{"id":84961,"date":"2026-07-29T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84961"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:01:16","slug":"killer-whales-sink-another-boat-off-the-coast-of-spain-why-are-they-still-doing-this-after-6-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/killer-whales-sink-another-boat-off-the-coast-of-spain-why-are-they-still-doing-this-after-6-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Whales Sink Another Boat Off The Coast Of Spain \u2014 Why Are They Still Doing This After 6 Years?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Live Science:<\/em><\/p>\n

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A pod of\u00a0killer whales<\/u><\/a>\u00a0has sunk another yacht off northwestern Spain, reinforcing a bizarre pattern of vessel encounters that has stretched on for more than six years along the Iberian coast.<\/p>\n

In the incident, reported Friday (July 24), the whales destroyed the rudder of a 46-foot-long (14 meters) Swedish-flagged yacht off Galicia in northwestern Spain, forcing the two people aboard to send a mayday call. A Spanish coastguard vessel towed them to safety, Spain-based news outlet\u00a0Sur in English reported<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 The incident came after several other encounters in the same waters earlier that week, including one in which a pleasure craft called the Idem sank near Estaca de Bares, the northernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula. The ship sank after the killer whales, also known as orcas (Orcinus orca<\/em>),\u00a0destroyed its rudder<\/u><\/a>. Both occupants were rescued.<\/p>\n