Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.

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    A half stick of dynamite or a few M80s would drive them off. However customs could be difficult with explosives on board.

    Personally I think a about 110volts at 2200ohms should do the trick, just put a few electrodes in the water near your rudder and turn up the juice. Should be pretty easy to conceal from customs. Blackfish will learn quick to avoid the zappy boat…

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        Perhaps but if they endanger the safety of a vessel with people aboard then it’s time to light off some explosives or fill the water with electricity.

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          This is exactly why they’re attacking. Humans fucking up their environment.

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            LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode.

            Please tell me more!

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              LMAO you think Orcas have some kind of environmental vendetta against humans like some Captain Planet episode

              …Well, kind of yes.

              One biologist theorized that the attacks originated with a female orca, known as White Gladis, who may have been harmed by a boat. As the theory goes, White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior.

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                White Gladis began to act defensively around seagoing vessels, and other orcas picked up the behavior

                So not at all related to the environment?

                I know that these orcas have somehow been personified for some people online as nature’s divine wrath, but that’s literally not what they are.

                They’re just animals being animals.

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                It sounds like if we eliminated or deterred the Orcas who are exhibiting this behavior it would stop others from learning it. No?

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              No go on, you’re in the thread about Orcas turning on people, give us your theory you gun-totin rootin-tootin hard man.

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                I’m not a marine biologist, I don’t have a theory on Orca aggression.

                I just know what would keep them from damaging a boat and would most likely deter them from attacking again in the future. High voltage and underwater explosions are pretty well understood by all creatures.

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                  So you know nothing about orcas but you definitely know what would deter them in the future. Got it.

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                    I mean logic dictates that a half stick of dynamite or 2000 Volts of electricity going off in their face would deter most if not all terrestrial creatures that we know of.