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A single whaler in 1820 versus a spate of events since a few months back seem rather unrelated, orcas have not been ramming boats all over for the last two cent
by masklinn 3y ago
A single whaler in 1820 versus a spate of events since a few months back seem rather unrelated, orcas have not been ramming boats all over for the last two centuries.
Though I guess it’s possible that they’re also avenging or preemptively defending themselves.
- pinkcan 3y agonot a lot of people knew how to write back then?
- parineum 3y agoBut a lot of people knew how to tell stories in bars and a lot of people who knew how to write spent time in bars.
- reaperducer 3y agoA single whaler in 1820 versus a spate of events since a few months back seem rather unrelated Only if you assume that the inspirational event in 1820 was the only time it happened. I don't think the Georgians had the ability or inclination to document every time a whale took down a ship around the whole planet.
- jackfoxy 3y agoIt was a single well-documented event with survivors to tell the story. And the story of the survivors itself is a harrowing tale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship) It's entirely possible there were other incidents and the loss of ship and crew was just written off to "lost at sea".