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In the age of viral TikTok videos showing orcas ramming yachts off the coast of Spain, a new question has entered the public lexicon: Are killer whales turning on us?

As orca researcher Dr. Naomi Rose puts it: “If these whales wanted to hurt the swimmers or the sailors, they would. They have the teeth and the power. The fact that they don’t is a choice.” If you step into a wild orca’s habitat tomorrow, you are statistically safer than you are in your own bathtub (drowning is a real risk). how many humans have orcas killed

Despite being called "killer whales," despite wielding 10,000-pound bite forces, and despite being apex predators that hunt great white sharks, there is In the age of viral TikTok videos showing

Sources: NOAA, SeaWorld records, inquest reports from British Columbia Coroners Service, interviews with marine biologists from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation society. They have the teeth and the power

Headlines scream of "attacks" and "revenge." But before you cancel your whale-watching trip, let’s look at the cold, hard data. The answer to the question— how many humans have orcas killed? —is one of the most astonishing stats in the animal kingdom.

There is confirmed human death by orca in history. His name was Keltie Byrne.

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