Whales
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What do you think of the Whale Tales podcast?
I partially listened to a few episodes of the podcast, but I played those on platforms where it's not easy to keep track of your progress and that I don't use often. It was interesting listening to them talk about whale facts and similar news.
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PBS documentary tells story of “life-changing” whale encounter off Dominica
dominicanewsonline.com PBS documentary tells story of “life-changing” whale encounter off Dominica - Dominica News OnlineA documentary, now playing on PBS, tells the fascinating story of a man who said he had a life-changing experience when he encountered a sperm whale while diving off the coast of Dominica. “Patrick and the Whale” follows Patrick Dykstra...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12883033
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This is the story of Whale 52. The World's Loneliest Whale
www.trstdly.com This is the story of Whale 52. The World's Loneliest Whale | trstdly: trusted news in simple englishThis is the story of Whale 52. The World's Loneliest Whale
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12866802
- phys.org Encounter with humpback whales reveals potential for nonhuman intelligence communication
A team of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation, had a close encounter with a non-human (aquatic) intelligence. The Whale-SETI team has been studying humpback whale communication systems in an effort to develop intelligence filters for the...
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There's now a protected area for sperm whales in the Caribbean island of Dominica.
This is nice. I don't want whales to go extinct.
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Do whales have regular, non blubber adipose tissue?
It's made a big deal that whales have a specialized version of adipose tissue called blubber that apparently has a greater amount of blood vessels and is thicker than normal adipose. But, is blubber 100% of the adipose tissue content of whales, such as blue whales, sperm whales, and Beluga whales, or do whales also have regular adipose tissue?
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What do you think of plush figures of whales?
I got the IKEA one in my house, it's pretty nice to hold in my hand. Do you have any plush figures of whales?
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Do you have any stories of whale breaching?
I have yet to see a whale in person, through I might consider going to a whale watching event. I have seen videos of such online, and it seems impressive there. Do you have any whale breaching stories you want to reveal?
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What do you think of whale men in fiction?
Are there any humanoid whale folk in fiction you like? Do you think it makes sense to have those in fiction? If you made a whale man species for a setting you made, how would you make them act?
Anyways, that guy in the picture is Thumpback from Skylanders Giants... I have two figures of him, but one is broken and doesn't work in the games unfortunately. He's a pretty cool character in the games to play as, his attacks feel powerful and I like how he can slide on his belly. Also he uses that anchor as his main weapon.
His backstory has him as a former pirate who liked fishing more than actually being a pirate, then he got separated from his crew which later were banished to a chest. Apparently he was part of the crew of The Phantom Tide ship captained by a sea dog named Frightbeard, who is the main antagonist of the 3DS game.
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What whale would you rather be?
What whale would you rather be? No dolphins, like the orca and bottlenose, are allowed for this question.
I think I would choose either the blue whale or Beluga whale for this. The blue whale is the biggest of them all and the beluga whale is pretty.