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Man becomes accidental prey, whales don't like to eat people
Captain Robert Falcon Scott witnessed an extraordinary sight during his Antarctic expedition when on January 5, 1911, his photographer Herbert Ponting rushed to the edge of the ice shelf to photograph a group of orcas that were interested in the expedition.
TL;DR
- Orcas have a reputation for sinking boats and chasing ships, but rarely attack humans in the wild.
- Incidents of orca aggression towards humans in the wild are rare and often attributed to mistaken identity (mistaking humans for seals).
- There is one alleged fatal encounter with a human in the Canadian Eastern Arctic in the 1950s.
- Captive orcas have been involved in multiple deaths of humans, with captivity being cited as a potential cause for erratic behavior.
- Researchers believe orcas are picky eaters and do not hunt humans, learning their prey from their mothers.