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C. Earlier this month a pod of orcas in the strait attacked a yacht off the coast of Morocco. The crew was rescued from the damaged boat, but the vessel sank as the Moroccan Navy was towing it to shore.
D. Orcas are top predators in the seas, feeding on sharks and other whales. They are generally amiable to humans. The ambushing Iberian orcas hunting in the Strait of Gibraltar are considered to be endangered. Like the Iberian, the Anatolian, Apennine, and Balkan are large peninsulas on the Mediterranean.
B. The “Pillars of Hercules” referred to the mountains flanking the strait. The Rock of Gibraltar is the mountain on the European side of the strait.
A. Gibraltar comes from the Arabic name “Jabal ??riq,” which means "Tariq's Mount.” It was named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led an army across the strait in 711 to initiate the Muslim conquest of Iberia. After Spanish Christian forces defeated the last Muslim rulers in 1492, the strait became both a cultural and physical barrier between North Africa and Europe.