A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called “stupid” and “extremely irresponsible” behaviour. In a video the Department of Conservation said was shared to Instagram in February, the 50-year-old Auckland man, whom authorities did not name, jumped off the boat into waters off the coast of the Auckland suburb of Devonport, where an adult male orca and calf were swimming nearby.
It is extremely irresponsible,” Loper said in a statement on Tuesday. He added that orca, also known as killer whales, are protected in New Zealand and it is illegal to swim with them. “Orca are immensely powerful animals, and this really could have ended horribly — with either the startled whale being injured, or the man responsible being harmed by the aggravated animal.” The department said the man had been fined 600 New Zealand dollars .
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