kaister901]

Orca in captivity was like. "Guess, humans are back on the menu!"

[@Freshy_Jones]

Buddy they were all from drowning they didn’t eat the people, it’s because we’re both mammals in part.

[@kaister901]

@@Freshy_Jones Buddy there are things known as jokes, it's because we are humans and we have the capacity to make jokes.

[@Spartan1312]

More like "If I am going to be a prisoner than I a duty bound to try to shank you"

[@a.f.s.3004]

They are very smart animals…..I honestly believe they realize that it is far better for them to coexist with us than to hunt us.

[@AtarahDerek]

That we're not their preferred prey isn't enough of an explanation. Orcas will bully anything and everything in or on the water, regardless of whether they're interested in eating it. Even things that aren't on the orca's menu are afraid of orcas, because orcas still harass them for fun. Humans are the only creatures that they will allow to enter and leave their territory unharassed. They regularly seek out humans to form alliances, and in Australia in particular, they were allies to humans in hunting other species of whales for thousands of years. That relationship only ended when over-hunting with commercial methods caused sharp declines in whale populations, resulting in whale hunting being made illegal throughout most of the world. There is something more to an orca's view of humans than just whether or not we're food. They seem to fit other living organisms into three categories: Food, toy, friend. Humans fall firmly into the friend category. A category where we often do not deserve to be.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Do they bully dolphins?

[@AtarahDerek]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 Yes. Anything that's not an orca or a human.

[@augustadams5006]

Tilikum only killed 3 of his captors? if I were in captivity I would've tried to kill anyone trying to make me perform for food, keep me in a small bathtub away from my family and friends. they're lucky he only got 3

[@lulub1433]

It's actually incredible no one learned from the first attack or much less the second, that he had a taste for killing people and continued to keep featuring him to perform for audiences. Any thing to make money I guess.

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

You are in captivity.

[@Demon1800e]

💯❤

[@lucykeane3284]

Very well said.

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

@@lucykeane3284 No. It's really stupid.

[@highdesertutah]

During Scott’s South Pole expedition, they had to keep the dogs away from the edge of the ice because the killer whales would try to grab them.

[@bbaff8622]

They sound and look a lot like a seal. I could see that mistake being made.

[@jerryhall5709]

Orcas and humans don't share the same element and don't encounter each other that often. If humans evolved into creatures that lived in the sea it's not impossible that some orcas would be interested in this "food source". But since we don't and rarely meet they stick to their usual habits.

[@willvr4]

Very good point. Orcas are my favorite animal and as much as it's true that they never attack humans in the wild, they also almost never encounter each other. Especially since they usually swim in cold waters.

[@kyleenglot9184]

@@willvr4 where most orcas range they are often near heavy human territory as well. Aside from other places like the ones in Antarctica. But north America, Northern Europe, Australia and New Zealand all have local resident orca pods that cross paths with humans on a daily basis. And they live long lives and knowledge is passed on to each generation. I'm quite sure that their logic is that for a very long time since encounters with humans, they established rules to leave us alone long ago, and those rules stick to the next generations of orca in their respective pods.

[@GarkKahn]

But we have other animals with the same parameters and still attacks us, could it be that orcas are getting closer to us now and that's the reason they're not hostile? because they realize it's not worth the effort to attack or there's too much risk to provoke humans?

[@TheAlliegirl96]

Moose is technically on the orcas prey list though

[@jazrex]

Sorry, but some orcas are even known to jump at shore to drag Moose into the water to eat them... Orcas have a long history of human contact too, that cannot be the reason. And pretty much all less intelligent predators do have the kind of relationship with humans, that they are usually scared but if they see an opportunity they sometimes take it. And for the BY FAR most dangerous predator in the oceans to not do that is more than strange, unless you think about what else sets them apart from every other predator...intelligence. I really think the key to the reason has to do with how smart they are.

[@LeonedeBeaumont]

It's also instinct being passed down from generations to generations of orcas as humans can be their salvation when time comes for us not to avoid them in dire times.

