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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists may finally have answer to why killer whales keep attacking boats near Gibraltar

AP

Orcas ramming onto boats and sinking them in the Strait of Gibraltar may just be teenage killer whales playing around and following a behavioural trend, a marine biologist says.

Since May 2020 researchers have documented nearly 700 incidents of killer whales ramming into boats near the Iberian Peninsula.

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