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Orcas are also called killer whales 

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 and the name does not come from anywhere.  

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The black and white marine mammals are excellent hunters and not at all squeamish. 

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They are also very intelligent.

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This orca in France, for example, can imitate human sounds. 

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Captivity is not good for them, since they are very social and curious animals.

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It is therefore not unusual 
for groups of orcas to approach humans. 

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But it is a new phenomenon 
that they are attacking boats.

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22 Orca attacks have been documented since August 

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between Galicia in northern Spain 
and the Strait of Gibraltar. 

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Orcas have rammed and damaged sailboats. 

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Other boats even had to be towed away

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because the rudder was destroyed by the animals. 

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[Sailor] Willy, you son of a bitch!

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Science was baffled by the incidents

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but now some researchers suspect that one orca trio is mainly responsible for the attacks.

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Some months ago 
there might have been an incident with a boat

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where at least two of the three were injured. 

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The smart marine mammals
may have remembered this 

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and who knows,  

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maybe they are taking revenge now.

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Or maybe it is revenge for their congeners,

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who have been kept in captivity for a long time.

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For example in the SeaWorld parks in the USA.  

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Orca shows there 
have been partially discontinued since 2015

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and shall soon be a thing of the past.