A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a 65-foot-long yacht last Wednesday in the Strait of Gibraltar, leading to such damage that the crew needed to be rescued. It was not the first time orcas in the Atlantic off of the Iberian Peninsula have gone after a vessel. Host Carol Hills explains this perplexing trend in the behavior of killer whales.
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