The Drama

Grandma: My little grandson, what do you know about killer whales? Can you imagine that they are like humans in some common, and there are people who have the personality of a whale?
Grandson: Tell me, Grandma
Grandma: You must know that some scientists sometimes call them wolves of the sea because they hunt in groups like wolf packs.
Grandmother: The fierce whale that kills people, and at times it is raging and overturns the boat or the ship with those in it and kills people.
He, he, feels weak and feels sad and broken at the time of loss. A few few will know that a certain whale lost his son, who expressed feelings of sadness and depression.
Grandson: Why is he so fierce while he grieves for the loss as people grieved
Grandmother: My dear grandson: know that there are very fierce people in life who do not feel concerned about the feelings of others around them.
But there is loss in life, and all the different feelings of joy, love, disgust, hatred, and others are to be experienced even once in life, and whoever makes people sad must grieve and experience sadness.
The grandmother also: You must also know that the whale also possesses other characteristics such as meeting with the creatures around them, they are fun beings and show fun sometimes even though they are deadly. In the end: would you like my darling to be like a whale when you grow up?
Grandson: As for socialism, having fun, etc., yes. Either like make people sad, no, grandma.

The study
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General knowledge
The Killer whale (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. It is the largest member of this family. The sophisticated hunting techniques and vocal behaviors of Killer whales have been described as manifestations of animal culture. They feature strongly in the mythologies of indigenous cultures, and their reputation in different cultures ranges from being the souls of humans to merciless killers.
Killer whales are highly social animals;
they are active during the day and sleep at night.
They travel in pods of between 3 and 50 individuals, led by females.
Killer whales may share prey
and seldom leave the pod for longer than a few hours.
Pod members learn skills through apprenticeships, such as hunting and parenting.
frequently engage in surface behavior such as breaching (jumping completely out of the water) and tail-slapping.
Killer whales are very vocal animals and communicate with each other using whistles and clicks via echoloca
WASHINGTON — Killer whales display personality traits similar to those of humans and chimpanzees, such as playfulness, cheerfulness and affection, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Researchers found that
the personality traits of killer whales were similar to those of both humans and chimpanzees but more similar to chimpanzees. Killer whales were similar to chimpanzees and humans for the extraversion factor (e.g., playful, gregarious and sociable). Killer whales and chimpanzees also shared a combination of personality traits for conscientiousness (e.g., constant, stubborn and protective) and agreeableness (e.g., patient, peaceable and not bullying), along with some personality traits relating to dominance.
The findings may suggest some evolutionary convergence where the personality traits of killer whales and primates are similar because of the advanced cognitive abilities required for complex social interactions. Killer whales can live into their 90s in tightly knit pods that hunt together and share their food, displaying advanced communication skills and cooperation. Those traits received international news coverage when a 20-year-old killer whale, known as J-35 or Tahlequah, began pushing her dead newborn calf last July off the coast of Vancouver Island. With the help of other members of her pod, she kept the dead calf afloat for 17 days while swimming hundreds of miles, an exhausting effort that interfered with the pod’s ability to hunt.
There is some debate among researchers about whether the mother whale’s actions displayed grief over her loss. Despite their name, killer whales actually are the largest member of the dolphin family. Both killer whales and dolphins have been known to keep dead newborns afloat, but not for such a lengthy period. Grief is a complex emotion that hasn’t been observed in most animals, although some research points to mourning by some species that live in tight-knit groups, including chimpanzees, elephants and giraffes.
The current study didn’t analyze any aspects of grief in killer whales, and it’s difficult to know why killer whales carry dead offspring since killer whales can’t communicate with humans, Úbeda said.
“Some previous studies suggest that the mother’s contact with the lifeless body could be important for the mother to make a psychological adjustment to the death of her offspring,” she said. “In any case, those behaviors show how complex these animals are.”
 
Previous research has shown that captivity can alter the personality of killer whales, increasing neuroticism and aggression. Physical changes, such as dorsal fin collapse, also have been observed. SeaWorld, which was involved in this study, has faced scrutiny over the cramped living conditions for its captive killer whales.
The current study didn’t analyze the effects of captivity and was conducted with captive killer whales because it would be difficult to assess the personality traits of killer whales in the wild, Úbeda said. The personality traits that were observed in the small sample size of 24 captive killer whales could differ from the personality traits of killer whales in the wild, she said.
The Links
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/11/killer-whales-humans
https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat53/sub341/item1248.html
https://animalia.bio/killer-whale