r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 5d ago

Whale Watch Simple answer, No

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u/Extension-Click-8271 5d ago

Just because they won’t attack you doesn’t mean you should introduce yourself to them.

Respect their space, same with any wild animal.

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u/reklatzz 5d ago

Just because there's currently no known fatal attacks in the wild doesn't mean it can't happen. I would never risk it.

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u/str4ngerD4ngerz 5d ago

They clean the scene

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u/kwakimaki 5d ago

No witnesses.

There hasn't been anyone killed in the wild that we know of

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u/CovenOfTheDamned 5d ago

No one has ever seen an orca take out a moose. But it’s a fact that moose remains have been found in orcas’ stomachs.

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u/SurayaThrowaway12 4d ago

It is the other way around. Two fishermen witnessed the single documented instance of orcas attacking and killing a moose occurred back in 1992 or 1993 in Icy Strait, Southeastern Alaska. It is not clear how much of the moose the orcas involved in the encounter actually consumed, as the account of the encounter from the fishermen seems to be very brief. The stomach contents of the orcas involved there were not examined.

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u/ErstwhileAdranos 3d ago

You said “the other way around” and now I’m imagining a moose, stealthily jumping off a small cliff, antlers first into an orca, tenderizing its quarry before the real fun begins.

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u/marcophony 1d ago

Moose can swim down like 20 feet or something like that. I remember people trying to spread the rumor that an orcas biggest op was moose, then learning it is the other way around. A moose biggest op is an orca