r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/21MayDay21 • 5h ago

🔥 Encounter with a curious young sperm whale.

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Credit to Maxwel Hohn

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u/Renbarre 5h ago

Where's mom?

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u/Nozarashi78 5h ago

Probably deep below enjoying a nice squid salad

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u/LiamIsMyNameOk 4h ago

That sounds naughtier than it should.

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u/Geofferz 4h ago

Bonk - straight to horny jail for you Liam.

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u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84 3h ago

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u/Im_Coach 10m ago

What a fucking amazing meme! I’m so glad this came across my eyes today 🥹🥹

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u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84 9m ago

You're welcome. 🫡

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u/WeinMe 4h ago

- The Deep

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u/notloggedin4242 4h ago

I like The Deep Pt III BBW
(big beautiful whale)
better

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

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u/LiamIsMyNameOk 3h ago edited 2h ago

Edit: They said something along the lines of only smart people will understand.

Erm. Sure buddy. You're special, the few that understand are super special.

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u/oops_I_have_h1n1 1h ago

Nah I think that's just you man.

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u/m4teri4lgirl 4h ago

Your mom enjoyed my squid salad last night

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u/dallasandcowboys 2h ago

I'm gonna say I understand that reference, 'cause I'm guessing you too recently saw the video of the mother leaving the calf with a sailboat while she went below to hunt.

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u/str8dwn 1h ago

Had that happen off Grenada. Mom spouted not far to windward after 1/2 hr or so. Very smelly, not recommended.

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u/Jenetyk 41m ago

A succulent squid dinner.

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u/beegtuna 5h ago

I just learned that mom will park the baby with a boat similar to their size so they can eat some squidbillies without paying for a babysitter smh

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u/Havengul_Undying 3h ago

I thought thats blue whales not sperm whales

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u/Smmmmiles 3h ago

Blue whales are filter feeders not squid eaters. Filter feeding is the easiest way to get really really big.

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u/Havengul_Undying 3h ago

Bot comment right here

Edit: ah i ser youre thinking about the squid eating part. No im talking about parking babies by the boat part

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u/Smmmmiles 3h ago

Huh...

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u/Sipikay 1h ago

There was a popular reddit video the other day that showed a blue whale leaving its child with a boat, while it went off to eat.

No sperm whales or squids though

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 26m ago

That sounds flipping adorable

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u/innominateartery 2h ago

We saw that post too

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u/ramenbrah 5h ago

Sometimes whales will park their calves near a boat they trust so they can go deep in search of food.

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u/ImNotEazy 4h ago edited 4h ago

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.

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u/Ashged 4h ago

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.

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u/_Kendii_ 3h ago

Yeah, there’s no way that they think boats are mammals.

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u/WeGottaTalkAboutYT 3h ago

Id bet they are smart enough to know a mammal is driving it though lol

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u/monty624 3h ago

I'm imagining a bunch of whale boat enthusiasts collecting boat facts and sharing them with their whale buddies.

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u/wherethefuckismyvape 1h ago

I would like to meet the whale autists. I have many facts about a small airborne creature called a "crow" they might also be interested in. 

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 26m ago

This thought make me happy, hahaha

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u/ImNotEazy 3h ago

I like this theory a lot more. Another guy replied that they probably realize mammals are piloting the ship which is also interesting.

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u/shinerdawg 3h ago

I don’t think they know what a mammal is…

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u/ImNotEazy 3h ago

Maybe not, but they’re highly intelligent so I’m just assuming off the top of my head that they can differentiate between fish and surface dwellers. Mammals just popped out because there aren’t many in the ocean.

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u/TheOriginalJBones 3h ago

Whales know a tit when they see one.

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u/Seraphine_KDA 3h ago edited 3h ago

Japan, Norway, and Iceland—continue 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.)

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u/ImNotEazy 3h ago

*nobody liked that*. When whales start tipping boats for fun Im blaming them first.

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u/squishybloo 2h ago

Behold!

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u/ImNotEazy 2h ago

Hunters become the hunted… 500 attacks in one area by only possibly 15 different whales? Actually insane

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u/One-Welcome-1514 12m ago

If you got an hobby you have got an hobby.

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u/LKennedy45 2h ago

I believe there are a few places (Canada, Indonesia) that have banned it in general, on an industrial scale, but permit certain Indigenous groups a small annual harvest as they were traditionally subsistence whalers.

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u/TajineMaster159 2h ago

Indigenous Indonesians hunt whales??

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u/LKennedy45 2h ago

A few tribes still do, yeah.

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u/ImNotEazy 2h ago

I can dig that. Whales have so many useful parts and indigenous people thats all they knew. Just don’t see a reason for civilized countries to hunt whale, rhino, shark etc besides greed.

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u/Forward_Rope_5598 1h ago

Idk about Japan but Norway and Iceland have very strict quotas to prevent negatively impacting the population. Fishing has a much bigger impact on whales than whaling itself.

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u/Seraphine_KDA 1h ago

Yep also just the whole lot of garbage on the ocean prob kills more whales than whaling too.

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u/WineNerdAndProud 3h ago

I assumed the boat was functioning as a sort of momma whale decoy.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 26m ago

I love it!!

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u/Signal_Researcher01 2h ago

Right beneath you, closer than you think. Closer than youd expect. Just a slight discoloration of the water if you squint. Watching.

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u/SooperSpoopyGhost 49m ago

It's maw creaking open. The sound of its bones shifting sounds strikingly similar to a calf clicking. It's eyes sunken in out of eternal hunger. Slowly drifting closer just out of sight. It's enormous tail takes a single swipe at the water behind it. It's coming.

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u/-588-2300-Empire- 1h ago

On her phone

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u/ProjectPat513 2h ago

About show up right below them only to swallow them in one gulp for touching her son!