In it Strait of Gibraltar, the maritime zone between Spain and Morocco, there was another attack of a pod of orcas against a sailboat named “Grazie Mamma ll”as announced by the Polish tourist company, Morskie Mileon their page Facebook.
According to the company, the boat was hit by orcas for approximately 45 minutes near the steering fin, which ultimately caused the sinking.
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The sailboat crew was safe and soundalthough they tried tow the shipthe damage They prevented it.
“Despite attempts to bring boat to the port by the captain, crew and rescuers of the area Search and rescue SAR, port tugboats and the Moroccan Navy, sank near the entrance to the port of Tangier Med. crew is healthy, unharmed and safe now in Spain”, reported Morskie Mile.
White Gladis, the orca who allegedly organized attacks on ships
Scientists They detected since 2020 that a group of orcas was organized to attack ships.
Among them they identified White Gladisa killer whale that in May 2023, he could supposedly have taught others of his species to hit small ships.
“This behavior does not seem spontaneous, rather it is about three creatures, clearly identifiable with black and white, that are behind all this,” said Alfredo López Fernández, biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal.
In an interview with the media LiveSciencethe specialist said that, although the orcas are friendly animals something could have triggered this behavior than others young killer whales they imitated.
“We do not interpret that the killer whales are teaching the young, although the behavior has spread to the youths vertically, simply by imitation, and then horizontally between them because they consider it something important in their lives,” he added.
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About the conduct of White Gladis, researchers indicated that the origin of aggression could be related to something similar to a trauma.
The orca was hit by a boat and caught in fishing nets in the past, which could cause a defensive behavior by White Gladis.