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Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to target boats

2023-08-02 16:02
Juvenile killer whales in the Atlantic are learning a dangerous game by copying adults.
Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to target boats

A strange, dangerous game of targeting and ramming into small sailing and fishing boats is spreading through a population of orcas off Spain's coast.

Scientists say at least 20 Iberian orcas have now learned the behaviour by copying their elders.

It is believed that one or two orcas started...