Citation

Esteban R, López A, de los Rios G, Ferreira M, Martinho F, Méndez-Fernandeza P, Andréu E, García-Gómez JC, Olaya-Ponzone L, Espada-Ruiz R, Gil-Vera FJ, Bernal CM, Garcia-Bellido Capdevila E, Sequeira M, Martínez-Cedeira JA. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 2022; 38(4): 1699-1709.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Society for Marine Mammalogy)

DOI

10.1111/mms.12947

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

[Publisher abstract unavailable]

Reuters story from press release (first two paragraphs):

Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.

In the early hours of Thursday, a group of orcas broke the rudder and pierced the hull after ramming into the Mustique on its way to Gibraltar, prompting its crew of four to contact Spanish authorities for help, a spokesman for the maritime rescue service said.

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