A pod of orcas repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members.
It was the latest episode in a perplexing trend in the behaviour of orcas populating the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula that has left researchers searching for a cause.
Spain’s Maritime Rescue service said that orcas repeatedly ran into the Mustique, a 20-metre vessel sailing under a U.K. flag, late on Wednesday, rendering its rudder inoperative and cracking its hull. Rescuers needed to pump out seawater before towing her
