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TIL orcas sometimes share their prey with humans.
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I read this before somewhere and I still can't shake the feeling the orcas are actually baiting the humans like that. Orcas are very intelligent and use cool tricks when hunting, like generating waves to flush prey from the ice into the water. Baiting humans to come close or become more trustworthy seems like a next step to me.
Or it is more likely similar to how people will leave out food for animals they just want to observe as a way to draw them closer. Like bird feeders.
Orcas just don't have any interest in attacking humans in the wild. Even the ones sinking ships don't touch the humans, they mostly go for the rudder to immobilize it
They're the mammal with the wrinkliest brain. They have distinct languages and cultures, and a long history of cooperation with humans
My guess is they have an oral tradition about being hunted endlessly by humans no matter where they go, and killed along with their pod. Because that's exactly what we would've done up until very recently
Or they just recognize us as intelligent and have morals
I'm really starting to doubt our intelligence, but I could imagine them having higher moral standards than us as a species.
This feels more like cat behavior. They want to cut a deal. Orcas for whatever reason, really have zero interest in predation of humans. I’m curious to know if any local fisherman in the area know these whales. The researches should talk to them. I bet this is a multigenerational tradition for this group. They want to trade for something locals give them, or they just think humans are helpless and that boat has been hanging around doing a pretty crappy job at hunting. No fish, no seals, no sharks— they just sit there.
There are videos of orcas using fish to bait seagulls and other marine birds and then eating them. They are quite smart.
So they have a taste for poultry is what you're saying.