La vérité sur les attaques d'orques à Gibraltar

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Les "attaques" d'orques à Gibraltar sont en recrudescence depuis 2020, c'est un fait. Un sujet qui enflamme la presse et certains médias qui n'hésitent pas à s'emparer du sensationnalisme de cette actualité pour en faire des gros titres. Qu'en est il vraiment ? Peut-on parler d'attaques ? Qui sont ces orques du Détroit de Gibraltar ? Quel mode opératoire et quel motivation pour ces cétacés d'entrer en interaction avec des bateaux ?  Dans cette vidéo, j'ai tout repris de zéro pour tente d'apporter du concret scientifique et un maximum de contexte sur cette affaire insolite. _   • ABONNE TOI à la BOITE À CURIOSITÉS   @laboiteacuriosites     • N'hésitez pas à me laisser un petit pouce bleu et un commentaire, ça fait toujours plaisir de vous lire et de vous répondre !    • Pour ceux qui souhaitent soutenir la chaine, par ici :   https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/projects/laboiteacuriosites https://fr.tipeee.com/la-boite-a-curiosites   • Retrouvez moi sur mes curieux réseaux sociaux :  →  TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@laboiteacuriosites →. Twitter https://twitter.com/curiosiboite →  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laboiteacuriosites    • Recherches / Écriture / Présentation / tournage/ montage : Marie Treibert  ☀️ • Pour toutes démarches professionnelles ou collaborations : marie@laboiteacuriosites.fr  __   Sources :   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zq8gpSsNZJg-71v_AOE29qXEYWaspFDbmNCtLG6bySU/edit  #biodiversité #orques #animal

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00:00 These last few weeks, it's been difficult to ignore the subject of the vengeful orcs of the Gibraltar's Détroit

00:05 Difficult to ignore this, this, this, this or this

00:09 These last few weeks, the orc attacks are completely unleashing the passions

00:13 And the people, all of it, fed by a press that benefits from a factual subject

00:18 But that is actually only treated superficially

00:20 Putting the image of the orcs and polar bears, Orcinus orca, out of the picture

00:24 A species whose sub-population, which lives in the Gibraltar's Détroit, is today classified as critically endangered

00:31 Today, it seemed absolutely necessary to talk to you about this story

00:34 And about what I was able to discover as information, by conducting my little investigation

00:38 Basically, in the press, the story told is as follows

00:41 A traumatized orc by an accident with a boat in the past, named Gladys the White

00:46 Would have taught her descendants to attack ships to take revenge, and sometimes make them sink

00:51 Often, few scientific elements are highlighted, or those that are mentioned are selective

00:56 To serve this purpose and favor a climate of anxiety and fear

01:00 A sensational, terrifying, very putaclic story too

01:05 Which can make you think of the teeth of the sea, or even better, of the 80's dwarves called Orca

01:10 Which depicts the story of an orc male who takes revenge after a fishing boat killed his female and her baby

01:14 So with the orcs, it's either all black or all white

01:17 Either they are depicted as super-friends, too smart, too nice, extraordinary

01:22 Either they are killing whales, like their English name "Killer Whales"

01:25 Able to kill healers in their pool, intelligent, calculating

01:30 But in both cases, these images are always treated by the anthropomorphic prism

01:34 It's the human being who pays attention and a character to these animals

01:38 Like a lot of animals actually

01:39 To get more information about this, I based myself on a report published in 2021

01:44 And on a study published in June 2022, coordinated by several scientists, marine biologists and cetologists

01:50 In this video, we will completely ignore the term "attack" which is unjustified and we will see why

01:56 But we will talk about interactions

01:58 Since 2020, an increase in interactions between orcs living in the waters of the Iberian Peninsula and ships has been observed

02:06 The operating modes are similar, each time the orcs are interested in the governor, they make him turn and strike

02:11 And can also hit the boat's hull

02:14 All without apparent motivation

02:16 Interactions that sometimes cause significant damage to ships, since some even went so far as to sink

02:21 Scientists therefore took an interest in this case to try to better understand what would promote these interactions

02:26 What were the orcs involved, the places where it happened, to collect data and issue hypotheses

