Orca Human Attacks. That understanding came partly as a result of research undertaken on orcas after they were captured and put on display in the 1960s. Severe bite-related wounds have also occurred in these attacks especially when the Orca attempts to drag the human using its teeth.
Whats more only one of those incidents. They can weigh 4-5 tonnes and when they play they really play says. They have also been recorded preying on usually terrestrial species such as moose swimming between islands.
Scientists have said they believe they know why killer whales started attacking boats off Spanish coast.
A British yacht captain said a pod of orcas repeatedly rammed his boat for two hours off the coast of Portugal last month the latest of more than 40 unexplained killer whale attacks on vessels off the Iberian coast in the last six months. Yet South Africas orca population has long eluded humans according to University of Pretoria biologist Simon Elwen who talked to National Geographic about the gruesome phenomenon last year. Its a myth that wild orcas never attack humans but when it comes to incidents where actual contact was made just two such events exist on record. There are no recorded accounts of an orca in the wild killing a human.
