Killer whales keep ramming and sinking boats. Scientists now may know why, report says. An international group of orca experts met to determine why orcas are ramming boats.

After four years and hundreds of incidents, researchers remain puzzled why orcas, also known as killer whales, continue to ram boats – sinking a few of them – along the Iberian Peninsula.

Killer whales are attacking boats, even sinking one; researchers want to know why Published: May. 20, 2023, 1:58 p.m. Two pods of transient orcas socialize and leap out of the water as they meet ...

Killer whales have seriously damaged boats about a dozen times this year off the coast of Spain and Portugal. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. ... Why orcas keep sinking boats.

This wasn't the first time Kriz had witnessed a killer whale attacking one of his boats either. In 2020, he says he was in the same situation taking blows from orcas.

For the last five years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, fishing boats and motorboats in the crystalline waters off the coast of Spain, Portugal, France ...

While domesticated animals like cats and dogs have been observed sharing food with humans, this is the first time a ...

Image via TanKr/Shutterstock One yacht owner had a terrifying ordeal at sea when a pod of killer whales attacked and ended up sinking his boat to the bottom of the ocean. The orcas sank the ...

Aggressive orcas are attacking boats in Western Europe and the increase in sightings of this behavior is confusing scientists. The latest in a series of reported incidents happened off the coast ...

Whatever the case, according to multiple reports, killer whales near the Iberian Peninsula have now attacked three boats, one of which sunk, and appear to be teaching their young there to do the same.

The company Catamaran Guru wrote on its blog that the boat belonged to one of its clients.. This wasn't the first time Kriz had witnessed a killer whale attacking one of his boats either. In 2020 ...