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"The cause of the whale's aggression is not known"

The current version of this article says "The cause of the whale's aggression is not known." However, isn't there at least some possibility that the whale attacked the ship because the men on the ship were killing whales? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 15:12, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose so, but it's not our job to speculate. Here we only report what reliable sources say. Gawaon (talk) 09:04, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]