02:32 And thus be able to accompany the sailors by bringing them safety instructions to apply in case of contact with orcs

02:39 So let's now focus on our little orc-esque investigation

02:43 Orc-esque

02:45 First, we will start with the place and dates of these interactions

02:48 In May 2020, a first interaction was reported by a boat in the Gibraltar district

02:53 It is a strategic geographic point for orcs since it is located in a rich area in tuna

02:58 Various interactions were then reported in July 2020

03:02 Orcs going up from the Gibraltar district to the Portuguese coast to arrive in mid-August in northern Spain

03:09 For scientists, one thing is clear, the rapid increase of these interactions and their geographic dispersion is an absolutely unprecedented situation

03:17 We will continue to advance our investigation and we will focus on the victims

03:20 What types of boats are involved in these interactions?

03:24 The targeted boats are mostly sailors, catamarans, but we also count some rigid-hulled pneumatic boats, motor boats or fishing boats

03:32 Two elements also vary, the types of governments, often the object of curiosity and destruction of orcs in the moments of interaction

03:39 Then we will focus on the accused, what are the orcs involved in these interactions?

03:44 Are they the same individuals every time or not? How does it work?

03:47 Thanks to the photos and videos taken by the people present on the boats during the interactions with the orcs

03:52 to the testimonies and photo identification, it was possible to create an identity sheet for each individual

03:58 A photo record based on white spots, marks and scars on the orcs' bodies was created

04:03 Each orc received a small basic first name, Gladys, followed by a name that allows them to be identified individually

04:10 So we have Gladys Blanca, Gladys Negra, etc.

04:13 In total, scientists have listed 15 Gladys between May 2020 and April 2023

04:19 The orcs who were the most involved in the interactions with boats in 2020 were 3

04:24 Gladys Negra, a juvenile, Gladys Gray, a juvenile too, and Gladys Blanca, an adult

04:30 Over the year, the number then climbed to 9 orcs involved in the interactions

04:35 In 2021, 5 additional orcs are added to the interactions, bringing the number to 14 individuals involved

04:41 and in 2022, the number rises to 15

04:44 And since 2020, scientists have listed 505 interactions with these 15 orcs

04:49 And now, let's take a look at the operating mode used by our accused

04:54 During the contact phases, the orcs position themselves under the boat, trigger physical contacts

04:59 by simply touching the boat and pushing it

05:02 But above all, what the orcs love are the governance

05:05 They hit in, the "cracks" generating the boat's movement, going so far as to break it

05:09 Sometimes the boats sink after several hours, even if this remains rare

05:13 The average duration of the interactions was estimated at about 40 minutes

05:17 But then, what is the mobility of our orcs? Why do they do that?

05:21 In the report released in 2021, scientists advance two hypotheses

05:25 And spoiler, neither of them evoke the term "attack" or "revenge"

05:30 The first hypothesis evokes play and simple curiosity

05:33 So it's sure that when you're on a boat with orcs, which are animals that can still reach 9 meters for 8 tons

05:39 and that give headbutts in the hull, it's not a very intuitive track

05:44 But yet it's quite plausible

05:45 Orcs are social animals whose life is based on interactions with the group but also with their environment

05:51 Boats therefore represent a playful potential for these animals

05:54 Near the coasts, more and more leisure boats are present

05:57 In fact, the governance under water, they will melt the water

06:00 which will excite the orcs who will want to play with or follow the boats at full speed

06:05 The other hypothesis, which has therefore been somewhat taken up and transformed by the media

06:09 is the hypothesis of a precautionary behavior of the orcs

06:12 linked to a possible trauma experienced by an individual in the group

06:15 But in the media, we will rather use the term "revenge"

06:19 It's more putaclic, that's for sure

06:21 Scientists think, from the photo identification and the number of severe marks on the body of some individuals

06:27 including Gladys Blanca, an adult

06:29 that she would have experienced a trauma related to an accident with a boat in her past

