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This happened to my father’s boat a few weeks ago. He says four other boats were attacked on the same day but it was only recorded as a single incident — which
by mrcartmeneses 4y ago
This happened to my father’s boat a few weeks ago. He says four other boats were attacked on the same day but it was only recorded as a single incident — which he thinks is a conspiracy by the authorities so sailors aren’t scared off.
He says it is known that the problem is caused by an adult female, who has some “teenagers” who either take part or hang around observing.
His proposed solution is a 50 cal riffle to the brain of the adult female. IDK
- hedora 4y agoThere are apparently only about 39 of these orcas left. Sorry to hear about the boat, but shooting at them is not the right answer.
- wiz21c 4y agoIf only the sailor could have an open discussion with the Orca's, they could have some mutual agreement...
- trasz 4y agoNo need to - sailors like this one are plenty, in fact in many places there’s overpopulation.
- azekai 4y agoYikes. If a wild animal wandered by and damaged your source of livelihood, I doubt you would espouse a similar view.
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- mrcartmeneses 4y agoIt’s not his source of livelihood but it is his home. I think he needs to stay away from the Orcas TBF
- notch656a 4y agoMay not have to wait so long. A failed rudder deep in international waters can easily kill someone. And a broken rudder in a busy shipping channel can even easier kill someone. An attack on someone's rudder while offshore is 100% an attack on their life, and arguably justifies lethal self defense.
- lm28469 4y agoWiping out species getting aggressive because we destroyed their habitat through "self defense" is a funny thought Soon enough everything will reach equilibrium again, I doubt shooting orcas will put us on a better path
- mrcartmeneses 4y agoWell he doesn’t have a 50cal on his boat and nor do any other dingy sailors so best they can do is radio for help. I’m sure it will all blow over once the orcas get bored. Either that or they’ll escalate to eating people
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- mrcartmeneses 4y agoAgreed. The right answer was fixing his rudder stock
- sirmoveon 4y agoLets overfish the oceans so they have nothing to eat and lets pollute the oceans so they suffocate to death. That will teach 'em
- witcH 4y agoLet's pollute the oceans until they suffocate US to death! That'll teach em!
- mistrial9 4y agoyour father is going to extinct an intelligent species due to some damage to his boat - yeah, makes sense
- mrcartmeneses 4y agoNo. It’s just his wildest fantasy. In Europe people don’t generally have access to 50 cal rifles
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- wing-_-nuts 4y ago>His proposed solution is a 50 cal riffle to the brain of the adult female. IDK One of the most fascinating episodes of mythbusters I've ever seen was watching what happens to bullets (even up to .50 cal IIRC) when they hit water. They disintegrate within like 1m. Disclaimer: I vehemently disagree with the idea of shooting the killer whales.
- LgWoodenBadger 4y agoThat episode they were shooting directly into a swimming pool, and I think the close-to-max velocity of the bullet caused them to disintegrate. Or in other words, I wouldn’t assume that bullets impacting water at lower velocities would behave the same. Fwiw, I don’t remember them using a 50 cal. The amount of energy in a 50BMG compared to even a 30 cal round is ridiculously huge, and IMO would have risked damaging the pool.
- dddddaviddddd 4y agoLink to the episode: https://youtu.be/v1uaLWAZXfk https://youtu.be/v1uaLWAZXfk
- tiahura 4y agoSailboats or fishing boats?
- mulmen 4y ago> His proposed solution is a 50 cal riffle to the brain of the adult female. I wonder if someone already tried this. Some fishermen view marine life as competition. A couple years ago near Seattle there were I think seals washing up with bullet wounds. Are the orcas responding to being attacked?