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Infamous boat-sinking orcas spotted hundreds of miles from where they should be, baffling scientistsOrcas that attack and sink boats in southwestern Europe have been spotted circling a vessel in Spain, hundreds of miles from where they should currently be. And scientists can't explain why.
By Harry Baker Published
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Orca calf refuses to leave a lagoon where its mother stranded and died off Vancouver IslandRescuers have been trying to coax a 2-year-old orca from a lagoon off Vancouver Island and back to the ocean for five days, but they only have a 30-minute window every day when waters are high.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Brutal footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calfFirst of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Haunting 'mummified dolphin' found on US beach may have been dead for monthsThe highly desiccated remains of a suspected bottlenose dolphin were recently found on a beach in South Carolina after "mummifying" for weeks or even months. One expert believes the animal may have deliberately beached itself.
By Harry Baker Published
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Dolphins are 'literally acting like jerks' by beating up baby manateesBottlenose dolphins have been observed trying to kill Antillean manatee calves, and researchers don't fully understand what's going on.
By Melissa Hobson Published
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Extremely rare dolphin with thumbs photographed in Greek gulfA dolphin with deformed flippers that look like thumbs was spotted in the Gulf of Corinth in July 2023. It likely acquired what appears to be a genetic defect during development in the womb, experts say.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footageAn orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Watch dolphins raid crab pots off Australia in never-before-seen footageDolphins in Koombana Bay, Western Australia, have learned how to raid crab pots being used for bait and remove the hooks, footage has revealed.
By Lydia Smith Published
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Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attackFor the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
By Harry Baker Published
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