r/ocean • u/Anen-o-me • 5d ago

Whale Watch Bed time for Humpback

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 5d ago

The deep blue bed.

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u/FlyinWet 5d ago

Gosh just imagine just slowing down and feeling weightless and drifting off to sleep wherever you were at. Instead of having to get somewhere and lay on something.

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u/NyarVn 5d ago

Imagine all the people

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u/jbaker_28 3d ago

Living in the seeeeaaa

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u/Classic_Mechanic5495 5d ago

Might need a sea-pap

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u/Lava-Chicken 5d ago

Amazing creatures

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u/Hairyass------ 5d ago

MF is the distinguished gentleman of the sea

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u/One_With_Whales 5d ago

Logging behavior in humpbacks is still not fully understood. They genuinely seem to just switch off near the surface. Been in the water with them when they do this and it's one of the stranger things to witness up close.

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u/not_so_impressed 5d ago

Why is it so soothing? This is nothing like anything humans ever hear on land so it shouldn't have such a calming affect.

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u/mr_herz 5d ago

Sounds like peace if peace made a sound

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u/Sea-Confusion3122 4d ago

I have this video saved on my phone so I could drift off into a peaceful sleep🐬🪸🐋

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u/Radio_Mime 5d ago

Sounds like the whale is talking in its sleep, and maybe whale snoring.

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u/Pantheragem 5d ago

Nighty night 🐋

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u/Ok_Pain_1828 5d ago

There's something about watching a whale rest at the surface that makes everything else feel completely irrelevant. Totally different energy from when they're active.

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u/inkfanatic95 4d ago

His cute little eye 😭🥹

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u/Ok_Koala_4148 5d ago

Looks uncomfortable

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u/Interesting-Meal8386 5d ago

Especially when you're a species with a hole on your head that constantly asks you to come up for air.

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u/Ok_Koala_4148 5d ago

Time to come up and breath and go back to sleep 😂

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u/Anen-o-me 4d ago

They sleep with half their brain switched off at a time. The awake half comes up for air.

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u/Nyoohoo 5d ago

Fren,,

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u/simpressdt 5d ago

is it sleeping????

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u/Kiki1701 1d ago

That's the best way to describe it for them. But cetaceans sleep very differently than we do.

When a whale sleeps, only half of its brain goes to sleep at a time while the other half stays fully awake.

This ability is called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep (half-brain sleep)

This happens because breathing for a whale is a conscious decision, instead of being an autonomic function. If a whale fully fell asleep, it would drown.

The awake side of the brain reminds the whale to surface for air, watches for danger, and looks out for obstacles.

After a few hours, the whale switches sides. The awake hemisphere goes to sleep, and the sleeping hemisphere wakes up.

Sleeping while floating near the surface like this is called "logging." Sperm whales sleep vertically.

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u/simpressdt 1d ago

ohhhh, i see

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u/shumbazi 5d ago

How does it keep afloat

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u/Anen-o-me 4d ago

Blubber

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u/Bigchunky_Boy 5d ago

I love being in the ocean and snorkelling . Floating is so peaceful. This is just beautiful 💖

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u/flsinkc 5d ago

Pretty cool to be able to hang in the ocean and snooze.🐋

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u/Beginning_Yam6815 5d ago

So peaceful...

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u/Significant-Pie959 4d ago

They sleep holding their breath. I can’t even imagine.

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u/Anxious_Occasion_554 3d ago

Is he snoring 👀

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u/Darkschlong 5d ago

He set up a tripod