has there ever been an attack on a human by an orca in the wild
2007-05-13 12:52:14 · 5 answers · asked by denisemorales 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
I remember a case (about 30 years ago) of two Italians that were sailing the globe on a small boat.
A while after leaving Mar del Plata (coast of Argentina) one or more orcas attacked their boat until it went down in plain south Atlantic.
They survived on a rescue raft, on which they were found several days after... one of them sitting dead on his place and the other was under some kind of mental impairment.
2007-05-13 14:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in the wild that I have ever heard of. Some captive orcas drowned a keeper in an aquarium in Canada. There have been other attacks in captivity too. They were called "killer whales" because they were known to kill seals and other marine animals for food.
2007-05-13 13:07:29 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of in basic terms the running shoes and different captors of Orcas have been injury/killed in encounters with the mammals. i can locate no accounting of assaults otherwise. maybe some one else will.
2016-12-11 08:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by cruickshank 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been told that they have mistaken people for penguins standing too close to the ice edge in Antarctica.
2007-05-13 13:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Perry B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,,in the ocean ...check out discovry channel
2007-05-13 14:17:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