• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    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

    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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      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.