Dramatic video of killer whales attacking boats in Spain 

The expert that doesn't think animals are capable of revenge never owned a cat

It was an orca-strated attack!

Animals known to have revenge. Elephants for instance. Orcas are very intelligent animals.

Revenge not be quite the right word, but Animals totally get angry, and if the Orca pod's Queen has had a traumatic experience with Boats (Maybe a fishing net killed her Calf?) , she might well decide she just *really* doesnt like boats, and has decided to do something to try and get them out of her territory.

My Orca Story When I was 7 on family holiday in Norway we went for a quick water drive. My life vest failed and I couldn’t swim. My parents didn’t notice I was going under. As I went under I could see 2 orcas swimming towards me. One of the orcas put its head under my back and took me directly to the boat. They continued to swim around the boat for about 10 minutes after I got on almost like they were checking to make sure I was ok. Orcas Rock!

What makes you think this is playful behaviour?? They know what people do and they had enough.

"Animals don't do revenge" seems like such a non-scientific thing to say. Big cats (or small) for instance, seem to 100% know what revenge is (I remember cases of tigers). And the more intelligent the animal the more bad things we seem to share with them.

“Animals don’t do revenge “ ELEPHANT: let you tell it 😳

I read something once that said something along the lines of: Orcas warn each other about things like whaling ships. Within a year there was a 50% drop in whaling deaths. Not because the whalers became more unskilled in that time- but because the orcas were warning their pods and other pods of the dangers. They are incredibly intelligent, even having unique names that they answer to and call each other. I don’t doubt that some of them are fed up with their treatment. Whether it be whaling, disturbing their hunting grounds, disturbing breeding grounds/young- they have every right to be upset.

Ever heard of that elephant that took revenge on a old lady... these animals aren't stupid.

I'm reading very sad comments from people who don't know anything about these creatures, i.e. "they aren't called killer whales for no reason", or even "we need to capture and examine them". These creatures, people, have proven to be very smart, they have their own language, dialect, family, culture even. Like other sea mammals they also have something most humans lack these days, empathy. People have been hunting them, killing or catching their children for the sole purpose of human entertainment. It is obvious they will retaliate, as humans would. Start having more respect for other species, instead of thinking we can take what we want from nature without consequences.

*THEY ARE SICK OF US!*

Hes an expert on nothing if he thinks animals aren’t capable of seeking revenge

Can we talk about the fact that they are intelligent enough to take out the rudder?

good for them. they’ve had enough.

Orcas are highly intelligent and somewhat tolerant of us. I suspect someone messed around and a Orca got harmed. They learn quickly and pass it on which is why it seems to be a local experience and not worldwide, but give it time and maybe more in a larger area can be "taught" to go after more boats. I hope I'm wrong but we need to back off for awhile.

Americans: "killer whales." The rest of the world: "orcas."

Trauma induced by a boat is a very likely factor, if they wanted to harm the humans they would have done just that because they are some of the most powerful animals within the ocean, capable of flipping ice bergs very smart and work together but so far that has not happened. But as the man states, they could be playing, if it has turned into a game for them they will continue. Whatever happens, hopefully they will come out with a deterrent to avoid any incidents. The whales should not be harmed.

Orcas are one of the only animals who haven't attacked a human in the wild* But we keep on messing with them and that just might change. Curious to see what comes of this behaviour.

I'd love to hear their communication during these events. Sometimes we underestimate animals abilities. They are very intelligent & it could be a territorial issue.

Animals might not do revenge but they will try to eliminate a threat.

Killer Wales, Elephants, Gorillas, they are very intellectual animals, and have been known to seek revenge on humans. If you think humans are the only creatures on the planet that seek revenge, you have underestimated their abilities.

Look what they did to Lola the Orca left her in a dirty tub in Texas gave her no attention she just floated around alone for years it's sickening.

Too many boats... more boats now than ever.

" Since 2020" says a lot. Natures affected by the things being done in this world.

Don't do revenge is probably one of the dumbest fucking things i have ever heard

Makes you wonder if they have encounters any poachers ?? 😢

Dude saying he thinks they're playing should prove it by swimming with them.