[@lesteranora4688]

Wait until orca knows we also have a liver

[@sixfootben4892]

They have been attacking boats recently. I think like people they can hold a grudge. I am surprised they have never gave one of us a tail toss just for fun. I love orcas!

[@Jack-hs6gc]

Thats happening only in Portugal with one pod, no one knows why do they do that, could be that one boat injured one of them

[@jonathanoriley8260]

@@Jack-hs6gc Many personal accounts often say Orcas are incredibly curious and friendly unless you do something to incur their ire. If a pod of whales had recently started attacking boats, it's likely they are associating said boats with an a previous act they viewed as hostile/unfriendly. This is just my personal conjecture on the matter, however, so take what I say with a grain of salt lol

[@SyerasSanctum]

​@@jonathanoriley8260I saw one theory that orcas have trends and they were all engaging in the destruction of boats to follow that trend It's funny to think about lol

[@csehszlovakze]

@@Jack-hs6gc just saving Europe from our politicians, one migrant boat at a time 😂😂😂

[@Jack-hs6gc]

@@csehszlovakze Lol, now there's some proper dark humor.

[@GabeCoolwater]

So, basically, to Orcas, we're weird and we're disgusting.

[@marialperez1773]

Tilikum in Seaworld does not mean to eat humans because they don't. Orcas there play with familiar humans but do not realize that humans cannot stay deep in the water for so long unless they're well trained to do that. Tilikum is one of the orcas that was not prepared in waterworks because of the history of drowning unfamiliar persons in the past fell in the tank, and because maybe orcas felt threatened by someone who they did not know or were not familiar with them, going close to their space territory. Tilikum gets aggressive to defend itself but does not eat humans. It was explained by Thad Lacinak in one of KZbin video interviews; he is one of the animal expert orca trainers who used to watch these animals for many years in Seaworld. What happened to Dawn, the trainer who was pulled by Tilikum to the deep tank, is to play with her. Her long blond dry hair swaying like a toy or seaweed kelp caught the attention of the orca. Or could the breath of Dawn, the last food she ate. That smell may attract Tilikum to her. I noticed this in a KZbin video before the accident happened. Tilikum did not eat Dawn but held her firmly. Tilikum started to get aggressive when the other animal rescuer tried to relieve the body from Tilikum.

[@erikramaekers63]

Orcas communicate to each other and and they probably see us as the alpha species on land and leave us alone.Unless we start overfishing(The attacks on fishing boat engines in the mediteranian)

[@simonkendra3079]

They have no way of knowing whether we are or aren’t alpha species on land.

[@TRUTHx247]

How would they know we’re not “tasty” enough without actually tasting us?

[@berserker3414]

They have an actual language, maybe it's an info passed on generations?? Like we also can describe flavours to our children Something like this: Orca1: hey Karl, those bald monkeys taste like sht Karl the orca: thanks dude

[@shobtf]

Love random facts like this. More please!

[@kristopherfigoli5427]

Number 1 on my bucket list. The first sighting of orcas in the wild, and I am literally diving into the water. Brilliant species that are literally a dolphin.

[@Guest666RBLX_YT]

Orcas never attack humans in the wild bc they are all happy and curious But in captivity... They are all unhappy and stressed and they attack us at any moment So they are happy and friendly in the wild

[@ibrake4rappers]

happy and curious? they will kill full sized whales and sharks. these are cold hearted killers

[@killakam3600]

Orcas have no reason to hunt people. We have little to no fat and meat compared to their normal food items and since they're often successful hunters they don't have to get desperate enough to eat what they don't really want to. Great whites feel the same way about humans, but they often get us confused with seals when we're on surfboards. Unfortunately, the curiosity bite from a GW is sometimes enough to severe limbs and even kill people.

[@badguychrisbadguy6042]

Orcas are humans of the sea that's why they don't attack us they're very smart mammals they like and respect humans just like we like and respect them but if 30 ft anything is swimming next to me I'm definitely going to be nervous I don't care if it's 30 ft turtle 🐢

[@riproar11]

You know the Internet stopped charging for periods "." right?

