Why Don't Orca Ever Attack Humans in the Wild?
There have been four known fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s, but all of these have been by killer whales in captivity.
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There have been four known fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s, but all of these have been by killer whales in captivity.
According to the local press, “Whistles shrieked, fire sirens sent their screaming welcome into the clouds and automobile horns joined the clamor which greeted the arrival" of the USS Shenandoah in Long Beach on Oct. 16, 1924.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Evacuation orders were lifted for hundreds of people and Highway 1 was reopened Wednesday after firefighters contained 55 percent of the Colorado Fire, which was sparked along the Big Sur coast Friday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The winter wildfire that erupted in Big Sur this month was the result of an usually long...
Hundreds remained evacuated from the California coast as a wildfire burned up from a canyon near Big Sur, shutting part of the Pacific Coast Highway.