However, a BBC report a few days ago began to break this record. In the summer of 2020, a group of killer whales attacked sailboats off the coast of Spain and Portugal, smashed the rudder and bit the drowning articles, but zoologists looked puzzled and didn't know what happened!
A killer whale under a pseudonym
Black whales and dolphins are very similar in appearance, if their size is ignored! Like dolphins, it belongs to the family Dolphinidae, but it is the largest species, with a maximum weight of 14 ton!
Black whales have a very high IQ. They are one of the three marine animals that have passed the mirror test. Mirrors test animals' self-awareness ability. The testing process is very simple. For human beings, it is a piece of cake to see whether animals can distinguish their own image in the mirror, but animals have such self-awareness, which shows that their IQ has reached a very high level! The other two kinds of marine life are lip fish and bottlenose dolphin!
Wild black whales rarely attack humans because humans are not within their normal prey range. For example, resident killer whales almost only eat fish, while some races only eat seals. Migratory killer whales prey on other marine mammals, such as seals, sea lions, walruses, seals, and even sharks and other cetaceans.
In addition, there is a theory that killer whales prefer to prey on prey with high fat content, but they don't like human "ribs". In fact, this is still far-fetched. How do we know if this killer whale hasn't eaten? There is also a theory that killer whales can read human body language, and communication between high IQs does not need to be hunted to communicate. Of course, this is even more ridiculous.
However, there are more than 20 records in the aquarium. Zoologists have something to say. They think that imprisoning this highly intelligent mammal will undoubtedly keep humans in zoos. Without company, there is no vast world. They will perform for the audience every day for food. If they were not crazy, there would be records of killer whales and dolphins committing suicide in the aquarium! Have you ever heard of animal suicide?
I don't know how much reflection this high IQ animal's behavior will leave for human beings!
Why did killer whales, who never kill people, start attacking humans?
David smith used to be a frequent visitor in the fierce sailing competition, but he withdrew from this dangerous and exciting competition on 20 13. Since then, he has been doing a job of delivering new ships to customers and sailing the sailboats directly to the delivery places, mainly the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean near the Strait of Gibraltar. In short, he still plays sailing, and every time he is a new boat!
David Smith
This summer, when david smith delivered a catamaran about 13.7 meters long, it met a group of killer whales. David didn't take them seriously, but after walking with them for two hours, whales suddenly began to attack their sailboats, and their horns were so strong that they could knock the rudder around!
But David soon realized that the killer whale just hit the weakest rudder of the sailboat, and the sailboat would turn with the gentle waves, because the bottom of the sailboat was smooth and there was no place for the killer whale to bite!
The black whale still hasn't damaged the rudder, which is David's biggest worry, because this place is beyond the range of ocean radio calls, and sailing boats without rudder can do nothing but find tugboats! Finally, they almost reached their destination!
However, in the summer of 2020, there were more than 40 such incidents. The first report was made in July, and the latest report was made at the end of 10. Many sailboats are not so lucky and hit the rudder. Finally, a group of killer whales bit the rudder and smashed it directly. It seems that there is no mortal enemy with it!
Why do killer whales attack sailboats?
Ruth esteban of Madeira Whale Museum began to think that killer whales were just curious about these new things, and they used their communication methods in the process of approaching sailboats, which led to misunderstanding and thought that they were attacking humans!
Ruth esteban
Biologist Dr. Renault de Stephanis said that the situation may not be so simple. Reno has studied this group of killer whales near the Strait of Gibraltar for 20 years, but recently he found that one of the killer whales named "Gladys White" was seriously injured in the head, which seems to be caused by a sharp propeller rotating rapidly!
Biologist Dr. Reno de Stephanie
Therefore, Renault guessed that the killer whale group, which is closely related to the family, was taking revenge for "gladys White", so they would attack all the ships they thought possible, and in the knowledge of killer whales, the very conspicuous rudder became the target of the attack! Their IQ can't tell whether the propeller is the culprit, or whether attacking the rotating propeller will hurt themselves, and the rudder is even more important than the propeller in the whole ship!
Because the motorboat can still reach its destination without propeller, and without rudder, there is no other way but to spin in the ocean! If it is the latter, it means that the IQ of killer whales is horribly high!
The wounded killer whale: gladys White.
Of course, all Dr. Reynolds' conclusions are still speculation. If they come true, the relationship between humans and killer whales will become very tense in the future. In fact, isn't that how the initial war between human races began?