Talk:Orca/Archive 7
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White Gladis orca should it be a whole page or mentioned?
Well, you can already buy a White Gladis tee shirt. Are we witnessing White Gladis becoming a folk hero? White Gladis is the name given to a single orca that many reports claim as being the orca that began the trend of attacking small vessels especially sailboats. According to an organization tracking the attacks by date there were 24 recorded attacks in May 2023 alone. See external link to map here. Until about last week, the name White Gladis has been picked up by mostly the fringe news organizations like the Daily Mail.
Now CNN has picked up the story and name too.[1]
Experts believe White Gladis may have suffered a “critical moment of agony”, such as colliding with a boat or becoming entrapped during illegal fishing, which altered her behaviour in a “defensive” fashion.
“That traumatised orca is the one that started this behaviour of physical contact with boats,” Dr Lopez Fernandez told Live Science.[2]
There are currently two relevant pages...Orca and Orca attacks
My position is that attacks upon 500 vessels certainly deserves mention on the main Orca page. However, anything beyond confirmed documentation enters the realm of speculation. No one can prove why the attacks began and attribute it to just one orca. Therefore, I don't think this form of speculation can appear on the main orca page.
White Gladis was already added onto the page Orca attacks. I am mixed upon inclusion of the name upon that page. But I have not moved to remove it because of speculation.
What I am most in favor of is the creation of an entire new page dedicated to White Gladis....i.e. White Gladis orca.