# For an apex predator, killer whales sure are nice to humans.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-an-apex-predator-killer-whales-sure-are-nice-to-humans/481764 "2009-01-17T18:32:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-an-apex-predator-killer-whales-sure-are-nice-to-humans/481764/41 "2009-01-19T17:44:16Z")

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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> By this logic, sharks shouldn’t eat humans either. Nor should lions, tigers, bears, and other apex predators.

Absolutely correct. None of those animals should eat people. I’ll also add that people shouldn’t eat people either.

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-an-apex-predator-killer-whales-sure-are-nice-to-humans/481764/42 "2009-01-19T19:05:46Z")

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> [@garygnu](#):
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> In the wild, people don’t tend to swim or scuba dive in their habitat anyway.

FWIW, SCUBA is insanely popular up here in the Puget Sound and the San Juan islands, as is surfing. The whales pretty much leave people alone, I guess the neoprene is hard for them to floss out.

I don’t know why people brave the frigid waters, probably the same reason we buy so many sunglasses and wear T-shirts whenever the temp rises above 50 degrees 🙂

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-an-apex-predator-killer-whales-sure-are-nice-to-humans/481764/43 "2009-01-19T19:25:35Z")

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> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> I don’t know why people brave the frigid waters, probably the same reason we buy so many sunglasses and wear T-shirts whenever the temp rises above 50 degrees 🙂

Probably because the area has some outstanding cold-water scuba diving. Vancouver does, at least, and i’m sure it’s not too different in other parts of the region.

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