> if they're intelligent enough to mount this response
The idea that this is some sort of planned, coordinated response to overfishing has not been even remotely proven, and is not backed by any researchers. It's just the fanciful thinking of some imaginative HNers. The idea is patently absurd. The boats they're attacking are not even fishing boats.
> idea that this is some sort of planned, coordinated response to overfishing
Never implied as much. Animal is pissed off at a pattern. Showing them that pattern isn’t dangerous by e.g. being nice to them from boats was the idea.
The idea that this is some sort of planned, coordinated response to overfishing has not been even remotely proven, and is not backed by any researchers. It's just the fanciful thinking of some imaginative HNers. The idea is patently absurd. The boats they're attacking are not even fishing boats.