Whales getting tired of people entering they’re home like its vacation time 😂

GOod. Apparently that "doctor" never heard of elephants.

I don’t think it’s revenge, I think it’s more like they consider boats a threat.

It seems so obvious to me this area where their attacking is now breeding ground or mating ground. Any animal from horses, bulls, moose, bears, hawks, all animals will defend its perceived territory that is being encroached upon. Can’t believe Marine Biologist actually said it was play. I’ve been in the NZ coast and have seen pods approach kayakers with no aggression. This is aggressive behavior to ward off.

I’m glad they are fighting back!

they simply defend themselves against a man who catches huge amounts of fish with nets from his boats, or they take revenge for the lost offspring or mate. In a word, they defend their territory... The term killer also applies to man.

The guy who says animals don't take revenge never pissed off a cat.

Its crazy the amount of orca attacks recently. We used to have 0 attacks.

I think they have learned not to be afraid of boats anymore because they aren't hunted anymore. They are animals which are all more confident in packs or pods and they probably have learned it's ok to play with boats over there. We have strict rules here in the Washington state when it comes to boating around whales but I'd imagine people in other countries don't care so much about being considerate of these incredibly smart mammals when they're cruising through and not stopping for the whales to try not hurt them and not throwing out garbage or making noises they don't like or messing with them. Fishing around them even isn't a good idea because they will follow you and wait for you to catch a fish so they can eat it and if you don't feed them like maybe someone else does they might get upset.

Orcas have been known to attack whales much larger than them and seemingly harass them for no apparent reason. Scientist at first believed they were hunting, however after further studies the orcas showed no interest in actually eating the whales. Orcas have also been known to attack and torture seals, thrashing them around like toys and end up not eating them. Scientists are still unsure why they do this, but ultimately they’ve come to the conclusion that… “It’s fun.” Orcas are very intelligent and harassing and killing other creatures for pleasure is not uncommon in highly intelligent animals. They also might be using the boats to teach their young ones how to hunt by using the boat as some sort of learning tool representing a large animal. These are just theories however and there’s no way to know for certain why they’re doing this.

Now “my orca” has a new meaning in Spain.

Maybe just leave them alone

Here’s a theory for two whole years we humans were stuck inside, no cruises, no excursions and now we’re back! And now the animals are like “why are you back” go back inside. Just recently we’ve had a slew of bear sightings in areas there never were bears before and one that I heard had to be shot. They didn’t think we were coming back out again 😂 Just a thought🤔

Perhaps we killed one too many marine mammals ?

Nature has had enough of humans destroying everything..

“Not in my hood, dog!”

It’s called PayBack!

That footage they showed didn't look much like an attack. But if they are maybe they're smart enough to know we are responsible for drift netting huge numbers of life forms out of the oceans, and may even understand we are increasing its acidity with CO2 & increasing the waters temperature. Wouldn't that be interesting, the first animal to give people feedback for abusing the planet.

Just remember the Orca has the brain capacity of an fully adult human

Translation: Get the F out of our home!

Looks like we need to establish dominion over them again.

"Animals dont do revenge" bruh doesn't know the story about the Elephant and a funeral

That guy is no expert to say animals don’t do revenge. It would be one thing to name a specific animal, but anyone with half a brain would catch that error.

Pollution!! They are tired of it too!!

Animals adapt and overcome and learn to attack to protect their own

I wonder if ocean boats could carry something like a sonic repellant, placed in the water to generate a particular sound that the Orcas don't like to be around.

They learned to end the annoying sonar sounds by sinking those boats. Keep on my friends. Sink them all. Stupid humans

Just playing around? Don't insult our intelligence sir.

Stay the hell out of there area!

I would be interested to hear what type of past experience the queen had with other boats. If it was a negative experience, I certainly understand the queen.

I'm glad all the times I've seen them in the northern Pacific they've always been inquisitive, but never done anything like shown here. No one wants to kill an orca, but if they give you no choice...

