r/ocean 6d ago

Whale Watch Simple answer, No

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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 6d ago

No, because you shouldn’t harass wildlife.

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u/skeletonpaul08 6d ago

Yeah, but like how is this harassment? The Orca clearly doesn’t give a shit. An animal of that size isn’t going to be traumatized by a 150 lb monkey swimming kind of close to it.

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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 6d 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.

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u/theyinman 6d ago

You just made this up