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Dolphins terrorize and bite beachgoers in Japan — for the 2nd year in a row
Four separate incidents on a beach in Fukui prefecture on July 16 echo a string of attacks in the same region last year that may have been perpetrated by a single Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
'An enormous mass of flesh armed with teeth': How orcas gained their 'killer' reputation
From Pliny the Elder to the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, historians and naturalists have found many ways to describe these fascinating apex predators.
White Gladis the orca may have been pregnant when she started attacking boats
White Gladis was so hellbent on stopping boats in the Strait of Gibraltar that she engaged in attacks instead of protecting her newborn calf.
Orca rams boat off Scottish coast, 2,000 miles away from original attacks
The behavior may be "leapfrogging" between orca populations, and it could be in response to human activities such as fishing.
Mystery orcas with bulbous heads wash up dead in unexplained mass stranding
The nine Type D orcas were found on a beach in Chile, with a necropsy of one female showing it was a healthy adult, with no signs of human involvement in its death.
Orcas attack boat with ruthless efficiency, tearing off rudders in just 15 minutes
As the crew motored inshore after the encounter, one of the orcas reappeared, chased the boat into the marina and tore off what little fiberglass was left on the two rudders.
Orcas rip rudder off boat and follow it all the way to port, in 1st known attack of its kind
Previous reported interactions between orcas and sailboats followed a clear pattern, with the animals losing interest and swimming away once they had broken the rudder.
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?
Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
