Went to a slide show last night, and the speaker mentioned something about an orca attack on a human. Can anyone offer additional information? Brad Crain Bradford R. Crain Dept. of Mathematical Sciences Portland State Univ. 724 SW Harrison St. 334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or. 97201 e-mail: brad_at_mth.pdx.edu phone: 503.725.3127 fax: 503.725.3661 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
AFAIK, there has never been a documented case of an orca in the wild attacking a human. Don't know about captive orcas. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: BRAD [mailto:BRAD_at_mth.pdx.edu] > > Went to a slide show last night, and the speaker mentioned > something about an orca attack on a human. Can anyone > offer additional information? > Brad Crain *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 02:38 PM 7/27/00 -0800, you wrote: >AFAIK, there has never been a documented case of an orca in the wild >attacking a human. Don't know about captive orcas. Yeah, that's because Orcas are smart enough to know when they can attack and not get caught. :) Proof of a higher intelligence, IMO. Kevin Kevin Whilden Your Planet Earth http://www.yourplanetearth.org (206) 788-0281 (ph) (206) 788-0284 (f) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: "BRAD" <BRAD_at_mth.pdx.edu> > > Went to a slide show last night, and the speaker mentioned > something about an orca attack on a human. Can anyone > offer additional information? > Brad Crain This isn't much information to go on. I think I saw something about a performer at a SeaWorld show in an "incident' with an orca but that was a long time ago, I don't remember details, and maybe this orca had claustrophobia? :-) Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
It's been a while, but there was a new age nut who wanted to go swimming with the Orcas a long time ago. He tried slipping into the one in Canada ( I believe Vancouver??) but was caught and thrown out. He then went down to Sea World where he stayed after visiting hours were over. An orca had been isolated due to aggressive behavorial problems,'s but our swimmer did not know that. He was found the next morning dead with an extremely agitated orca. That's what I was told. -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Fenton [SMTP:jackie_at_intelenet.net] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 5:16 PM To: Paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] when orcas attack > From: "BRAD" <BRAD_at_mth.pdx.edu> > > Went to a slide show last night, and the speaker mentioned > something about an orca attack on a human. Can anyone > offer additional information? > Brad Crain This isn't much information to go on. I think I saw something about a performer at a SeaWorld show in an "incident' with an orca but that was a long time ago, I don't remember details, and maybe this orca had claustrophobia? :-) Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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