[@jaxthewolf4572]

"Orcas are humans of the sea" That's insulting to them

[@simonkendra3079]

@@jaxthewolf4572 how is it insulting? orcas can be straight up vicious, kill for fun, waste food,…

[@JoMama___735]

orcas know what humans are capable of. They have evolved throughout generations to become friendly towards us to avoid conflict

[@The_DC_Kid]

Gee, I wonder why there's no evidence left if an Orca eats a lone swimmer. It's got me scratchin' my noggin for sure.

[@pteranodon6612]

I suspect that a wild orca may attack a human if the human was all alone in the middle of the ocean. Since humans are usually in groups when at sea, orcas probably consider it too risky to attack.

[@robscheu4892]

No they wouldnt.. they only have a specific meal in every region they live… Never humans.. they have Familys With every Family having their own Language, When you take them away from they group they will get derpessive and attempt to kill themselves…

[@pteranodon6612]

@@robscheu4892It's difficult to prove because if this type of attack were to happen, there would be no witnesses and the body would probably not be recovered.

[@IcedOutkrs]

I mean every animal is different & has its reasoning. So you never really know.

[@leecowell8165]

no they wouldn't. we are not considered food to them. Remember that Orca's are social animals AND they are very smart. More than likely they've been taught to hunt only certain types of prey and we simply don't "match" up. For example the resident pods around NZ only eat rays, sharks, seals. They don't school fish and not only that all of them know about humans as being super friendly towards them.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

There was once a time in which a lone human/scuba diver was followed by an orca which stopped following it once it got close enough to see that they were human. The orca just turned and swam away, they have no reason to attack anything they don't see as a threat or a food source. They are very intelligent animals. Not to mention they have every opportunity to knock over boats as a group to attack people but they don't.

[@fedupwiththetimes6413]

They attack in captivity because they’ve been driven insane by living in the equivalent of a swimming pool for their entire lives.

[@StuFlyboyReay]

Probably because they are not forced to perform for their food in the wild, and the open ocean is their playground. Not a daft 25 x 25 tank

[@evodiamas9004]

Thankyou

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

And they don't have their young ripped away from and aren't abused daily.

[@DodgerFan1988]

Because they know if we are attacked, we would be back with battleships, submarines, torpedos.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

BINGO. Orcas aren't stupid, more than likely it's passed from their elders to juveniles Knowledge not to attack us in case of our wrath and vengeance and that humans R capable of hunting them to extinction.

[@redtimez4520]

Why didn't we go to war with sharks then? Don't be silly

[@drakkar_night3346]

Because Jonah and the whales signed a peace treaty

[@jordancostello3385]

They know we got the nukes

[@JASON22V]

Orcas are the Apex animal of the seas & the most smart.

[@stevenrozakis5269]

Nah the last few weeks in Portugal orca have been attacking sail boats.

[@flightlessboid]

Specifically the rudders, and it may be the same pack of juveniles responsible for all the incidences.

[@elipolk3864]

How intelligent they are is mind blowing

[@Steve_643]

The fact don’t orcas don’t attack humans makes me like them that much more.

[@Filthy_Larry]

Then and porpoises 🐬 are our dog friends of the sea.

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

That isn't a fact.

[@regularguy2807]

They kill other animals for fun though.

[@LodisVlogs]

“it isn't that they don't think of me as food, it's that they understand their fate if they do.”

[@leoblaze29]

They know exacly what humans are and what we are capable of. We also know how intelligent they are, and they realized that if they start hunting humans, they would be eradicated. The theory that orcas don't hunt humans because we are not tasty enough, it's simply not valid, a few killer whales were hunting a seal, and to escape the killer whales the seal jump into a small boat. One of the killer whales raised her head above the water to take a look and noticed the seal but also the humans. Just 1 killer whale could have easily flipped that boat over and catch the seal but they just moved on knowing it would be a huge mistake to do it.

