Killer whale rams sailboat off the coast of Spain

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This morning, the jaw dropping moments. A pod of orcas attacking a sailboat off the coast of Spain
for a terrifying eight minutes straight. Watch as this one almost comes to the surface,
then you hear the sound of it ramming the boat. Part of the sailboat's rudder torn away,
those on board stunned. We saw the orcas and I'm like, oh my god, I immediately put my phone out,
start recording what's going on and then at that point they start attacking and I'm just like,
like in shock, like what's going on, like what's happening? Gage Butler was on the sailboat moving
it between marinas, the killer whales honing in on their boat when they were a few miles from
the coast. There were four. I know at least like two of them were like attacking the rudder
at the same time or like, you know, one would go and like the other would follow right behind.
After checking for leaks and making sure they could steer with the partial rudder,
they were able to make it back to shore safely. Nobody was hurt. We've seen encounters like this
one since 2020. Experts don't believe the killer whales are purposefully trying to sink ships.
They really seem focused on the rudders and probably the interactive element of the boat,
you know, especially when people are trying to maintain steering. It becomes, you know,
a little bit more like a game of tug of war or something like that. And so from the whales
perspective, it seems like a form of play. And she also makes the point that there has
never been a documented case of a wild killer whale killing a human.
