You must have heard many things about killer whales. But in 2023, some strange incidents were seen where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet in South Western Europe. There, killer whales attacked small boats and destroyed their hull pieces. After this, they left from there. Seeing this, the people in the boats were stunned. About 700 such incidents have been reported near the Iberian Peninsula since May 2020. Often killer whales do such things, which seem strange. Now a scientist has explained the reason behind this behavior of killer whales. He told why killer whales attack boats?
According to Mirror’s report, Alex Zerbini, the chairman of the scientific committee in the International Whaling Commission, has given the reason for this. He said that perhaps this could be the whim of the whales. He explained, changes often occur in the behavior of creatures. Sometimes they are in search of food, so they react differently from all the old traditional behavior. Due to this, this abnormal behavior develops in some creatures due to a whim. In most cases, female whales have been seen leading the attacks. The same happens in elephants as well. They do this to protect their children. The one who attacks will either be its mother or grandmother.
Killer whales severely damaged a sailboat off the coast of southern Spain, breaking its rudder and piercing its hull, adding to the dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts https://t.co/eZvjJjDhYO pic.twitter.com/RtM1LEAh1K
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