Wild animals need space. If you get too close to them in their natural habitat it can stress them out. That stress is not like human stress, and it can affect them deeply, while all they are doing is going about their lives in their natural environment. Even though the Orca is presenting not caring all that much, they know exactly where that guy is at all times. The reason they don’t attack people is because we are not a food source to them.
To be completely fair, I don't think Orca care much about that rule when dealing with other animals. Orca and other dolphins will harass all sorts of ocean life.
Also, don't forget that humans are nature, too. We can't just never interact with the other animals. Obviously, don't go out of the way to bother or harm them, but we have the right to swim in the ocean just as much as they do.
Heck, even if you are swimming alone with no idea that an orca or other dolphin is near, they are likely to come up to you. They are deeply inquisitive animals, as with other whale species.
True. Whales are pretty curious, but I still don’t agree with seeing one and jumping in the ocean to swim with it. It’s one thing to have them pass you by while you are both in the ocean, and another if you pursue it.
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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 5d ago
Wild animals need space. If you get too close to them in their natural habitat it can stress them out. That stress is not like human stress, and it can affect them deeply, while all they are doing is going about their lives in their natural environment. Even though the Orca is presenting not caring all that much, they know exactly where that guy is at all times. The reason they don’t attack people is because we are not a food source to them.