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Orcas don’t eat humans, we are too bony for their taste, they also hunt in groups, and it seems we are not worth that coordination either, especially they follo

by AHOHA 3y ago

Orcas don’t eat humans, we are too bony for their taste, they also hunt in groups, and it seems we are not worth that coordination either, especially they follow their mother’s diet. So why the sudden attacks even though they know it’s for humans? No idea, but I’m sure they are either fed up with us or trying to hint something else.. or maybe as others suggested, some substance is the reason.

sethammons 3y ago
While orca attacks on humans are practically unheard of outside of aquariums, I've never heard anything about humans being too bony. Orcas eat moose and they are more bony than us I think.
- AHOHA 3y ago
  I remember I read it before but I can’t find the source, will update this comment if I find it. Keep in mind, Orcas don’t kill us either, not just as a food >"They're killing the porpoise, it's already dead or dying. And with one bite they can eat the whole thing. Yet these whales just don't see these porpoise as prey. And I think it's the exact same thing with humans—they don't see humans as prey. Thank goodness, they don't see humans as play toys.”(1) Sharks on the other hand, mostly they don’t eat the humans they kill, they just kill and probably realize we don’t taste that good after the first bite, but unlike Orcas, they are not as intelligent and/or able to teach and pass this info to their kids. (1) https://www.newsweek.com/there-no-records-orca-ever-killing-humans-wild-why-1734489?amp=1 https://www.newsweek.com/there-no-records-orca-ever-killing-...
  - ClumsyPilot 3y ago
    Orcas are some of the smartest creatures around, it is entirely possible that they can see the connection between humans and ships and realise there is something going on
  - 11235813213455 3y ago
    also because white sharks visions is not as good as orcas
- pg_1234 3y ago
  > While orca attacks on humans are practically unheard of outside of aquariums, Inside aquariums I think orcas can reasonably claim self defense.
echelon 3y ago
Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence. They attack Inuit hunters: https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/13lji7w/an_aggressive_orca_attacks_a_small_boat/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/13lji7w/a... They investigate dogs as potential prey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V97_DKfhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V97_DKfhw There's ample evidence that they eat moose and deer. (Videos of this can be graphic. There's no hunting, but video of corpses that clearly indicate predation.) I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.

by AHOHA 3y ago

sethammons 3y ago

While orca attacks on humans are practically unheard of outside of aquariums, I've never heard anything about humans being too bony. Orcas eat moose and they are more bony than us I think.

AHOHA 3y ago
I remember I read it before but I can’t find the source, will update this comment if I find it. Keep in mind, Orcas don’t kill us either, not just as a food >"They're killing the porpoise, it's already dead or dying. And with one bite they can eat the whole thing. Yet these whales just don't see these porpoise as prey. And I think it's the exact same thing with humans—they don't see humans as prey. Thank goodness, they don't see humans as play toys.”(1) Sharks on the other hand, mostly they don’t eat the humans they kill, they just kill and probably realize we don’t taste that good after the first bite, but unlike Orcas, they are not as intelligent and/or able to teach and pass this info to their kids. (1) https://www.newsweek.com/there-no-records-orca-ever-killing-humans-wild-why-1734489?amp=1 https://www.newsweek.com/there-no-records-orca-ever-killing-...
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago
  Orcas are some of the smartest creatures around, it is entirely possible that they can see the connection between humans and ships and realise there is something going on
- 11235813213455 3y ago
  also because white sharks visions is not as good as orcas
pg_1234 3y ago
> While orca attacks on humans are practically unheard of outside of aquariums, Inside aquariums I think orcas can reasonably claim self defense.

echelon 3y ago

Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence. They attack Inuit hunters: https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/13lji7w/an_aggressive_orca_attacks_a_small_boat/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/13lji7w/a... They investigate dogs as potential prey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V97_DKfhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V97_DKfhw There's ample evidence that they eat moose and deer. (Videos of this can be graphic. There's no hunting, but video of corpses that clearly indicate predation.) I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.