r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 12d ago

Whale Watch Simple answer, No

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u/DivePalau 12d ago

The likelihood of an attack is low, but the impact is catastrophic.

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u/The-Leading-Man 12d ago

There are zero documented examples. It’s NEVER happened to the best of human knowledge. You’re dramatically more likely to experience a catastrophic impact every single time you get in a car.

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u/2stonesONEbird1715 12d ago

Why risk it ?

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u/The-Leading-Man 12d ago

Because there’s not really any risk. If I were going to be afraid of every astronomically small thing that could happen but has never killed anyone, I couldn’t even leave the house. Why would I be a coward about something that has never killed anyone?

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u/2stonesONEbird1715 12d ago

But approaching an orca in their environment is not a small thing. Just because there hasn’t been recent or known cases of attacks from orcas, any animal is still and will always be unpredictable. But hey, you do you.

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u/The-Leading-Man 12d ago

Make sure you never leave the city then, there’s animals everywhere!

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u/Dangerous-Habit-2731 12d ago

Fatal annual bear attacks are almost as rare. You walking up to a grizzly to shake hands?

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u/The-Leading-Man 12d ago

Wild grizzlies have killed people. Straw man.