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[–] SnowMeowXP@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like posts like this. I am both entertained and informed!

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is that guy so annoyed, though?

A person being passionate about something is a good thing!

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe he just knows about the 'Just so' fallacy and he's suspicious of even good-faith science communication being presented as narrative? I know I have that problem sometimes.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 weeks ago

She sounds perfect. I like people with a passion for science.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So are blue whales no more than 100,000 years old?

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Whales are surprisingly new.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looked it up, 1.5 million years

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

What took you so long

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It makes sense when you consider they had to leave the sea only to return to it again later.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Horseshoe Crabs: “Well, well, well, look who decided to come floating back.”

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would this mean that the coming Age of Fire will result in smaller whales as global warming screws with the krill spawn rates?

[–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Mini-whales, with micro-plastic infused baleen and a high calcium diet to help alleviate the effects of the acidic and irradiated seawater

[–] Prefeitura@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Too bad we already killed off the vaquitas.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just critically endangered, not extinct...yet.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Prevent predation? Seems like the orcas didn't get the memo.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

At least orcas don't do to whales what they do to sharks - eat their liver and leave them to die in agony.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, this is cool!!!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

*smiles*

*nods*

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Forgive my ignorance on this, but why don't whales have obesity problems due to consuming so much krill?

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh they got fat i.e. blubber but the water's cold and they're always swimming. Krill aren't fatty enough that you'd run into high fat/sugar diet problems.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Some marketing executive: "Sugared Krill! Yes!"

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think any wild animals other than humans have obesity problems