How has there never been a recorded killer whale attack on a human if sharks confuse humans for seals often and killer whales kill seals for fun?

Question

Wild* killer whale attack

In: Biology

Answer 1

First of all, There have been recorded killer whale attacks on humans. According to the article I will link below, they are rare but when they do happen, they are probably due to cases of mistaken identity, exactly like they are for sharks.

And of course, there are the notorious attacks by Killer Whales in captivity resulting in 4 human deaths, so I am unsure where this assumption of no killer whale attacks have ever been recorded comes from?

https://www.whalefacts.org/killer-whale-attacks/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale_attack