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It got in the news in 2020 when it happened near Gibraltar; since then it has been reported in the news many times, 250 attacks near Gibraltar have been reporte

• fasthands9 3y ago
  But the 2020 incident could have just captured the media attention arbitrarily because of good timing. If there had been a similar attack in 1980 would it have captured the media attention so much without the internet? Probably not. I dont know every incident but this one in Scotland involved an orca ramming into a boat and causing zero injuries and no actual damage to the boat. How would this even have been reported before the internet? A tv anchor decides to dedicate a minute of their broadcast to describing a boat that collided with an orca?
  • Scarblac 3y ago
    Yes, I understand your point about the past. But at least since 2020, these things are news, and widely reported. And if it were normal behaviour, we'd see it reported from everywhere. Also they damaged a bunch of ships near Gibraltar, and sank three. That would have been reported before 2020.
    • fasthands9 3y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_attacks there are plenty of anecdotal reports dating back almost 100 years. there are reports here before 2020 of ships being destroyed. yes I realize the hugeness of the numbers now is much larger than it was before 2020 - but again that is when the database was established which allowed anyone to submit a report, no matter the extent of the damage