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  • GRAZIE MAMMA

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 7 20:00:59 2023
    Monohull Length / Beam 13 / 4 m

    A pod of orcas have sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

    For 45 minutes, the crew of the Grazie Mamma II felt like they were
    under attack from below. A pod of orcas had zeroed in on the yacht's
    steering fin as it made its way through the Strait of Gibraltar last
    week, and rammed it repeatedly, "causing major damage and leakage,"
    according to the company that operated the boat.

    Rescuers were able to save the crew and return them safely to port in Tanger-Med on the coast of Morocco. Their vessel, though, sank into
    the sea.

    https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1211269495/orca-boat-yacht-attack-spain-morocco

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Nov 8 15:02:35 2023
    On 2023-11-08, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Monohull Length / Beam 13 / 4 m

    A pod of orcas have sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Rescuers were able to save the crew and return them safely to port in Tanger-Med on the coast of Morocco. Their vessel, though, sank into
    the sea.

    They can be glad the rescue ship wasn't then rammed too. Imagine being
    cast into the sea, climbing into your inflatable raft, only to find the
    Orcas now aiming for the raft.

    Interesting. Just wait til the Orcas get drone technology. Or teach the
    bears what they know. Or team up with wolves. Or build their first
    laser. I maintain COVID-19 was developed in an Arctic biomedical
    laboratory built and managed by polar bears who are TIRED OF THIS
    HAIRLESS PINK APE BULLSHIT.

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