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A story of an attack I had surely never heard of before.
In 1972, this man and his family were attacked by a pod of killer whales (he explains it as "mom, dad and baby in between"), which completely sank their 45-foot schooner.
The big bull was injured in the attack ("his head was split open" - paraphrased), and Douglas here thinks they mistook the boat for a whale they wanted to kill and eat.
Still, before the recent attacks in Gibraltar, I had never heard of killer whales sinking boats before, yet more stories keep coming of attacks in the wild.
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Brend Schuil's follow up on the video he posted as part of Team JAJO's encounter with Orcas during the 2023 Ocean Race.
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What would Y/N do is Orca!Eclipse was having a panic attack?
He would try to hide from your sights and deal with it on his own, panicking and struggling with the squeezing pressure in his chest that makes him wonder if his heart will simply stop and he will float belly up, dead. He can't be seen as weak. That's not attractive. That's not going to make you stay. But you would find him anyway.
You're bewildered and alarmed watching the orca siren flounder as if he were under attack, but he couldn't be. He's the apex predator of the Arctic. You finally beckon and perhaps even touch him when he thrashes beside the ice. Your gloves slide down his slick skin but you take him by the face and hold him still, speaking softly to him. You don't know what's wrong. You only know his eyes are wide and wild, darting everywhere but you.
Softly, calmly, you tell him everything is alright. He's safe. He's going to be okay. You're here. You don't want him to be scared or hurt or alone. His breaths are off-tempo and hitched like he's drowning above the sea. Your thumbs softly stroke his cheek while he slowly clings to you, his claws pressing so tight to your coat that you're afraid he's going to puncture the fabric. Instead, he slowly drags himself onto land and pulls you against his wet chest. This time, you don't fear it so much.
He curls tightly around you, clinging to you like a child. Even stranger, he's silent. He's so terribly quiet and you fear that he's gone into shock or something of that nature. You keep talking to him, telling him things about photography and other places you visit, anything to keep him grounded with your voice. You don't think you make any sense or you sound boring, but when you pause for a few seconds too long, his arms begin squeezing you. You continue, and he gradually uncoils from whatever is gripping him.
You ask if he wants to talk about it. He says no. He just wants to hold you. He begs you to stay, to not leave him. He doesn't want to be alone again.
So you stay with him in his arms until he's almost back to old himself.
#y/n would later connect the dots that he was having a panic attack#but in the moment it was just so unlike him and they didn't consider that sirens would be capable of suffer things like panic attacks#so when they see him again they're a bit more determined to ask him about it what it felt like what triggers it etc.#that way next time they're a bit more prepared#also eclipse has no idea what's going on just that he's SufferingTM and so hearing Y/N explain that it's a real thing makes him feel#a tiny bit better and less insane#panic attack#apex polarity#orca!eclipse
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#'i want to prosecute an orca' 'sure simon have fun'#'mr edgeworth prosecutor blackwell joined the defense while also being a witness' 'he can do whatever he wants'#'im bringing my bird into the courtroom' 'of course you are make sure you attack pheonix with it'#ace attorney
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#jk rowling#orca attacks#killer whale#sink the rich#fuck them yachts#terfs#billionares shouldnt exist#eat the rich#tax the billionaires#the internet is undefeated#orcas#orcaposting#orca whale#orca pod#gladis the orca#white gladis#gladis the killer whale#blackfish
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“Morning attack”
“An orca attacks two seals in the morning on the beach.”
© HJ Yang
2023 Nature Conservancy photo contest
#hj yang#photographer#nature conservancy photo contest#morning attack#orca#animal#mammal#wildlife#seals#morning#nature
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Five critically endangered northern right whales dead from boat strikes and netting entanglements, and representatives are introducing a bill to Congress to… ban aquarium belugas from breeding.
#ban baby belugas 2k24#and orcas and… pilot whales and false killer whales?#which aren’t even bred!?#species are going extinct before our eyes but sure let’s attack the organizations actually doing real conservation work#this is the swims act again… it was shot down in 2022 and they’re trying to bring it back#gonna monitor this and draft some letters if necessary#swims act#northern right whale#belugas#whales#conservation
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Prompt:
Merfolk Edition!
