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I've heard that there haven't been any cases of orca fatalities in the wild. All of the fatalities have occurred with captive orcas. There are dolphin attacks

I've heard that there haven't been any cases of orca fatalities in the wild. All of the fatalities have occurred with captive orcas. There are dolphin attacks but I have not heard of a fatality. But one thing to consider is that some species of dolphin are more aggressive and sometimes attack and kill other kinds of dolphins and porpoises. For no reason that we can discern. Regardless, I don't think the fact that all dolphins aren't nice to humans means anything against their intelligence/sentience. All humans aren't nice to other humans.

peatmoss 11y ago
That orcas avoid harming humans has long been a part of the legends of Pacific Northwest tribes. And, as this article suggests, Orcas do indeed seem to have a taboo against eating us: http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/20/why-killer-whales-don%E2%80%99t-eat-people-where-science-and-legend-meet/ http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/20/why-killer-whales-d...
pvaldes 11y ago
Orcas can be local or transient, transient (pelagic) can be very dangerous just by accident. Wikipedia links to a very interesting description of an accidental attack to a surfer in 70's. The whale just bit once and go. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19960117&id=GIo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=QiEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3872,1646286&hl=es https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19960117&id=... And, just for the nerd department, lord of the ring's orcs and orca whales share probably the same meaning. Orcus was one of the names from underworld (the hell) in the roman empire. Clever Mr. Tolkien...