[@zenwilds2911]

I've seen footage of killer whales turning BIG chunks of ice over to get at a seal. They line up with one another in sync and create waves. They could easily topple over many boats that have seals and otters coming onto them to get away from orcas. But they don't. Why? I don't know. We'd have to communicate with orcas somehow and ask them. But it is interesting to contemplate why.

[@leoblaze29]

@@zenwilds2911 I've see those videos also, it just proves how smart they really are. Killer whales are by far the top predator on the planet ( obviously, we always exclude humans from these topics because we have reached a whole different level of destruction ), I don't think there is another animal as dominat or safe as the Orcas are ( land or oceans ), they don't even attack each other in the wild, yet they hunt absolutely everything, from their "little cousins" the dolphins, to great white sharks, sperm whales and even blue whales. People always see the lion as been the king of the jungle, but lions have such harsh lives, they fight all the time for territory and almost all the time they have brutal deaths.

[@colinsmith1288]

Personally l would never want too take a chance on that assumption. One chomp from these beautiful animals and your gone. Admire from a distance is the best advice. Never under estimate the power of hunger.

[@darthbiscuit]

Clever girl. Killer Whales are making videos about how they don't eat humans, so delicious people keep swimming up to them. Not showing the narrator was a dead giveaway

[@chaosopher23]

Point: If you see orca close by when you get to the beach, there is no safer time to surf. There will be no sharks for miles.

[@itorca]

There was an attack on man walking along the beach the orca rode the surf in and threw him up and over the orcas side. And a predation on horses brought by explorers expedition. I'm trying to remember it there is also a unconfirmed attack on a surfer. But as he was alone the bite marks on him are not shark. The only orca that is the most adventurous eater would be the Biggs orca. They will target moose dogs and other mammals. But they are mostly transient. Ohh I remember another attack in New Zealand a spear fisher was dragged down passed out from lack of breathing but was saved by the boat crew that had taken him out there.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

You can find accounts of of them "attacking" boats. But they may be being playful or curious.

[@itorca]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 uhh the current hypothesis is they see the boats as threats as they target the rudder then slam into the sides. That they also coordinate their attacks means that they are communicating intent. In my opinion they associate small boats as fishing boats but as trawlers are not to worried about orcas the orcas see the sails and make the attack as sails are slower and easier for them to catch up with

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

@@itorca Why wouldn't they be apprehensive of fishing boats? They can and do get caught in the nets

[@itorca]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 they usually follow fishing boats and trawlers to go after the food

[@neiladlington950]

They're probably smart enough to know that the danger humans represent isn't displayed by anything physical.

[@randomguy3080]

Honestly I am willing to share this planet with intelligent Prac’s and Octopus since those guys are also insanely smart

[@mikshinee87]

Imagine being stuck in your bathtub until you die. This is what it's like for orcas in theme parks. It's funny. Americans are so proud of closing down circuses like PT. Barnum to save animals but don't see anything wrong with marine theme parks.

[@ramauldramharack2138]

She how smart their are, while sharks need to take a closer look in order to realize were not their food.

[@zacjohnson8404]

Tilikum was stolen from the wild and basically tortured his whole life. Some guy broke in to his enclosure one night. Tilikum ripped off his clothes and paraded him around on his back (as in, Tilikum put the dead guy on his back like a trophy).

[@MercedesHollingsworth]

I'm bad at reading facial expressions normally but something about the wild whales looks happy and care free. Where the feeling I get from the sea world performance in the end felt more tense.

[@mikerems8861]

What if its a 400 lb obesce human?

[@landanwoodard7569]

There was a pod off the southern California coast that was putting sharks in a catatonic state by rolling them over then abandoning them without eating them. They were being mean to sharks for their own entertainment.

[@rustyshaklferd1897]

More interesting is pods of orcas don’t attack other pods. The same can’t be said about humans.

[@NghiaLe-so1kr]

There is enough sea for all of them but never enough lands to satisfie human ego and then there religion to convince us to kill anyone said no to them.

[@Josh_JKL]

They may be called 'Killer Whales' but they are not whales.

