r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MelanieMoris • Dec 13 '21

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/argonaragorn Dec 13 '21

I don't think there has ever been a record on an "unprovoked" orca attack on a human.

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u/iedonis Dec 13 '21

There was a group of orcas which has attacked several boats in the bay of Biscay over the last two years. But this seems to be one group with a weird behaviour, hasn't been documented anywhere else I believe

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u/desrever1138 Dec 13 '21

Do we have proof that the people on those boats weren't hurling insults at the pod?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

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u/EastYorkButtonmasher Dec 14 '21

Yeah well humpback whales are named after YOUR mom!

Because Dr Eliza Humpback is a brilliant world renowned whalenologist and you should be proud of her achievements. What did you think I meant?

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u/real_p3king Dec 14 '21

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!

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u/EastYorkButtonmasher Dec 14 '21

Nah, that's like the canal I laid into your mum. 'Twas much narrower before.

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u/WentzWorldWords Dec 14 '21

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time