Buy them some doobies...
The Orcas that are attacking boats and ships are just bored teens, so sayeth the scientists
This morning, I was sipping my coffee, listening to some music, and browsing the main page of the WaPo and this article made me more than chuckle.
Orcas aren’t attacking boats — they’re just playful teens, scientists say
Yeah, that tracks. Why the hell can’t they just go goth, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee all night? I mean they are already cloaked in black with white accents, so they are a natural fit.
From the article:
In most cases, the scientists found, the orcas approaching the vessels come from a group of about 15, mostly juvenile, whales. They typically approach slowly, almost as if to just bump the rudders with their noses and heads. But even young orcas average between 9 and 14 feet long, so the rudders would often get damaged or destroyed when the whales touched them, said Alex Zerbini, who chairs the scientific committee at the International Whaling Commission, a global body focused on whale conservation.
“There’s nothing in the behavior of the animals that suggests that they’re being aggressive,” said Zerbini, who is also part of the working group. “As they play with the rudder, they don’t understand that they can damage the rudder and that damaging the rudder will affect human beings. It’s more playful than intentional.”
Have they thought about cannabis? I mean that was all the rage when I was an angsty teen.
I mean, you need to give them something to do, or they might end up on the moon…
Sorry, this just caught my fancy this AM, and I had to share a quickie.
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