[@Kakkerot86]

I might be wrong on this, but in my humble opinion. That one of the reasons why most Orcas (if not all) don't attack us in the wild is because. - They sense us to being very different from all other animals like Intelligence, Sentience, and being Self-Awareness. That we are more like them in a way, so to speak. - They may have sympathy for us because even tho were highly intelligent like they are, except, we are so frail compared to them. They may view us as either handicapped beings or like helpless babies to them. They might feel bad for us. (maybe sort of having a little bit of Paternal or Maternal instinct toward us). - They are so curious about us so much that were way too good to eat, but they may want to be our friends instead. That is my humble opinion, I could be wrong tho.

[@whichway9526]

They don't like junk food 😂😂😂

[@JackassJunior627]

Orcas are highly intelligent, they know what’s good and not. The only small amount of orca deaths in the wild occur from being threatened. In captivity, Orcas are stressed, some even abused, and like elephants and primates they have very good memories. And also like them, they can hold grudges. So a captive death is more likely than a wild death.

[@p1ls726]

We'd never know, the cameraman never dies after all.

[@captainfanta8641]

Their is an ancient west cost tribal legend of how Orcas were created. One daybtwo brothers were walking on the beach. A giant wave came and grabbed one of the brothers and started taking him out to sea. The brother on the shore ran back and forth on the beach, pleading with ocean mother to return his brother. But all he saw was his brother being taken farther and farther out into the sea. Soon he could barley see his brother so he ran up one of the cliff sides. He grabbed a piece of wood and through his tears he started carving and chanting and plead. Once done, he through the shape he made over the the cliff into the waters below. As it tumbled, it grew bigger and bigger and with a giant splash it hit the waters. The brother was sad, sure he had lost his brother. Then he saw movement, something was headed back towards the shore, and his brother was on it. His brother returned, and they both thanked this creature. Killer whales don't attack people in nature because they were not created for that. A'ho.

[@natecote1971]

They have never killed a person how would they know they don't like our taste?

[@iaminsideyourwalls2021]

Except in captivity

[@dyltack5349]

We don’t have enough fat on us to be tasty

[@SolidSL510]

@@dyltack5349 what about that 500 lbs women?

[@seaneckhart9914]

@@SolidSL510 Orca will eat those

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

We smell like ass. We are one of the worst smelling animals on the planet. It's a natural defense mechanism.

[@kagepoker]

Orcas are highly social and communicate with each other. The orcas we helped passed down their story from generation to generation. Humans friend, not food.

[@jsmith1561]

It's amazing how the simplest of creatures can learn new tricks by just throwing fish to them. Imagine, an Australian uploading a video. Astounding.

[@BrokenCurtain]

How would they know we're not tasty if they didn't at least give it a try? Maybe they just don't leave witnesses, like professionals.

[@connorcolquhou5845]

They eat moose that swim between islands in BC. I'd be a bit sketch to swim there.

[@jamesstreet228]

These are very, very intelligent animals. Honestly, I think the only reason they attack humans in captivity is because they are stressed from being forced to perform for our entertainment whereas orca's in the wild are content. If we want to see killer whale's then we should go to the ocean and if they want us to see them they will let us know by coming to us. Some people say they would never get in the water close to killer whales. I would have no fear of them whatsoever. Actually getting in the water close to killer whales is the safest time to be in the water because sharks will not come around when they are present.

[@PsychedelicValidity]

Imagine being such an adept and capable predator that you can afford to be picky with what you eat … 🤯

[@theproblemsolver303]

Like... being a human? 😂❤

[@faint_Smile25]

​@@theproblemsolver303slaves in history were not able to pick foods also humans in poverty conditions

[@redtimez4520]

​@25.Kilos.ofGummy Humans in general are the most capable and adept predators the world has ever seen, we can hunt down and kill any creature and eat it lol

[@regularguy2807]

@@faint_Smile25 That's because of other humans.

[@darmakarma102]

what about the pods near Gibraltar attacking boats? Any thoughts?

