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Scary moment as 30 killer whales attack family's yacht: 'Suddenly, we felt our boat moving'

No one was hurt, including the whales, and authorities took the boat in for inspection. Just a few weeks prior, a family with ...
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In rare sighting, 60 orcas attack the largest creature on the planet

Five families of orcas joined forces to hunt down and feed on a blue whale, the largest creature on the planet, in what was an extremely rare sighting off Australia. More than 60 orcas worked together ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Pack of Killer Whales Attack Boat Filled With Tourists Threatening to Sink Vessel... Before Passengers Poured Vinegar Into the Water to Scare Off the Orcas

The classic book Moby Dick features an enraged, giant white whale that rams and sinks a ship – and four terrified gals and their captain thought they were going to share the same fate when ferocious ...
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What’s Behind the Mysterious Rise in Orca Attacks on Boats

Killer whales are not known for attacking people. The attacks and subsequent deaths that orcas have caused have taken place when killer whales have been taken into captivity and kept in small tanks, ...
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How do whales avoid being detected by orcas? Their singing plays a role, study finds

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...