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> Their oral histories must be incredible. Everything was idyllic in the before times. Then the human ships arrived and ruined everything. Some of them killed
by klipt 5y ago
> Their oral histories must be incredible.
Everything was idyllic in the before times. Then the human ships arrived and ruined everything. Some of them killed us. Others ignored us but polluted the ocean with noise so we couldn't hear each other's whale songs anymore.
- Misdicorl 5y agoMaybe! But I find that an awfully self centered view. I imagine humans (boats?) will play a (perhaps significant) aspect in their vision of the world. But I'd be surprised if it was any bigger than e.g. malaria is for humans.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoI would say that's lowballing it considerably[1]. Whaling nearly drove sperm whales to extinction until they were protected in the 1970s. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale#Relationship_with_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale#Relationship_with_...
- Misdicorl 5y agoFair enough
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoThere have been a number of Orca attacks on yachts in the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Cadiz/Portugal area recently. Perhaps they're hungry. Perhaps they're pissed. No one knows. Historically, orca attacks on humans - outside of captivity - have been very rare.