Orcas don't have the emotional capacity for malice. They're struggling to get enough to eat because of human over fishing and are just asking for help and they just don't know their own strength.
Orcas don't have the emotional capacity for malice. They're struggling to get enough to eat because of human over fishing and are just asking for help and they just don't know their own strength.
I don't think they're acting maliciously but I do believe they may have the capacity for that! I do think they are asking for help sometimes like you say. They are interesting. They were scared to pass under bridges in one case I read about.
- They have dialects unique to their pods - They teach skills to their children and pass learned behaviour down generations (like crows) - They have been seen to tease humans - They can use tools - They have specific neurons in their brain that indicate a more advanced (than most) level of intelligence. I can't find the article. - They possibly are self aware Fascinating really.
why don't the boats just arm themselves with some kind of really loud sonic transmitter that would be turned on if an orca attacked? Something like this:
upon the first bump, the thing is activated and orcas are repelled.
Hate to ruin an otherwise good story, but it would seem there are remedies readily available.
I've been working this over in my mind.
There's all kinds of sophisticated instrumentation nowadays to automate process and provide safeguards. For example, I have a tablesaw that when the blade hits flesh, a brake activates immediately stopping the blade, and users receive little more than a scratch.
So, put a gyroscope onboard that is activated by large bumps, and wire it to a loud sonic underwater transmitter on each side of the boat. When the boat gets smacked, a loud constant sonic barrage repels underwater creatures.
Can't see how this wouldn't be a game changer in this Orca show-down.
why don't the boats just arm themselves with some kind of really loud sonic transmitter that would be turned on if an orca attacked? Something like this:
upon the first bump, the thing is activated and orcas are repelled.
Hate to ruin an otherwise good story, but it would seem there are remedies readily available.
I've been working this over in my mind.
There's all kinds of sophisticated instrumentation nowadays to automate process and provide safeguards. For example, I have a tablesaw that when the blade hits flesh, a brake activates immediately stopping the blade, and users receive little more than a scratch.
So, put a gyroscope onboard that is activated by large bumps, and wire it to a loud sonic underwater transmitter on each side of the boat. When the boat gets smacked, a loud constant sonic barrage repels underwater creatures.
Can't see how this wouldn't be a game changer in this Orca show-down.
Orcas don't have the emotional capacity for malice. They're struggling to get enough to eat because of human over fishing and are just asking for help and they just don't know their own strength.
Monkeys can go to war with street dogs over killed young. Elephants can seek out and trample humans who mistreated them. But sure, orcas, of all mammals, don’t have the capacity for malice.
How often do you see a study where science discovers an animal is DUMBER than we first thought? Human sciences are limited by human understanding.
Orcas don't have the emotional capacity for malice. They're struggling to get enough to eat because of human over fishing and are just asking for help and they just don't know their own strength.
Monkeys can go to war with street dogs over killed young. Elephants can seek out and trample humans who mistreated them. But sure, orcas, of all mammals, don’t have the capacity for malice.
How often do you see a study where science discovers an animal is DUMBER than we first thought? Human sciences are limited by human understanding.
I was thinking that "alien observer" was just joking.
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