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S. K. Riley Sep 2, 2025

#Whales are in continuous movement between North Africa, southern Spain, the Cantabrian Sea and the coast of France, chasing their favourite prey: bluefin tuna & octopus. Mothers are teaching their calves how to strike. But other #Orcas disrupt boats out of sheer boredom. A majestic beast, #WhiteGladis, has terrorised sailors off the coast of Gibraltar for the past four years.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36507357/killer-whales-ram-boats-spain/

Killer whales caught ramming boats in TWO attacks off Spain just minutes apart sparking frantic rescue...

KILLER whales have once again attacked boats off the coast of Spain, with two “rammings” happening just minutes apart. Both incidents, described by crew members as “very scaryR…

The Sun

Morwen Sep 4, 2023

#EatTheRichs #orcasupremacy #gladis #whitegladis

Norobiik @[email protected]Jul 11, 2023

"#Orcas, Hoare says, will have a clear sense of what humans have done to their environment. As demonstrated by the actions of #WhiteGladis, #OrcaSociety is #matriarchal, and females can live to 100: 'They will have a memory, almost a generational memory, of a time when the #ocean was not dominated by human beings"

The #OrcaUprising: #whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory? | #Oceans | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/the-orca-uprising-whales-are-ramming-boats-but-are-they-inspired-by-revenge-grief-or-memory

The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory?

A pod in the strait of Gibraltar has sunk three boats and damaged dozens of others, and their story has captivated the world. What explains this unprecedented behaviour?

The Guardian

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Darin Simmons Jun 28, 2023

@ai6yr #WhiteGladis seems to have taught the young ones well. Those two did not look full grown. Interesting to see how animals learn.

Alexander Ruoff 🇪🇺Jun 27, 2023

Ein journalistischer Beitrag darüber, dass eine Gruppe von #Schwertwalen vor Küste Gibraltars mehrere Segelboote gerammt hat und einige Zeilen später verwendet man den Beghriff "Killerwale" und "Killerwalexpertinnen"`?

Nicht witzig!

https://www.vice.com/de/article/m7bbnn/unsere-faszination-fur-den-orca-aufstand-hat-etwas-trauriges?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-de-DE

#Orca #Gibraltar #WhiteGladis #Journalismus

Unsere Faszination für den Orca-Aufstand hat etwas Trauriges

Warum wünschen wir uns so sehr, einen orcanisierten Widerstand zu erleben?

AutisticMumTo3 She/her Jun 22, 2023

Killer whale rams fisherman’s boat in UK waters during latest Orca attack | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/killer-whale-attacking-boats-orca-b2362130.html

#Orcas
#KillerWhale
#Boats
#Gibraltar
#UK
#Scotland
#Shetland
#Spain
#Portugal
#WhiteGladis
#Trauma
#FoodShortages
#Play

Killer whale rams fisherman’s boat in UK waters during latest Orca attack

Encounter follows growing number of reported incidents off the coast of Gibraltar

The Independent

Tofueater Jun 22, 2023

Orca rams yacht off Shetland.

Orcas in northern waters seem to be learning from pods further south who have rammed 16 boats off the Iberian coast already this year.
They may have learned the behaviour from an individual known as White Gladis. Biologists think she may have had an "adverse moment" with a tuna fishing boat and is now trying to stop all boats.
https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/orca-rams-yacht-shetland-encounter-north-sea-94538

#orca #shetland #whitegladis #

Orca ‘rams yacht’ off Shetland as close encounters spread to North Sea

An orca has repeatedly rammed a yacht off the coast off Shetland in the North Sea in a dramatic development that sees orca attacks on yachts for the first time outside the Iberian peninsula

Yachting Monthly