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That's probably what orcas think of humans fouling their water with oil and smoke leaking vehicles that also harvest their food and kill their siblings by dragg
by petre 3y ago
That's probably what orcas think of humans fouling their water with oil and smoke leaking vehicles that also harvest their food and kill their siblings by dragging nets.
- ethbr0 3y agoIf I were a long-lived species that had relatively low numbers of offspring with an extended maturation time spent in social groups... ... it seems pretty reasonable that a death could trigger a lifelong vendetta. If humans were casually killed by other animals at the rate we casually kill even the most intelligent non-human species, we'd exterminate that other species. Oh wait, we have.
- bmitc 3y agoI have always wondered why the Southern Resident orcas in the Pacific Northwest aren't more skittish of humans. We captured them, killing many in the process, back in the 1970s. Many local bystanders and observers reported the orcas crying and screaming being completely disheartening and upsetting. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-orca-and-the-orca-catcher-how-a-generation-of-killer-whales-was-taken-from-puget-sound/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-or... https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/50-years-ago-seven-orcas-were-rounded-up-for-marine-parks-one-is-still-alive-4683205 https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/50-years-ago-seven-... https://us.whales.org/our-4-goals/end-captivity/the-penn-cove-orca-captures/ https://us.whales.org/our-4-goals/end-captivity/the-penn-cov... One of them still lives and has been in a single, tiny tank in Florida for five decades, alone for three decades. Completely sickening.