AndrewB
Well-known member
Don't underestimate whale intelligence. No way would they mistake a yacht hull for a whale, any more than we would.A cattle prod ? Yes i noticed the bubble blowing , also in one vid the tail slapping , both are actions taken when hunting naturally . Are they , as has been suggested , due to the fall in the large tuna stocks , actually starving and misstaking the sail boats for whales , which they also prey on ?
I wonder though if its right that some whales have realised the connection between smaller vessels and the loss of their food supply. It might not take too many instances of fishing boats actively interfering with their hunt. The scale at which rapacious fishing takes place off the Iberian coast (we've all seen it, who travel that way) makes this the natural place that this might occur .
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