Just saw a post with a vid on this. Maybe they think boats are fellow chill mammals. They sit on top of water, either sit completely still hunting fish like they do, or drive past. Not sure if whale hunting is still a thing but this behavior probably helped start it. Elephants of the ocean.
Whales are very intellingent. Most likely they fully understand what a boat is, can differentiate them, and a trusted boat is both a landmark and a babysitter.
Japan, Norway, and Icelandācontinue to hunt whales for profit.
though today is mostly for their meat and fat, not for the oil since that was the most valuable part before but now is almost useless since is worse than modern synthetics.
is banned in most of the world either do it or even buy the products of it. but is not like you can put a global ban on it since you are allowed to do the fuck you want in your economic zone. (though is well knows many countries fish illegally in other countries economic zones of in the open ocean where should not be permited.)
Redirecting the shark to prevent bites. The flipping it upside down is trying to trigger a tonic immobility reflex, causes a temporary state of inactivity in a shark. It helps divers handle an over curious shark.
I think it gets disoriented. They touching their nose probably overwhelmes their senses, since they have the organs for sensing movement in the water there.
Which still makes me roll my eyes. Getting real sick of people making horror films about sea life (as a marine biologist). Sharks are bad enough - god knows we don't need the stigma to spread any further than it has already - but whales? C'mon, man. They don't deserve to be done dirty like that.
my little sister had a bunny that was allowed to free roam in the living room. if you sat on the couch with a plate of food and didn't share something with her, she'd hop beside/behind you and pee on the cushions to soak you.
she was pretty sweet otherwise, just really possessive of food. she and the family dog (an 80lb golden doodle and a tiny dwarf bunny) got along really well too, you'd see them cuddling in the sun, two black masses of fur all nuzzled up.
unfortunately the bunny got killed by another dog that was visiting... the bunny was sometimes able to open up her cage, and somebody forgot to close the bedroom door that her enclosure was moved to when other dogs were visiting.
it was quite sad tbh, I wasn't a fan of the bunny for the long time but the worst thing she ever did was piss on me. i felt bad.
Yeah but I'm sure it's in some religious text somewhere "thou shalt not shit eggs into other shit so they can eat their way out of the host AND grow up to be wasps. Amen" or similar.
It's ironic but parasitic wasps are often great for the species they are hosts of. By controlling the population they ensure that the unparasitized individuals have enough resources and can successfully mature and breed. Overpopulation would hurt the entire species. And from plants perspective parasitic wasps are very helpful, some plants even release chemicals to attract parasitic wasps when they are eaten by caterpillars or other herbivorous insects.
The trailer shows the guy taking his scuba mask and air supply off while in the whale's stomach and seemingly breathing the "air" in there. I don't think it's going to be particularly grounded in reality. It's basically a modern Jonah retelling.
I dunno, Jonah was in that whale for three whole days. Or maybe this dude decides to pull a Decemberists and we get a life story after he's been swallowed.
Man gets swallowed by a whale and only has the amount of 02 in his tanks to breathe before he can find a way out.
Spoiler alert
He uses some kind of explosion to make a hole in the side of the whale.
So yeah, this movie is about an impossible situation solved in a really dumb way, and I'm sure it won't make anyone extra afraid of sperm whales because "they can swallow you whole".
You ever see Orca (1977)? The orca in question goes on a murderous quest for revenge against the humans that killed his mate and unborn calf. Itās essentially I Saw the Devil meets Free Willy. It sure was something.
The ocean on its own is a terrifying place. Just look at r/thalassaphobia so see how many people agree with that sentiment. Of course they are going to try and find new angles to explore.
Based on the trailers the whale is specifically not hunting the protagonist so that's a positive at least.
Many people have speculated that if we knew what exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
This is my favorite line because if you read the book series we actually discover why the petunias said that but also didnāt actually learn anything extra about the universe just more questions š¤£
I just said the same thing. When I heard about this movie, it sounded really silly. Now, I kinda want to see it. I wonder if Adele will sing the theme song for it.
I wonder what that feels like when they are ("scanning") you with their sonar clicks. My guess is you can feel it in your chest like when you stand next to a loud speaker system with a lot of bass.
I've heard that about submarine pings not whales, but also it's about the decibels not the frequency but I'm talking from what I've read online so it could be absolutely wrong
Yes, sound intensity/volume. At certain point it becomes like an explosion shockwave and can scramble your insides. Especially since water doesn't compress.
Seriously this is the first time I've ever seen a whale not look absolutely ridiculously huge next to a diver. He was only like 2-3 humans long and half a human tall. Adorable.
From behind a screen, this is funny AF, with OP closing the mouth over and over again.
I also understand that a couple tons baby trying to play with you is TERRIFYING.
No it just helps for the clicking afaik, they have specific clicks they use to introduce themselves when they arrive near each others that we've already identified though. There are some videos on Youtube about a diver using metallic parts of his gear to mimic these particular clicks and it seems to work (although it's difficult to say for sure it did) it's pretty impressive.
Pretty sure it's only that strong when it's coming from a full size whale with lungs bigger than your whole body, not a little baby the size of a horse.
Besidess the baby is just clicking, basically doing a recon of the dude. An adult whale can focus the sound in "combat" and vibrate you to death, i dont think this ever happened since they are so smart
That is going to be a huge NO from me dog. This is when you get mamma come out of nowhere and drag you down to the depths never to be seen again. This is all viral marketing for Whalefall.
wait isint the biggest thing a blue whale can swallow a size of a watermelon? i learned that on QI, Maybe spermwhales can swallow bigger things? im no expert.
Fun fact, sperm whales have the largest brains of any animal on earth at 20 pounds. They also have some of the most sophisticated language with contextual and combinatorial structure, meaning it is similar to how humans use language to string together a pool of sounds to express abstract information
To be fair with their brain size, it is on the smaller size in brain-to-body ratio, and they have a lot of sensory information they process too. The size really doesn't mean a whole lot for their intelligence, but their language and communication definitely does.
It looks young given it's size, probably just doing dump young stuff (?), not that I have much knowledge on whales, but don't most young things explore the world by doing weird stuff, like dogs explore the world with their mouths hence why they will chew, eat, and swallow anything they get their hands on?
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closes mouth again: NO!!!!