06:34 probably due to the crazy speed that some sailors can reach

06:37 She would have developed a kind of fear related to ships

06:40 and when she encounters one, she would go to the contact of the governor

06:44 to try to slow down the speed of the boat

06:46 She would then have used this behavior in front of juveniles

06:50 who began to imitate and participate in these interactions

06:53 Yes, orcs are complex animals

06:55 who are even able to transmit cultures from generation to generation

06:59 Dialects, hunting techniques or funny humor

07:02 like the one of orc stories wearing salmon hats on their heads for no apparent reason

07:06 Yes, it is possible that the interactions with the boats are a behavior

07:10 that has been transmitted since Gladys Blanca

07:12 But yet, scientists have noticed that this mode of operation

07:15 was not systematically used by all orcs

07:18 once again demonstrating the limits of this transmission possibility

07:22 In fact, in this story, there is absolutely no notion of attack or revenge

07:26 It's just fear or defense from animals who are traumatized

07:30 or who have experienced something difficult with one or more boats

07:34 That's where I find it super sad and a bit unfair from the press and the media

07:38 not to put the right words on this story

07:40 because it completely disarms these animals

07:43 By using the word attack or revenge, we stupidly demonize orcs

07:48 And especially at no time in these articles

07:51 we talk about the problem in the other direction

07:54 that is to say that it is the fault of the orcs and never of us humans

07:58 while in reality I am sorry to announce it to you guys

08:00 but yes, orcs are victims of human activities

08:04 and these behaviors are only the result of things that happened to these animals

08:09 whether it's fishing, collisions, etc.

08:12 While when we see the photo identification made by scientists

08:16 frankly there is nothing to be proud of

08:17 when we see the marks on the back and the body of some individuals

08:20 we can only say that they are still victims of human activities

08:24 and boats that pass and collide with them

08:27 To begin with, human activities are concretely the life of orcs

08:30 The orcs of the Detroit of Gibraltar live in this area

08:33 because it is a migration zone of the Tons

08:35 Fishing boats in the Tons are present in mass

08:37 favoring interactions with fishing boats that hurt them for example

08:41 So as much, no human victim has ever been reported by orcs

08:46 as many orcs victims of human activities

08:49 I ...

08:51 There you go, there are a lot of them

08:53 You should know that basically in this area, orcs are not really appreciated

08:56 because they have developed a passive hunting technique

08:59 to catch the Tons in the fishing lines of the boats

09:01 There are therefore mega tensions between fishermen and orcs

09:05 because the populations of Tons have decreased in recent years

09:08 generating quota fishing systems for fishermen

09:10 So it's sure that if basically the image of the orcs of the Detroit of Gibraltar

09:14 is not already very positive if we add on top of that

09:17 this story of revenge, we run straight to the wall

09:20 and I remind you that it is an animal that is in critical danger of extinction

09:24 when I speak to you

09:25 I still came across an article that was very very interesting

09:29 In this article, the Swiss media Aidi interviewed the marine biologist

09:32 Alfredo Lopez Fernandez

09:34 a researcher in the Atlantic Orc Working Group

09:38 The scientist advances another problem

09:40 that of the boats themselves

09:42 Today, the injuries caused on cetaceans beyond orcs

09:46 are injuries caused by collisions with boats

09:50 In his interview, the scientist explains that the probability that a collision is fatal

09:54 goes from 21% to 79% when the speed goes from 8.6 to 15 knots

10:00 or from 15 km / h to 28 km / h

10:02 And among the new elements on modern motorized boats

10:05 we find the foils

10:07 Foils are fixed appendages that allow the boat to rise above the water

10:11 and sail at high speed up to 70 km / h

10:14 As much to tell you that the foils are real hatches

10:17 aquatic razor blades whose goal is really to melt the water

10:21 So when we collide with a cetacean

10:24 we cut it in half or hurt it very badly

10:27 So these machines remain rare and mainly used to race for example

10:31 but it is not negligible

10:32 Another problem with boats, their silence

10:35 If the engines emit an abominable sound pollution

10:38 they have the merit of warning animals that flee

10:41 But sailboats are boats that arrive at full speed on the water

10:44 and very discreetly

10:45 necessarily it does not give the time to the orcs for example to be warned and to move away

10:49 and that necessarily favors interactions

10:52 In fact, in a way, it is the boats that interact with the orcs

10:57 because they do not have time to flee and hear them arrive

11:00 and not the orcs who deliberately go looking for or hunting boats

11:04 So I asked myself stupidly

11:05 could we not equip the boats for example with sound boxes

11:08 which would emit noise to warn the orcs

11:11 There have already been attempts that have been made

11:14 by fixing boxes on the hulls of the boats

11:16 and in fact between the auditory violence for animals and the phenomenon of habituation

11:21 it has shown to be completely useless and counterproductive

11:24 So what is the solution?

