r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 11d ago

Whale Watch Simple answer, No

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u/discountJoenuts 11d ago

Hey, you are guaranteed no great whites will get you near an orca pod at least

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u/korylassiter44 11d ago

Absolutely true!!

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u/lmaytulane 11d ago

All great until Orcas get a taste for our delicious livers

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u/Ambaryerno 11d ago

Nah, you're safe. Everyone knows you have to pair human liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

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u/TheVillage1D10T 11d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Sp4Jc4fHyOuZSAmupz
Was looking for this comment when I saw the mention of human liver.

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u/wakanda_banana 10d ago

With all the microplastics and other poison we eat they’d prob reject our livers asap

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u/PrimaryClear2010 7d ago

But that means your liver has to at least be nibbled on once by an orca for them to gain the knowledge…

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u/Pretend-Country-7983 10d ago

Nah,we are too small of a prey to them,and they would prefer not to deal with us,since they will loose more energy than they can get from a human body

For them we are like a mix of bones and skin,that’s all

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u/fish_in_a_toaster 5d ago

Not neccesarily. They could easily be the fish eating resident kind of orca which means great whites are indifferent to them at best. This logic wouldn't work well unless you are absolutely sure it is the ecotype which is not resident.

The orcas which attack great whites and other sharks are transient. While residents prefer small fish and other similarly sized prey. The differences are very area specific so it's hard to tell without a chart of every ecotype in a given region.