Orcas attack Dutch team in Ocean Race
Orcas attack Dutch team in Ocean Race
Three orcas attacked the Dutch sailing team JAJO during a leg of the Ocean Race on Thursday. The team managed to film the killer whales banging their heads against the rudders of their sailing yacht. Luckily, the damage was limited, and the sailors and orcas all escaped the incident unharmed.
Three orcas attacked the Dutch sailing team JAJO during a leg of the Ocean Race on Thursday. The team managed to film the killer whales banging their heads against the rudders of their sailing yacht. Luckily, the damage was limited, and the sailors and orcas all escaped the incident unharmed.
tl;dr:
Three orcas attacked the Dutch sailing team JAJO during a leg of the Ocean Race on Thursday. The orcas attacked when the team was just off the Strait of Gibraltar in the leg from The Hague to Genoa. The team was in second place in the Ocean Race when the Orcas attacked and in fourth place once they could get sailing again. A spokesperson for the Ocean Race told Omroep West that, as far as they know, both the orcas and the crew escaped the attack unharmed. Brend Schuil, the on-board reporter aboard Team JAJO, told the broadcaster that the team was prepared for a possible orca attack because it has been known to happen in the area.
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Fuck yeah go team orca
The Orca are coming for all your ships!
Orcas increasingly take interest in smaller yachts and boats there. This happened several times before in that area. It feels like they have had a taste of what's inside that floating can once and they liked it.
More exciting than wearing a dead salmon on your nose.
I'm wondering if there's any easy deterent that can be used. For sharks a simple low electric field can be used to keep them away due to their sense organ, but can a noise or electric field drive off Orcas without hurting them? There's got to be some research going on right now about it with all the attacks that have happened.
