Both rudders were torn off a boat carrying a delivery crew when an orca attacked.
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Orcas may be teaching fellow killer whales to ambush boats, with some incidents that have resulted in sinking, according to various recent headlines. Tales of orca ambushes have started gaining more traction online as reported incidents off the Iberian coast jumped from 52 in 2020 to more than 200 last year, Orca research group GTOA found, though no human injuries or deaths have been reported.
Experts first documented juvenile Iberian killer whales — a “unique subpopulation of killer whales that lives in the northeast Atlantic,” — touching, pushing, and even turning vessels, including some fishing and inflatable boats, in 2020, GTOA said. Experts think the rest of the population could be mimicking the behavior.
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