11:26 The group of scientists who worked on the study and the report

11:29 were able to establish a real security protocol to be put in place

11:33 to help sailors in case of encounters and interactions with orcs

11:36 For scientists, the first reflex to have

11:39 is to stop the boat and not move anymore

11:41 Indeed, it has been found that the movements of the rudder and the speed of the boat

11:45 are factors of excitation of the orcs

11:47 The more the boat moves, the more the orcs strengthen their contact behavior

11:51 The stop of the boat alone in 50% of cases

11:54 the complete stop of interactions and the departure of orcs

11:57 But it also implies that the people on board

11:59 stop their activity and do not look for interactions with the orcs themselves

12:03 even if it is to defend themselves and that these are reactions of fear very often

12:07 Among the testimonies collected, many people have attested

12:09 to having thrown objects on the orcs, to have shouted,

12:12 hit the boat to make them flee, throw oil or even gasoline in the water

12:16 try to hit the orcs, etc.

12:18 These are behaviors that literally increase interactions with these animals

12:23 Well, again, we can also understand that people on board

12:26 must have really been afraid of their lives

12:27 especially if they did not have the security protocol

12:30 put in place a short time ago

12:34 Then, scientists recommend contacting competent authorities

12:37 so that they can come to help their boat

12:40 Yes, it's rare that I get angry in my videos

12:42 but really this story took me by surprise

12:45 I find that the media have completely abused

12:49 sensationalist titles and the treatment of the information of this story

12:53 because in the end, even if it seems to us to be just articles that pass like that

12:57 it has very, very serious repercussions

12:59 So yes, it clicks, it's great

13:01 but at the same time it completely disarms the vision of a species

13:04 which is currently in critical danger of extinction

13:07 and which is already struggling enough to climb the slope

13:10 In fact, what touches me is that I think that today

13:12 the press and the media in general have a responsibility

13:16 and a moral to hold against these species

13:18 in an era where biodiversity, whether terrestrial or marine, is already suffering too much

13:23 The history of the relationship between humans and orcs

13:25 intrigues and fascinates for decades, that's for sure

13:28 but from the beginning, we can say that humans still give them a big misery

13:32 whether in captivity or in freedom

13:34 If this situation with the orcs of the Detroit Gibraltar continues and intensifies

13:38 if we misinform about it

13:40 it could become a real concern for the safety of the humans on board the boats

13:45 and also put at risk a conservation issue

13:47 for this sub-population of the Polars on the verge of extinction

13:50 Today, it is super important that we manage to change our perspective

13:53 compared to the living that surrounds us

13:55 whether it is concrete living like the birds that we can observe directly

13:58 but also the living that we meet in the press indirectly

14:01 We must go beyond our anthropomorphism

14:03 and not give in to the sensationalism of some articles

14:06 get a little critical thinking in the face of these themes

14:09 ask yourself where the sources cited come from, for example

14:12 It's not at all an easy mechanism to have, I promise you

14:15 but it's part of the little things we can manage to sharpen in our lives

14:18 that will allow us to offer an informed and sincere look at the living

14:22 And that's why I wanted to talk to you about this story of orcs

14:25 which embodies this issue that is so dear to my heart

14:28 In any case, on my channel, I will always try to offer you content

14:31 that sensitizes with as much accuracy as possible

14:34 by citing the sources that I use in my video

14:38 And that's it, with a lot of emotion because yes, it moves me

14:42 and yes, sometimes emotions imply that I am extremely angry

14:46 and this story really stung me, I must say

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