Officials in New Zealand who were tipped off to the social media video described the man’s behavior as “stupid” and “extremely irresponsible.”
  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    The man yells “I touched it” to the other people on the boat and then asks “Did you get that?” in an apparent reference to whether his encounter with the orca was successfully filmed. He then tries to touch the animal again. Other people aboard the vessel can be heard laughing and cheering in the background.

    Fuck it, fine them too.

  • andrewta@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    He tried and failed.

    If he had successfully body slammed a killer whale and the whale returned the favor, would he have succeeded or failed?

    • DMBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

      He would have succeeded; and that point would probably be reiterated a few times at his funeral.

      • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        6 months ago

        Man, think about the views tho. Everyone would want to watch that. So many new subscribers!

        • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          If they SMASHED that Subscribe button then that’s all that really matters.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago

    Historians of the future will remark that we lived in a time when “many humans were so stupid they forgot wild animals can kill them easily”.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    That is the funniest possible picture that could have accompanied that headline. It’s like he’s a fucking aquatic creature himself 🤣

  • Taniwha420@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    6 months ago

    That’s not too fair. Poor guy. Someone has to fight back. Are we sure it wasn’t self-defense? Maybe they were trying to sink his yacht?

  • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    I first read it as “Man is fine after trying to ‘body slam’ killer whale” expecting a meh orca encounter.

  • Donut@leminal.spaceEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    Could have made Darwin proud that day. Alas, a slap on the wrist in the form of a $600 fine and they live to harass another whale in the future.

    Really should have gotten some time in a cell to reflect on his stupidity