Swordfish dolphins sank a 15-meter-long yacht within the Strait of Gibraltar over the weekend, MTI studies primarily based on Spanish media studies. On Sunday morning, the two-man crew on board the Alborán Cognac heard boring thuds coming from the hull and seen that the rudder was broken.
In accordance with the Spanish every day El País, when the water broke into the ship, they requested for assist. A rescue helicopter from Spain was dispatched to the scene, and a close-by tanker was additionally notified to assist the shipwrecked yacht. An hour after the emergency name, the yacht’s crew was picked up by the tanker, however the yacht may not be saved and shortly sank.
Since Might 2020, there have been greater than 500 assaults by killer whales on ships close to the Iberian Peninsula and the Strait of Gibraltar, and 7 of them, together with the present one, have sunk.
Scientists haven’t but discovered a proof for why aquatic mammals do that, however as an alternative of “assault” they use the phrase “interplay”. It’s because they suppose they could have simply needed to play, however it’s also doable that they fell for the yacht due to a destructive expertise that they had with one other boat.
In accordance with the scientists, the killer whales might have belonged to the group of 37 specimens that dwell within the space north of the Iberian Peninsula and south of the Strait of Gibraltar.