[@kisstune]

This while ignoring ALL 12 attacks in the wild on the orca attack wiki page.

[@entpsshadow4455]

"There is no report of orcas attacking humans in the wild, why is that?" Because they can't identify the remains ☠️

[@Foreigner_135]

Orca's are smart as hell, they knew what we, humans are capable off when provoked. - Their ancestors probably saw WW2 Naval Battles and went (Nah, even WE aren't that "Destructive" and "Insane." what the hell are those metal Floaties? back in the days, they used wooden ones..... Holy shit, what are those Huge Splashes they are making.... Oh hell nah, I'm out of here.) - And Then Whale hunting... yeah, they (Technically) used to be our Hunting partners too, by helping us lead whale's to traps and leave scraps for them as payment. *"They know WHAT we are capable of and WE know what they are capable of too."*

[@entropy417]

It’s interesting knowing killer whales are legit aquatic psychopaths, but when encountering humans and their dogs, despite resembling seals.

[@thewhiteknight9923]

I think orcas find us adorable, just like elephants

[@laurayoung8001]

Tillicum was captured as a child and sent to Victoria BC Sea Land. He was abused, forced to stay in a small containment with two other adult females. After a young girl died while she fell in the tank, Tillicum was dild to SeaWorld. Watch Black Fish for full story.

[@deductivereasoning4257]

According to a jigsaw puzzle I once did on Noah's Ark, the whales agreed to help anyone that fell off the ark...

[@Will-nn3pb]

Orcas : "Humans are friends! not food!"

[@stevel379]

Of course recently there has been a pod ramming boats off the coast of Portugal and some people have been injured and boats disabled, so they do appear to have learned that they don't like particular boats knowing that people are on them.

[@maavet2351]

We're not fat enough, maybe they also know what's good for them, if they start attacking humans it could result in humans attacking them

[@phantasma9391]

If so then why do great white sharks attack humans?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Not fat enough ?!?! You haven't been in the States lately ? ?

[@jaminesonymorgan8428]

i love the black and white colours on these beautiful killer whales it really stands out especially when they come to words you

[@keithbecknell6994]

I heard from another video that orca whales don't attack us because they see a little bit of themselves in us.

[@1911Earthling]

Those electric cattle prods tend to piss the captured Orcas off.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

You completely failed to touch on the most intriguing possibility which is that they are smart enough to recognize humans as dangerous and that is why they have a cultural taboo against fucking with the weird land creatures with crazy technology prowess. It'd be all but impossible to prove but it's possible.

[@karenharris3183]

they are not starved or made crazy living in a bath tub. They have no need to want to harm us.

[@PaggerDunch]

Orca are nice fishes they don't attack human because they are friendly fishes

[@disneyvillainrocket1]

@@BigBrainChannel orcas are mammals just like us

[@GodsDumbLamb]

@@disneyvillainrocket1 fishy

[@adamblackedition5529]

its cos they know, you dont mess with humans and live to tell about it... humans are already too dangerous as it is, but if you go out your way to attack them, then its a death sentence for your entire species

[@leoblaze29]

100% true. They are extremely intelligent, and really savage too, they even hunt their smaller cousins, the dolphins, they hunt blue whales, great white sharks, sperm whales knowing that there will be no repercussions. They know that going after humans would be their demise.

[@DIGITALFISHContentthatcatches]

'these attacks are play gone wrong by intensely bored whales....' trainers start learning how to do song & dance routines and tell orca jokes so the whales don't get bored.....

[@cinemaipswich4636]

There are accounts of Orca and native Aborigines in Australia, whereby hunting of other types of whales where forced ashore. The reward was the tongue of the other whale, offered by the humans to the Orca.

[@quellenathanar]

It's probably a pod survival mechanism. It's more beneficial to coexist with man than to be hunted by them or to draw the ire of man...especially after the industrial revolution. I think it's most likely a combination of genetic traits and Orca culture.

[@jacoballey21]

orcas make sharks look pathetic. that's how insane the king of the sea is