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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
A pod of killer whales rammed and sank a sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar
2024-05-15
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[Regnum] A pod of killer whales sank a sailing yacht after ramming it in the Moroccan waters of the Strait of Gibraltar.newspaper reported this on May 13.

It is specified that the sailing yacht Alboran Cognac, 15 meters long, with two people on board, collided with killer whales on the morning of May 12. People said that the animals behaved aggressively, attacking and ramming the ship. As a result of the killer whale attack, the ship's hull was damaged and water leaked inside. After alerting emergency services, a nearby oil tanker took the sailors on board and took the ship to Gibraltar. However, the yacht still sank.

Experts have speculated that the killer whales in question are a subpopulation of about 15 individuals known as "Gladys." They live between the north of the Iberian Peninsula and the Strait of Gibraltar and are not the first to attack and sink ships. The first documented incident of this kind occurred in May 2020, and a total of seven such cases have been recorded, including the one that occurred on May 12.

Killer whales sank five sailing boats and two Moroccan fishing vessels. According to the Atlantic Killer Whale Working Group (GTOA), the Gladys subpopulation has interacted with vessels at least 673 times. Zoologists suggest that this behavior could be either playful curiosity of marine mammals or a deliberate attack on the “competitors” of killer whales’ favorite prey – bluefin tuna.

Earlier, IA Regnum reported that a group of Red List killer whales was trapped in Japanese territorial waters in the north of the country. Marine mammals became trapped in drifting ice off the coast of Hokkaido and were unable to reach open water.

On February 7, Rosrybolovstvo offered the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture assistance in rescuing killer whales trapped in the ice. The service indicated that they have the necessary competencies and experience for this.

Earlier on the same day, the Secretary General of the Japanese government, Yoshimasa Hayashi, announced contacts with Russia on the situation with killer whales stuck in the ice. However, later the Foreign Ministry representative offices in Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk stated that they had not received any requests from Japan for assistance in rescuing marine mammals.

Posted by:badanov

#9  There is a season, turn turn…
Posted by: Remoteman   2024-05-15 12:56  

#8  Yes, and the sun, and the solar system with it, orbits the center of the Milky Way. Needless to say, that induces some variations also.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-15 10:22  

#7  #4 The Earth's axis undergoes a slow wobble, known as axial precession, which takes about 26,000 years to complete.

..and that shift isn't constant with the revolution, where it pointed to any particular spot along that path.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-05-15 09:41  

#6  The Orcas say "This is our ocean, we live here, and we're really tired of the whole whale watching thing."
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-05-15 08:40  

#5  Wait til Shamu discovers AI!

I, for one, welcome our new Orca Overlords
Posted by: Frank G   2024-05-15 08:20  

#4  everything spinning out of control?

"The Earth’s axis tilts at an angle of about 23.44° relative to its orbital plane around the Sun. This tilt is responsible for the changing seasons on our planet. The Earth's axis is not fixed and undergoes a slow wobble, known as axial precession, which takes about 26,000 years to complete. This wobble causes the position of the North Pole star to shift over time.

The tilt of the Earth's axis also varies over a period of about 41,000 years due to the gravitational pull of other planets, particularly the Moon and the Sun. This variation in tilt is known as the obliquity of the ecliptic. The tilt of the Earth's axis can oscillate between 22.1° and 24.5°, which affects the distribution of sunlight and the resulting climate on our planet.

The Earth's tilted axis is also responsible for the changing lengths of day and night throughout the year. The tilt of the axis causes the Sun to appear higher in the sky during the summer months and lower in the sky during the winter months, resulting in longer days in the summer and shorter days in the winter.

Here are some key points about the Earth's axis tilting:

The Earth's axis tilts at an angle of about 23.44° relative to its orbital plane.
The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the changing seasons on our planet.
The Earth's axis undergoes a slow wobble, known as axial precession, which takes about 26,000 years to complete."
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-15 08:14  

#3  We seen this movie on late-nite cable.

Is it just me or is everything spinning out of control?
Posted by: SteveS   2024-05-15 08:04  

#2  Lasers....? 'Line of sight' weapons, right ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-15 07:23  

#1  ramming the ship

So they didn't have lasers?
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-15 07:19  

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