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Wild orcas will sometimes offer food to humans

Andrew Paul

created: July 1, 2025, 7:17 p.m. | updated: July 11, 2025, 7:22 p.m.

Orcas (Orcinus orca) don’t appear to be big fans of yachts, but some of them may be curious about humans themselves. In total, 11 instances involved orcas approaching humans swimming in water, 21 cases occurred while people were on boats, and another two examples were recorded from shore. (A) A juvenile killer whale NZ155 (Fossey) offers a piece of eagle ray liver to Ingrid N. Visser underwater in the Western South Pacific. (B) A killer whale offers a whole mobula ray to Leonardo González on a boat in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In each event, the orcas must have approached humans of their own volition, then dropped an item in front of them.

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