# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuIfQYvPeij
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7846781-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c706a9af30.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-30T23:16:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

#ThatsWild: After an article about boat-sinking orcas went viral in May, these “killer whales” have become an internet sensation, headlining frequently in the news.

Scientists don’t know why a small, endangered population of Strait of Gibraltar orcas began attacking and sinking ships in 2020 — or why and how this behavior is now spreading to orcas in other places (including most recently near Scotland).

Is it a form of play? A fad, like fish hats? Self-defense?

Whatever it is, the internet has fallen in love with these yacht-destroying cetaceans and turned them into mascots for justice movements, including anti-capitalism and environmentalism.

Center staffer cybeleknowles recently shared an analysis of the orca uprising. Read it here! 👇

https://biodiv.us/3puhEBQ

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