• wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since...
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  • Beginning in 2020, a subpopulation of orcas (Orcinus orca) began ramming boats and attacking their rudders in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. The behaviour...
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    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in...
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    where trainers kept him for protection. While orca attacks on humans in the wild are rare, and no fatal attacks have been recorded, as of 2024 four humans...
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  • Orca (also known as Orca: The Killer Whale) is a 1977 American horror thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring...
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    Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular...
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    to work with captive orcas, which have been responsible for numerous attacks on humans—some fatal. Attacks on humans by wild orcas are rare, and no fatal...
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  • Port and Starboard are a pair of adult male orcas notable for preying on great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. The duo are identified as having...
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    Dawn Brancheau (category Deaths due to orca attacks)
    revamping the Shamu show, and was SeaWorld's poster girl. She was killed by an orca, Tilikum, who was also involved in the deaths of Keltie Byrne and Daniel...
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  • Death of Alexis Martínez (category Deaths due to orca attacks)
    the victim of a fatal attack by an orca (killer whale). He was killed by a SeaWorld-owned orca, Keto, held at Loro Parque's Orca Ocean in the Canary Islands...
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