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Originally Posted by RWebb
there are certainly records of them trying to do harm to humans
'legends' or oral histories of the Inuit, then of Euro- mariers
written records date from expeditions in the early 1900s
small boats have been destroyed - not whale boats but recently - maybe they got too close to the kids
a surfer got bit in the 1960s or 70s - maybe he looked like a seal
Orcas are highly intelligent - more than humans by some criteria, but don't expect all Orcas to welcome you as a friend or be your pet
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True, dat - I think we could more accurately state that there is no record of
unprovoked attacks on us humans. The times I went out in sea kayaks, with guides, they always very clearly emphasized how big they were (big bulls can go 12,000 pounds), and that they might just "defend" themselves or their small calves if we got close enough to be perceived as a "threat".
That said, I have actually laid my hands on wild orcas, who really didn't seem to care. But, yes, they had plenty of stories of kayaks being flipped. What is notable, though, is that once its poor former occupant was in the water, nothing else happened. They never "attack", apparently, once they have made their point.