Orcas disrupt boat race near Spain in latest scare at sea



A new video shows a trio of orcas circling a Dutch yacht off the coast of Spain. The crew on board watched in fear as the orcas rammed the boatโ€™s rudder and left after 15 minutes. NBC Newsโ€™ Maggie Vespa has details on this alarming recent trend.

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44 comments

  1. Idk kinda sucks they are doing this.

  2. they are playing and scratching their selfs on the boat

  3. ๐Ÿ˜‚ the orcas had a meeting and itโ€™s been nun but attacks of late

  4. of course the lady that cant afford a yacht says its not an attack. i dont care what you want to call it, its a threat. i dont want to see anything get hurt but i wouldnt choose the whales life over mine. im assuming the stopped because the whales are protected?

  5. Bien por las Orcas ๐Ÿ˜‚ ! Creo tratan de decirnos algo, que estamos acabando con el planeta ๐Ÿ˜ข

  6. LEAVE THE ORCAS ALONE ALREADY!!! Sailors are no longer welcome there for a reason. They are not pleasuring themselves. Theyโ€™re protecting themselves.

  7. How about we distrupt their living environment.

  8. O so sweet๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜…

  9. These are purposeful attacks. They are busting up some pretty strong materials. It's gotta be painful to do it. And they ARE sentient.

  10. Orcas going after rich people. They got the people on that Titanic sub, now they got a taste for rich people.

  11. I canโ€™t imagine someone doing this where I call home. In my house. On my lawn. Iโ€™m team orcas and any other sea animals. Iโ€™m tired of people using the ocean for their experiments, tourism, and sports activities. Those animals are just fed up with the bull.

  12. You're gonna have to paint the bottom of your hull with huge teeth and bright colours .. hehe .. and have some lights thrown in for good measure! Frigging idiots!

  13. They didn't ram anything. Quit blaming the whales

  14. And, itโ€™s their ocean.

  15. Well if they think the outside of the boats is interesting, just wait till they finally find the yummy creamy filling…

  16. Fake news.

    Reality: orca gently nudges boat.
    News: Orca rams boat!!!

  17. just imagine what a powerful weapon for tracking Subs these orcas could be. They blend perfectly in the ocean, no Sub captain will question why they Sub keeps passing orcas. They need no power, feed themselves and once trained could follow a sub for thousands of miles out of anger lol You wait one day my theory will be spot on like everything else..just gotta wait 60 years to find it out. lol

  18. Sci-fi..Imagine the bizarre truth why Orcas could be a secret weapon for tracking ships.. Whos to say these orcas haven't been altered to hate certain sounds that a sub makes? How you could plant a tracking device in their tail or somewhere and never have to need power or knowledge given to them to track a Sub. ๐Ÿ™‚ crazy? i feel like this is total possible and some of them confuse boats for subs lol

  19. Nature fights back!

  20. The ocean has gotten too noisy and the animals are fighting back.

  21. Have we tried communicating with them? May I suggest something from Duran Duran or Tears For Fears.

  22. These whales gonna get harpooned

  23. Quick question, just wondering, these boats the whales are attracted to, they wouldn't happen to be painted black and white would they?

  24. Orca 1: Hmm, a little thic but I lik'em like dat, c'mere baby
    Humans: Hey, stop banging my boat.
    Orca 2: I'm next y'all

  25. You do know that all they were doing was scratching themselves right? I think you are all overreacting quite a bit here.

  26. M-80s carry them in boats and cars.

  27. He just had an itch, no big deal. Wasn't ramming anything. If he was, you'd know it.

  28. Deborah is in denial. Maybe Natures sick of human abuse and will be starting to fight back. The weather is definitely in a destructive down spiral. We are in trouble as a species and it's only just begun.

  29. So they go from eating white shark livers to ramming boats? Awesome

  30. It was an Orca that crashed into the Titan Mini Sub in the Atlantic,
    blowing out both ends….๐Ÿ‹

  31. Iโ€™m Team Orca!

  32. Looked like the whale was scatching its nose.

  33. We install orca scratchers off the coast. Problem solved.

  34. He looked more like he was scratching his head….

  35. "Boat Race Interupts Orcas" is a more suitable title.

  36. What a dangerous situation. Thank God those people and the orcas are safe.

  37. This pod of Orcaโ€™s are scratching their backs, they are not attacking. If you donโ€™t want to experience this than PLEASE do not sail off of the coasts of Spain this summer- Pods are large but they do move over time.

  38. ** YOU WHALE, AND ** YOU DOLPHIN!!!!

  39. Beautiful animals โค๏ธ

  40. They're saying get off of my lawn you filthy animals.