They basically said fuck that free Willy. Free human 😂

Your boat is in their home. Leave them alone

So this is where our friendship ends huh? 😆 That 1 dude is tripping, animals absolutly do revenge.

They’re exhausted by humanity and so am I!

'Some wonder why" is the biggets crock of shit I've heard.

If you wonder why this has started suddenly, they are communicating to each other about it and it has become a “trend” they are very smart creatures, good argument for the spot of second smartest animal in the world.

Orcas are very aggressive creatures.I have read books about Arctic explorers in the mid 1800s encountering them while out on the ice. The explorers said that the orcas were intent upon knocking them off the ice floes, ramming the ice repeatedly, in an effort to dislodge the ice or the men.

Orcas destroying boats. Média : are they playing??

They have realized that the prices of the boats are very expensive and they are doing it so that there are more second-hand boats available to everyone

I have literally watched animals take revenge all my life... ANIMALS DO take revenge for a multitude of reasons... 🙄

Good guys are winning this round.

"animals dont do revenge" tell that to the elephants

Lady standing on the edge looking down was literally that one person in the movie that died first 😭😭

What kind of animal expert says "People do revenge. Animals do not?" The kind who has never owned a cat, because I can assure you, if you make a cat mad, they will get revenge, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but you can rest safe in the knowledge it will get it.

The whale must have been pretty pissed! Maybe it witnessed one of its own being killed by man! They’re very intelligent, and I read when Europeans were discovering new islands and continents (Australia) to be specific , orca’s were repeatedly said to have aided and saved many seafarers lives from drowning,by bringing them to the beach, keeping them above water as if they knew humans can’t breathe under water?. And their behaviour changed when the new comers started killing large numbers of the whales,,,

If hyenas & lions seek revenge what the hell makes you think these mammals don’t ? They’re highly intelligent & im sure it’s a reason they’re attacking these boats. Maybe they’re tired of us taking all the fish or maybe the sonar from the boats

Those people are provoking the whales by tapping on the boat.

Who's team Orca here! Also, the expert guy who calls it playfulness. It obviously is not. So they've gotten more playful in the last 4years? Makes sense!

They may not do revenge, but they are highly intelligent. They have more than likely associated the boats with their inability to eat. Over fishing is a thing. A lot of pods actually following fishing boats around. Orcas are more than likely trying to get rid of their food source "competition"

It’s the noise pollution pissing them off

Bruh, obviously never watched Jaws. 😂😂

It's called a Grudge - like an angry bird - they hold grudges.

I don't see the problem with Orcas, I swim with them all the time in the Pacific Ocean.

"People do things for revenge animals don't " thats a lie...all that research and he forgot that WE ARE ANIMALS TOO!!! DUMMY 😒

Probably just playing Like how dogs chew toys

Wonder if the wales have anything to do with the missing little sub???

Alot of things happening in the ocean lately. Maybe orcas hit the titan

Orcas swim around the entire planet. Those creatures are smart. Why they attack boats? Because they have seen what some boats can do, they shoot and kill wales alle the time.

BS- not playful. If you're mean to an animal(any), repeatedly, and see how it affects their interactions with you and others... Someone screwed with that pod, and now they're acting out.

Rest assured if my boat is ever under attack by a pod it wont ever happen to any others.🇺🇸✌🏻🍻

they dont want humans on the ocean anymore

"animals don't do revenge" who is this guy??

The owners should just fire the flare gun at the first one in range. Turn a few into chum & maybe they’ll stop their playing.

Humans are animals, and we're mean, so why will other animals be any different. Great expert, by the way 🤣

They don’t do revenge??? Really??? Lions and Elephants do!!! I keep saying, they must’ve done something really bad to them! Be careful! They can tear apart a human in seconds!!! 🙄

This has to be hard on their own brains you would think? ramming hard structures is something strange for such a smart creature

I say a couple encounters with a mini gun will put and end this behavior

This man is wrong : animals definitely take revenge

This man has never owned a pet

Animals definitely DO revenge

I think they are pissed off and telling us to get the F out of their water. We are ruining their homes