Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of
Orcas just don’t have any interest in attacking humans in the wild. Even the ones sinking ships don’t touch the humans, they mostly go for the rudder to immobilize it
They’re the mammal with the wrinkliest brain. They have distinct languages and cultures, and a long history of cooperation with humans
My guess is they have an oral tradition about being hunted endlessly by humans no matter where they go, and killed along with their pod. Because that’s exactly what we would’ve done up until very recently
Or they just recognize us as intelligent and have morals
Orcas just don’t have any interest in attacking humans in the wild. Even the ones sinking ships don’t touch the humans, they mostly go for the rudder to immobilize it
They’re the mammal with the wrinkliest brain. They have distinct languages and cultures, and a long history of cooperation with humans
My guess is they have an oral tradition about being hunted endlessly by humans no matter where they go, and killed along with their pod. Because that’s exactly what we would’ve done up until very recently
Or they just recognize us as intelligent and have morals
I’m really starting to doubt our intelligence, but I could imagine them having higher moral standards than us as a species.