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Whales and killer whales ramming boats is nothing new, only thing that really changed is that most boats are now strong enough to survive it so we get the report and the internet means everyone gets to hear about it. In the wooden boat days a whale or orca could effortlessly sink your boat and when you read the writings of the early small boat sailors (cruising and racing sorts) they are very nervous when whales are in sight because they all knew the damage they could do to their boat. The sailors were perfectly OK with admitting their fears of orca and whales and did not find them cute.

If that were to come true, what would it change for you?

Everything

I always considered the stories about sea monsters to be greatly exaggerated.

What? No, that’s impossible. Next you’ll be saying mermaids aren’t real too!

Only reverse mermaids are known to exists.