Let that sink in. Dogs kill roughly 30,000 people annually. Cows kill about 20. Even deer kill over 100 people a year (mostly via car accidents). But Orcinus orca ? Zero. That "zero" comes with one very large, very controversial asterisk: captivity.
In 1991, the 20-year-old marine biology student fell into a tank at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia. Three orcas—Haida, Nootka, and Tilikum—pulled her under. She drowned despite rescue attempts. It was a tragic accident, but it was the first time the species had ever been documented killing a human. how many humans have orcas killed
So, how many humans have orcas killed?
That’s not the stat of a monster. It’s the stat of an animal that, despite its terrifying name, has shown a 50,000-year-old restraint toward us that we have rarely returned. [End of feature] Let that sink in