Man fined $600 for "body slamming" an Orca

As someone who is an animal lover I thought this was pretty disgusting behavior. Sky news calls it "body slamming", which I always think of a wrestling "body slam", but basically a mother Orca and her calf popped up by a boat to say hi and this guy thought it would be funny to try and jump on top of the mother Orca and her baby.

After his friends videoed him and he yells "I touched it" he thought it was a good idea to post it on his social media, which outed him and he didn't get the "fanfare" he was expecting as people were obviously upset at his actions.

There is a video of him jumping on the Orcas at the link below.

A 50-year-old man has been caught on camera jumping off a pleasure boat to try and "body slam" an orca in New Zealand, in what was branded "disgraceful" and "pathetic" behaviour.

"Shocking" footage of the man diving into the sea to land on the orca with his body has sparked uproar on social media after New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DoC) posted it on its Instagram account.

The man has been fined $600 (£288) as a consequence of his actions off the coast of Devonport, Auckland, in February, which saw him aiming for an adult male orca and a calf.

news.sky.com...

Edit- it's too bad the mother Orca didn't take a bite out of his toes.

a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel

Why choose body slamming? A friendly approach is what most people would do. (? _Asshole move in my estimation, without any other data, Was the guy mentally disabled in any way? Not a normal behaviour.

I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel

Why choose body slamming? A friendly approach is what most people would do? Asshole move in my estimation, without any other data, Was the guy mentally disabled in any way? Not a normal behaviour.

Totally agree, instead of just enjoying the sight of the Orca and her baby he said "ahhhh crap I'm gonna go and jump on top of them from the boat"

Unbelievable how some people's brains work. 🙄

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, he probably picked on female orcas with their young to look after. GO TRY IT ON THE MALE ORCAS LOOKING FOR ACTION.

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Ya no doubt those Orcas probably wouldn't take to kindly to him.

originally posted by: TheMisguidedAngel

originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel

Why choose body slamming? A friendly approach is what most people would do? Asshole move in my estimation, without any other data, Was the guy mentally disabled in any way? Not a normal behaviour.

Totally agree, instead of just enjoying the sight of the Orca and her baby he said "ahhhh crap I'm gonna go and jump on top of them from the boat"

Unbelievable how some people's brains work. 🙄

May be it's a mother and baby crazy fetish thing that had to be acted on. Some of us are a menace to animal life on this planet.

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, he probably picked on female orcas with their young to look after. GO TRY IT ON THE MALE ORCAS LOOKING FOR ACTION.

I’m happy to be proved wrong here, but I’m pretty sure there isn’t any recorded case of a wild orca attacking a human.

originally posted by: JadedGhost

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, he probably picked on female orcas with their young to look after. GO TRY IT ON THE MALE ORCAS LOOKING FOR ACTION.

I’m happy to be proved wrong here, but I’m pretty sure there isn’t any recorded case of a wild orca attacking a human.

Not yet. But let this Ahole try body slamming a young male orca looking for action and see what happens. Get it?

People suck!

originally posted by: KrustyKrab
People suck!

Well, this one specific people sucked.

a reply to: quintessentone

Maybe, but there’s plenty of idiots out there who’ve probably done similar and just not posted it on social media, yet still no recorded attack on humans by wild killer whales… like why? They’re predators and literally attack other animals just for the sport of it, but not humans.

I just find it fascinating.

originally posted by: JadedGhost
a reply to: quintessentone

Maybe, but there’s plenty of idiots out there who’ve probably done similar and just not posted it on social media, yet still no recorded attack on humans from by killer whales… like why? They’re predators and literally attack other animals just for the sport of it, but not humans.

I just find it fascinating.

We are not discussing that, wee are discussing one idiot feeling safe enough to body slam a female orca with a baby. I want to see him try that on an orca stallion and see what happens, hmm?

a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel

he's lucky momma didn't decide to give way cool jr a snack.

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: JadedGhost
a reply to: quintessentone

Maybe, but there’s plenty of idiots out there who’ve probably done similar and just not posted it on social media, yet still no recorded attack on humans from by killer whales… like why? They’re predators and literally attack other animals just for the sport of it, but not humans.

I just find it fascinating.

I want to see him try that on an orca stallion and see what happens, hmm?

Well most likely nothing, since wild killer whales don’t attack humans, it’s one of the great mysteries of life.

Anyway…

originally posted by: JadedGhost

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: JadedGhost
a reply to: quintessentone

Maybe, but there’s plenty of idiots out there who’ve probably done similar and just not posted it on social media, yet still no recorded attack on humans from by killer whales… like why? They’re predators and literally attack other animals just for the sport of it, but not humans.

I just find it fascinating.

I want to see him try that on an orca stallion and see what happens, hmm?

Well most likely nothing, since wild killer whales don’t attack humans, it’s one of the great mysteries of life.

Anyway…

Not a mystery of life when a different species attacks or what is perceived as an attack, that the other species will react. The differentiation is whether it is a mother with a baby or a male alone. Two different situations many different outcomes This guy that body slammed a mother orca with a baby is a coward and an idiot.

originally posted by: JadedGhost

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, he probably picked on female orcas with their young to look after. GO TRY IT ON THE MALE ORCAS LOOKING FOR ACTION.

I’m happy to be proved wrong here, but I’m pretty sure there isn’t any recorded case of a wild orca attacking a human.

It isn't really a mystery... Orcas are trained when they are young what to eat and what not to eat. Captured Orcas attack humans all the time...

I'm just waiting for the time that a wild Orca noms down on a human and finds out that the average one is chock full of anti-depressants.

Then we will become to the Orcas what pufferfish are to the dolphins...

originally posted by: Lumenari

originally posted by: JadedGhost

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: nugget1
I'd like to see him try that in someplace where orcas are attacking boats, like the Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf of Cadiz or the North Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, he probably picked on female orcas with their young to look after. GO TRY IT ON THE MALE ORCAS LOOKING FOR ACTION.

I’m happy to be proved wrong here, but I’m pretty sure there isn’t any recorded case of a wild orca attacking a human.

It isn't really a mystery... Orcas are trained when they are young what to eat and what not to eat. Captured Orcas attack humans all the time...

I'm just waiting for the time that a wild Orca noms down on a human and finds out that the average one is chock full of anti-depressants.

Then we will become to the Orcas what pufferfish are to the dolphins...

Would make more sense to eat us humans full of THC and '___'.

a reply to: TheMisguidedAngel

That guy was just dumb as a box of rocks. It should of bitten him just for being stupid.
If you have ever been around wild orcas, you know that they could kill you, so you are careful not to piss them off and just get away from them if you can, cause... they could kill you,just cause they have not yet, doesn't mean they won't.

They are not dumb, or they would be biting people all of the time.
I've seen them grab sea lions off of buoys...
Not something I would want to approach, especially a mother with a juvenile.

That would be like trying to hug a wild momma bear with cubs.

a reply to: Lumenari

Most predators don’t instinctively consider humans as a food source accept Polar bears and large crocodiles, they’ll still attack though if antagonized or they’re particularly hungry. Even most large herbivore’s will attack humans if cornered or especially if you get between the mother and baby… yet not wild Orcas.