cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/993448
Archived version: https://archive.ph/xsQ1m
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230803075711/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66384045
“It’s only a game. It isn’t revenge [against boats], it isn’t climate change, it’s just a game and that’s it,” said Dr Renaud de Stephanis, a scientist based on the south coast of Spain.
It’s only a matter of time some low-effort studio makes this into a monster-of-the-week horror movie for the Syfy network.
I’m looking at you The Asylum, who made that horrible movie Atlantic Rim. I’ll never get that 85 minutes of my life back again.
Good whales are mammals and highly intelligent we shouldn’t be hunting them and the ships need to be destroyed.
The article says they are playing and not acting out of aggression. I don’t think Orcas are hunted much anymore, at least just not in large numbers, and the boats being targeted are small fishing vessels not whaling boats.