Attaque d'orques : la fin du mystère

It was a game, you probably remember, of these many attacks of ships by orcs off our coasts. Several ships have sank, the last one in date only a few days ago. Experts who followed these marine mammals came to the conclusion that it was neither a revenge nor an aggression. Michel Hizard and Nathalie Lorre. We are in the Detroit of Gibraltar with a team of scientists from the CIRCE Institute. We see at the back an orc that comes into contact with the ship. And under the water, one of the images that allowed the researchers to confirm their intuition. The orcs approach the governor and push him with the muzzle. We have the impression of hearing them laugh. But it is really the pleasure that draws them to play together. That it moves when they press on it. And what we can see is that the orcs around, those who do not push, are watching. It is an explanation of a new and disturbing behavior. Since 2020, in the sector, 600 orc attacks have been reported and a dozen sails have sunk. A traumatic experience for those who have experienced it, as here, in August 2023. We were also afraid of course. We saw for about a quarter of an hour, the orcs were at the saffron level and they were biting into the saffron one after the other. And in fact, from the moment the saffron was broken, they put it in the way of an otari with a balloon. In fact, she had it on the tip of her nose. These contacts did not cause death or injury. They are the effect of a small group of about forty individuals who found a way to have fun there. Initially, we think it was three young individuals who were involved in these physical interactions. Three young males. Very quickly, this behavior spread within the population. There, it's really whole families. And to my knowledge, it is a unique situation in the world. The attacks are mainly concentrated in the district of Gibraltar. But if we observe a few in Portugal, in the Gulf of Gascony and even in Brittany, it is the same family that moves to follow the bandits they feed on. In case of encounter, the recommendation is not to stop the boat and to go along the coasts as close as possible to let the orcs invent other games, apart from men.