Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.

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    Perhaps but if they endanger the safety of a vessel with people aboard then it’s time to light off some explosives or fill the water with electricity.

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      This is exactly why they’re attacking. Humans fucking up their environment.

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        LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode.

        Please tell me more!

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          LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode

          …Well, kind of yes.

          One biologist theorized that the attacks originated with a female orca, known as White Gladis, who may have been harmed by a boat. As the theory goes, White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior.

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            White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior

            So not at all related to the environment?

            I know that these orcas have somehow been personified for some people online as nature’s divine wrath, but that’s literally not what they are.

            They’re just animals being animals.

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            It sounds like if we eliminated or deterred the Orcas who are exhibiting this behavior it would stop others from learning it. No?

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                Never stated I wanted to blow them up. If they attack my rudder I want to ensure the safety of my crew and scare them away from the boat.

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                  And if either of your ideas were actual viable someone would have tried it always. But your plans risk injuring the orcas, which you can’t do because they’re endangered.

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                    If they attack my vessel I have every right to respond and defend my vessel. It’s even easier if I’m in international waters.

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                  Yeah, they have. Just because you have the bare minimum brain cells to stay alive and don’t know shit about the subject doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done before.

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          No go on, you’re in the thread about Orcas turning on people, give us your theory you gun-totin rootin-tootin hard man.

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            I’m not a marine biologist, I don’t have a theory on Orca aggression.

            I just know what would keep them from damaging a boat and would most likely deter them from attacking again in the future. High voltage and underwater explosions are pretty well understood by all creatures.

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              So you know nothing about orcas but you definitely know what would deter them in the future. Got it.

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                I mean logic dictates that a half stick of dynamite or 2000 Volts of electricity going off in their face would deter most if not all terrestrial creatures that we know of.