ok – have you been following the story of the Killer Whales who are attacking ships in the Strait of Gibraltar?

Ride with me on this one…

So over the weekend I saw an Instagram post talking about “White Gladis”, a Killer Whale that has been spotted attacking ships in the area, presumably because of either being hunted or being caught in a ship’s fishing nets.  NOT ONLY is she going on attack (see #MobyDick), but ya girl is teaching younger Orcas to follow her destructive path of vengeance and attack ships as well.

Terrifying? Sure. Fanciful? Absolutely. Would I BLAME her? Not one bit.

But I brushed it off as an exaggeration of a few incidents.  You know how the internet can be.

BUT THIS MORNING the Associated Press has this story:

Now, THEY do not name the villain/heroine White Gladis, but the story tracks.

Since I couldn’t find the original instagram post I couldn’t remember her name, so when googling for it I also found this story with more details:

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/killer-whales-attacking-boats/#:~:text=Teaching%20Young%20Killer%20Whales%20to%20Attack%20Boats&text=Researchers%20hypothesize%20that%20White%20Gladis,to%20act%20aggressively%20toward%20boats.

Do I want people to get hurt? Absolutely not. But in the immortal words of Dr. Ian Malcolm: “Life….finds a way.”

#TeamGladis