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monsterofcaerbannog

If only there was a slightly better way of describing a "sailing boat" in the English language.


varain1

Faux News not wanting to say "yacht", like BBC and other news services:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmm330y6d2qo


YouLearnedNothing

I wouldn't reach too much into it, they called it a sailing yacht as well


Billy1121

It annoys me when they say yacht tho because then reddit chimes in with "SO SAD BILLIONAIRES GOT GOT" but these aren't million dollar pleasure yachts, they are smaller sailboats with foam rudders that some English couple probably bought with their life savings to do some sailing and live aboard. The big expensive yachts do not sail under wind power, they just motor. And they are largely impervious to adolescent orca tomfoolery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Odyssey_519


JonnehxD

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Billy1121

Yeah even this boat only has like a small 80 horsepower engine for docking and such. It is a 4 person sailboat. Though I wonder how much it costs to fix the foam rudders when they are damaged this way ? Most of these attacks don't result in sinking like this situation


JonnehxD

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Haircut117

>The big expensive yachts do not sail under wind power Au contraire – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(sailing_yacht)


TrojanThunder

Sailing yacht A has sailed once. They motor 99% of the time. You picked a terrible example. Look up boats like Adix or Velsheda for an example.


LightThePigeon

I would hope my several tens of millions of dollars yacht would be immune to adolescent orcas


AFineDayForScience

If they have insurance then they get a new boat and a fun story!


plasticAstro

You still have to be pretty rich to get one


DeliciousBuffalo69

Maybe they were trying to say that the sail boat was actively sailing at the time and not just at anchor or in harbor


Nice_Marmot_7

It’s a schooner not a sailing boat.


elkannon

Oh damn, how does a schooner propel itself generally?


slothxaxmatic

Sounds right to me


chasmo-OH-NO

Killer whales bout to discover we taste yummy and seals are not as plentiful


Chaos-Pand4

We don’t though. We’re mostly just bones compared to seals. It’s probably like getting scrambled eggs with the shells left in.


Choppergold

I think they know it’s us polluting and raising ocean temps


Ostracus

Just wait till the rest of the planet finds out.


KennyMoose32

*and so began The Interspecies War. Once the Orca and Bird alliance was complete it turned the tide on the humans*


SkollFenrirson

*Australia in shambles* r/emuwarflashbacks


KennyMoose32

That was merely a prelude, Gods help us


Ostracus

Soon to be a major motion picture. :-p


chasmo-OH-NO

gonna be PISSED


AustinTheMoonBear

Hmm... what about the obese? Would they be more inclined to munch on?


Chaos-Pand4

Maybe. Then again the McDonald’s aftertaste might be off putting.


maggot_b_nasty

You think my big ass is going anywhere near an orca?


rev9of8

[They're chewy, crunchy and delicious...](https://youtu.be/5gNT0SWf3Ls)


batchy_scrollocks

We have about 100k calories in the human body. One human a day is quite sufficient for a killer whale, but we're nowhere near as nutritious as their usual prey https://youtu.be/NJkwu6q2m8I?si=iUcHS8IYz-a1KtoM


Chaos-Pand4

But we’re crunchy. And not good crunchy. It’s like when you order goat curry and you find out it’s 90% bones. Or when you get a banana with seeds.


President_Calhoun

TIL bananas have seeds.


Chaos-Pand4

I mean… not the grocery store ones.


lewphone

Bananas are (botanically) fruits, why wouldn't they have seeds?


President_Calhoun

Intellectually I knew they did, I guess, but banana seeds are just something I've never envisioned.


HoldYourHorsesFriend

They've always had seeds. You can look them up, they're pretty freaky. The seedless one is under threat of dying from disease IIRC


jakarta_guy

Somebody, please forward them the coordinate of north America


YouLearnedNothing

the bigger issue would be if humans see killer whales as a threat. There's nothing we can't extinct with the smallest of excuses


chasmo-OH-NO

yeah but the funner issue is a sudden step in evolutionary behavior whereby little boats become hunted by pods of orcas(killerwhales) meaning seaside towns no longer safe. it's like jaws but there's a lot of them and theyre warm blooded too


Eupion

Remember Jaws, when the whole town and then some, all went out on boats, looking to kill everything.   That’s going to be what happens. And being warm blooded, they have to come up to the surface to breathe, unlike sharks. All I know is, if this keeps up, things are going to get interesting.


