Quick Tip: How to Kill a Killer Whale

by Dan Allen on November 7, 2009

in science

Hey guys, my inbox has been flooded with emails from fans asking me, “What is the best way to kill a killer whale?!”

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Good question!

Some people love large, commercial nets, others use decoy seals loaded with C4 and amazingly there is a growing number of old-school, harpooning elitists.

After much thought, I realized that killer whales are mammals and as a card-carrying mammal I breathe involuntarily regardless of if I’m awake or asleep. However, killer whales (aka…orcinus orcas) live underwater which means that “they have to actively decide when to breathe“.

Boo-yah!

Since, whales are never completely unconscious. All you have to do is wait until they are in their semi-comatose state of “Dead Man’s Float”, swim to them (I’m guessing very quietly) and give one solid hit to the head with a mallet would work.

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I haven’t worked out the details but look forward to hearing back from readers who beta test the idea.

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