# Orcas chasing penguins **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136 "2009-09-07T03:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/1 "2009-09-07T03:01:26Z")
[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZQGAAsT3fY). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/2 "2009-09-07T03:14:46Z")
Heh - I’ve mixed feelings here. On the one hand, I’ve gotta respect the penguin’s resourcefulness. On the other - damnit, penguins may be cute, but the orcas are mammals like me. I’ve gotta say, I’m sorry my mammal brothers missed their meal. Go mammals! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/3 "2009-09-07T03:20:16Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Heh - I’ve mixed feelings here. On the one hand, I’ve gotta respect the penguin’s resourcefulness. On the other - damnit, penguins may be cute, but the orcas are mammals like me. I’ve gotta say, I’m sorry my mammal brothers missed their meal. > > Go mammals! So you would have pushed the penguin back in the water? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/4 "2009-09-07T03:25:52Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > So you would have pushed the penguin back in the water? But wouldn’t that be interfering, too? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/5 "2009-09-07T03:30:14Z")
It’s the land of penguins, everyone is in coats, and that lady is wearing open toed shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/6 "2009-09-07T04:09:59Z")
The last penguin got away because the whales were too bloated from chomping on the rest. Those whales were sure dumb. There were much easier to obtain meals right on a plate – I mean boat – in front of them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/7 "2009-09-07T04:46:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The last penguin got away because the whales were too bloated from chomping on the rest. > > Those whales were sure dumb. There were much easier to obtain meals right on a plate – I mean boat – in front of them. I was kind of assuming the whales were just going to go for the penguin on the boat. Like, ram into the boat or upturn it. I mean, the boat was so tiny! ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/8 "2009-09-07T06:28:13Z")
Now that’s true Darwinism in action. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/9 "2009-09-07T15:43:05Z")
Oh, great. That’s how it starts. First, a penguin figures out that people can save him. Then others follow suit. These intelligent penguins stand a better chance of reproducing, and they do. Then their offspring come up with another survival strategy. Pretty soon we’re overrun with super-intelligent penguins challenging our position on the planet! :eek: (Incidentally, I once saw a cartoon of a penguin with a Tommy gun. The caption was ‘Penguins have no mercy’. It would behoove us to remember that!) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/10 "2009-09-07T22:21:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But wouldn’t that be interfering, too? The Prime Directive is never straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/11 "2009-09-07T22:30:11Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > So you would have pushed the penguin back in the water? Nah - I don’t wish the penguin any particular harm. I’m just disappointed that my mammal brothers weren’t sharp enough to catch him. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orcas-chasing-penguins/509136/12 "2009-09-08T01:41:20Z")
A boat-load of humans is considered less of a threat than a killer whale? Apex predators my arse. Those penguins need to be reminded who the masters of the world are.