You make it sound so terribly simple...... What an utterly ridiculous, irresponsible and dunderheaded suggestion. You've no place on the water.Given that Orcas seem fairly plentiful in the NE Atlantic, why don't the relevant authorities just cull this problematic pod before someone dies and/or they teach others?
There's more than one pod. The original pod have already taught two more to eat rudders.You make it sound so terribly simple...... What an utterly ridiculous, irresponsible and dunderheaded suggestion. You've no place on the water.
What other Orcas are this pod going to teach? None, because there aren't any others in that part of the ocean. They will likely die anyway as food sources dwindle and they become more inbred. We're talking about a critically endangered pod and your answer is to simply kill them? I've been through the Straits multiple times over the last few years in a variety of yachts and haven't even seen an Orca yet - the chances of attack are not high (though I know people who have been).
I'm very far from being a tree-hugger, but it's way overtime that we realised we're not the apex species at sea. Nor am I suggesting we just leave them to their own devices, but a cull is not the answer to anything.
Where's that info from please Webby? I had read that it was a single pod of 36 animals so where's the other pod come from, or was it always there? The pod's matriarch should have been tagged ages ago and location made available to interested parties.There's more than one pod. The original pod have already taught two more to eat rudders.
Beware - it's been tried before, and every civilisation that did this came to a sticky end....the lack of an edit function forces me to post again.
this is an afterthought.....tigers are deterred from attacking by painting eyes on the back of helmets, as they like to sneak up on the back of potential victims, the eyes confuse them.
knowing orcas to be a tad brighter than tigers, im not sure if a similar tactic would work but maybe worth investigating?
anyone willing to paint big eyes on the hull of their boat and do a bit of live experimentation??
no volunteers?
yeah, only i dont see those three dots on any post, mine or anyone elses
i think a lack of manoeuvrability might have had something to do with their lack of success, a bit like trying to hit a fly with a wheelie binBeware - it's been tried before, and every civilisation that did this came to a sticky end....
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You won't see them on anyone else's because you can't edit other people's original posts...but they should be on your posts...yeah, only i dont see those three dots on any post, mine or anyone elses