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About a century ago on the south coast of New South Wales, A patriarch Orca named Old Tom teamed his pod up with human whalers to decimate the local baleen whal
by satori99 6y ago
About a century ago on the south coast of New South Wales, A patriarch Orca named Old Tom teamed his pod up with human whalers to decimate the local baleen whale population.
He co-operated with 3 generations of a human whaling family before he died a natural death.
His skeleton remains on display in the local museum to this day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_(killer_whale) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_(killer_whale)
edit: longer story about him;
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-legend-of-old-tom-and-the-gruesome-law-of-the-tongue/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-lege...