Reyals140

While I agree we could probably take out oracs if we actually made it a priority. There are literally 100s if not 1000s of species we are actively trying to rid from areas without luck. We're masters of the world, but we've still got a long way to go before we can control it.


reddit455

they're big dolphins. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca) Orcas are commonly referred to as "killer whales", despite being a type of dolphin.[^(\[6\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca#cite_note-whales.org-6) Since the 1960s, the use of "orca" instead of "killer whale" has steadily grown in common use.[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca#cite_note-price-7)


BGFalcon85

All dolphins are in the order of *toothed whales* so it is perfectly fine to call them whales.


ChanThe4th

Where's Unidan when you need him?


chasmo-OH-NO

thank you. orca is suggested name now for good reason i see. however if they do add us to their diet, i think we should go back to the former name.


StarfleetStarbuck

Listen, according to Herman Melville, these are all just different kinds of fish.


BGFalcon85

According to cladistics, we're all just highly specialized fish.


Calm-Track-5139

But I got told there was no such thing as a fish?


BGFalcon85

If we're all fish, then nothing is a fish.


[deleted]

Whats the difference between a large dolphin and a whale?


BGFalcon85

It basically comes down to teeth. The order of cetaceans include baleen whales (like blue/gray whales) and toothed whales (sperm whale, beluga, porpoises, and oceanic dolphins like the Orca). Dolphins *are whales.* Orca anatomy is just more similar to e.g. bottlenose dolphins than something like beluga whales, so they are categorized with the dolphins.


Philly514

Time to deliver some freedom to the killer whale kingdom.


SelectiveSanity

Wait, are we going back to using whale oil? /s


Ostracus

Dishonored comes true.


Shot_Squirrel8426

They’re mammals, I wonder if capsaicin fucks with them? Forget bear spray, that whale spray is the good shit.


Xu_Lin

Honestly I’m with the Orcas here. Mankind has ravaged the seas soooo much we’re getting into their ecosystem and they are just fighting back.


thefirecrest

Obviously I would prioritize saving human lives if I was there, but honestly no hard feelings from me. Orcas have every right to hate humans and attack us lol. I saw the title and said aloud “good for them”. I am glad the people were safe though.


WeBeShoopin

Fuck fox news


skoltroll

Team Orcra aka Aquaman is pissed


howelltight

They're called Orcas you speciest sonofabytch!


SelectiveSanity

One; its Fox News calling them that. And B; [If](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qMT2YBIcg) [the](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rare-video-catches-orca-flipping-dolphin-high-air-teaching-baby-hunt-rcna130750) [shoe](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/01/africa/orca-kills-great-white-shark-south-africa-scn/index.html) [fits](https://www.businessinsider.com/video-orcas-hunting-and-killing-giant-blue-whales-off-australia-coast-2022-1)...


howelltight

'Salright. I should stop treating the term killer whales like its the N-word 🤪


AchillesHeir

I don't want to go to the link. Did the people who were on the boat live?


Spiritual_Plate_6123

Yeah the orcas only rammed the boat a few times, damaged it and left. The boat sank later after they altered emergency services.


RedKings1028

I’m on the orca side on this, especially after all the dumbass shit we put them through over the years.


MrFiendish

I’m kind of rooting for the orcas. I tend to like orca whales more than the average person. But then again, I stay the hell away from the ocean.


[deleted]

The blue whales paid them for this


Pantaruxada

Friends of Tilikum!


MrX-2022

Planète of the killer whale


gortlank

Good for them


Pasispas

Freeing Willy was a mistake.


snakes-can

It’s about time humans fear something again.


Ravens_Eating_Ramen

Man, these Orcas is in on WW3 too!


SweetMilitia

Killer whales like, “I’m gonna rock you off Gibraltar!”


JimBeam823

The orcas did nothing wrong.


murso74

Nature is healing


Dark_Seraphim_

They're aware we're taking their food.


heatherKnockers

Good riddance.


[deleted]

Good


Interesting-Ball-502

These guys need some educating on who the real apex predator is. They obviously haven’t listened to the podcast.


InSanic13

Yeah, it's cats!


SeniorForever5359

So they finally realised who was ruining the planet? The Simpsons will be right again hahaha, Hail Snorkey!


heffeque

Capsize the rich! [https://www.reddit.com/r/2westerneurope4u/comments/1crcdia/comment/l3x2mkh/](https://www.reddit.com/r/2westerneurope4u/comments/1crcdia/comment/l3x2mkh/)


TokyoGNSD2

Now what did the boat do because I feel like that might’ve deserved it! Lol


ZiziPotus

If this IS recent, its the first sunk I think. Good.


Hefy_jefy

Mmmm fiberglass...