Jason Todd is an Orca!mer who drowned when the Joker tied him up at the bottom of the ocean.
Tim Drake, an octopus!mer, stole his place in Bruce’s pod only a short few lunar cycles after.
Jason is going to make him pay.
aka. The Titans Tower Au but instead of just beating him up Tim is in serious danger of getting eaten.
#orcas hunt octopus#this is very bad for Tim#but in my head Jason’s brain quickly goes from ‘dinner’ to ‘baby’#and henceforth you can see a huge orca mer swimming around with an octo!mer clinging to his belly or dorsal fi#bruce gets several heart attacks when he first sees this#and is very sure he’s gonna find Tim’s throat ripped out#Jason is straight up snarling at any one trying to come close to his new baby#it’s a wild couple days#jason todd#batfamily#dick grayson#Tim drake#merfolk#mermaid Au#merpeople#bruce wayne#batfam#robin#red hood#prompts
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Yasakw Yakgujanaas Designs goes hard
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I'm not a mystery y'know.. I literally never shut up.. it's really not that hard to figure out what I like
#attack on titan#stardew valley#spiderman#marvel#one piece#five nights at freddys#orcas#sharks#adventure time#this is slander to that one person in my family who never gives me gifts because#“they don't know what I like”#bro stfu
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Artfight Attacks!
Finally an end to my Artfight, I've come to post all the drawings I've made throughout it! Character: Cmyki by kate_pl_UwU
Character: Velvetstorm by Velvetstorm
Character: ??? by Pathea
Character: Deathseer by EdenTheBirb
Character: Blocks by lostlibrary
Character: Dwarf by Velvetstorm
Characters: Triturus by merrygoround | ☼-Salmon by Streberriez | Farrago by Lampz | Marine by Thebluefish | Trench * by JewelDragon73 | Utsuri by Ele-Drawz | Costa Rica by Kopi_is_loose | Bandit ~ Sona by Vexiziann | Seastar ❒ by evrenthedragon | Karma by Oswaldepic | Tallulah by Spotch | Thistle by NuancefulPride
Character: cLover by HungryPistachio
Character: Molten Lavair by MoltenLavair
Character: Zeph by thepyrokitty
Character: Prism by SpaceDino
Character: Felicity by Velvetstorm
Characters: Xanny ⭐️ by Lampz | Sugarpop by merrygoround
Character: Keeko by Bootyqueen
Character: Spot by WaywardSkeleton
Artfight this year was really fun! I enjoyed attacking all these people and the process of the art. Can't wait for next year!
#digital art#artists on tumblr#artwork#drawing#wof art#oc art#wings of fire art#wings of fire oc#wof oc#wings of fire#nightwing#seawing#wof hybrid#orca#orca whale#cetacean#orcas#marine mammals#cats#cat#rainwing#artfight2024#artfight#team seafoam#artfight seafoam#artfight team seafoam#artfight attack#fish#hyena#vaporwave
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cookiecutter sharks took down nuclear submarines during the cold war!! they'd bite off chunks of the rubber around sonar domes and cause the oil to leak, blinding submarines and forcing them back for repairs. the americans thought it was some kind of secret soviet technology but actually, it was these little cat-sized, glow in the dark bitches that will bite anything that moves.
medium | business insider
photos: noaa observer project
#cookiecutter sharks attacking submarines walked so white gladis the orca sinking yachts could run#aquatic#earthposting#facts!#fish#sharks#cookiecutter shark#fishblr#marine biology#marine life#marine animals#sea creatures#sea animals#sea life#biology#zoolog#ichthyology#history#the cold war#earth fact no. 25
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When they ofer you a free massage 💆♀️💆♂️💆♀️💆♂️
#horror of seaworld’s most violent orca kandu 5 who attacked five trainers – snapping one’s neck & trying to drown second#world’s most savage killer whale attacks as 4ton orcas try to drown trainers#animals#amazing#weird#strange#video#lol#omg#hilarious#laugh#my video#funny
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