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While whales are always around, this has happened in Chile, this has been a curiously active summer for marine mammals in this area. Whales, dolphins and porpoises have been seen even on the beaches of the province of Buenos Aires, which is incredibly unusual.
Killer whales have been known to "surf" a wave to slide some distance onto a beach for a seal-snack, too. Then they tail-flip their way back into the water a wave or two later.
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Jonah=3 days
That guy=3 seconds
Either way, probably not a feeling of joy.
That guy=3 seconds
Either way, probably not a feeling of joy.
Note that whale spit the man out.
Do whales have self awareness and a conscience?
How intelligent are whales and dolphins? - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
Over millions of years, the bodies, brains, sensory systems and intelligence of whales and dolphins have evolved for living rich and varied lives in water.
us.whales.org
The story of Jonah and the Whale was always followed by a pretty Sunday school teacher using the example of James Bartley to some very sharp kid, who was destined to become in his own time, an elder in the Christian Church.
James Bartley - Wikipedia
That accomplished, the pretty Sunday school teachers moved on to Joshua from Jonah.
Or Daniel in the lion’s den.
There is shocking biblical illiteracy today, because of a severe lack of those pretty Sunday school teachers, you know ?
I wonder how few children ever hear about Jonah today?
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What a horrible sensation. Although I prefer this to being hunted by a big shark.
The humpback whale could have killed him by hitting him or sinking him to a point where he could not have returned to the surface alive, but it could not have swallowed him. A man cannot go down its throat.Note that whale spit the man out.
Do whales have self awareness and a conscience?
How intelligent are whales and dolphins? - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
Over millions of years, the bodies, brains, sensory systems and intelligence of whales and dolphins have evolved for living rich and varied lives in water.
The story of Jonah and the Whale was always followed by a pretty Sunday school teacher using the example of James Bartley to some very sharp kid, who was destined to become in his own time, an elder in the Christian Church.
James Bartley - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
That accomplished, the pretty Sunday school teachers moved on to Joshua from Jonah.
Or Daniel in the lion’s den.
There is shocking biblical illiteracy today, because of a severe lack of those pretty Sunday school teachers, you know ?
I wonder how few children ever hear about Jonah today?
Whales and dolphins exhibit human like behavior. The simplest expiation is it was playing with the human on a raft.
Philosophy time out.
Descartes said I think, therefore I am.
We know we exist because we can think.
If whales and dolphins can be aware of themselves, they can also be as aware of us.
I’m the furthest thing from a do gooder, but they sorta maybe got a point about “saving the whales”.
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As a child, I learned that I could shoot one crow and the others would come back to help it.
And that when my father pulled newborn calves off his cows they’d stand and bawl over the fence at their calves.
That a mama sow will eat you alive defending her piglets.
There’s a turkey plant in our little town.
20,000 birds a day get stunned and killed.
They don’t give no tours, to schoolchildren.
That was a crazy video I saw this morning on the news! I haven’t been kayaking in years but thank god Lake Superior doesn’t have those big beasts! I can’t imagine going ocean kayaking, enjoying the workout and scenery, and then being swallowed by a whale!!
Also saw the video of the kayaker being stalked by a shark. Talk about some nightmare fuel!!
Also saw the video of the kayaker being stalked by a shark. Talk about some nightmare fuel!!
When my kids were younger, we scheduled a swim with dolphin tour. We were all geared up in our scuba suits and waiting on the pier for the boat from the previous tour to return to take us out. When the boat rushed back in, they were carrying this guy just covered in blood and holding big patches of skin on him by hand. They cancelled our tour... only explaining that the dolphins weren't in a good mood that day, ha ha. We went back to our room and looked it up, and many of these tours end up in chaos, because dolphins are wild unpredictable animals. We don't know what sets them off, but they have rows of razor sharp teeth that can F-you up in a heartbeat.
The tour guides will always blame the customers, but the reality is that it could be anything from what shampoo someone in the tour used to an arm gesture one would make that sets them off. They have no idea what it is... but these places still continue to take tourists' money.
Now, if I am swimming out beyond the breakers, which I wouldn't do on purpose, and if I see dolphins, I hurry my ass back towards the beach. F them dolphins. Ha ha.
The tour guides will always blame the customers, but the reality is that it could be anything from what shampoo someone in the tour used to an arm gesture one would make that sets them off. They have no idea what it is... but these places still continue to take tourists' money.
Now, if I am swimming out beyond the breakers, which I wouldn't do on purpose, and if I see dolphins, I hurry my ass back towards the beach. F them dolphins. Ha ha.
My wife and I used to ride horses.
If you watch horses play in a field they’ll kick at each other, roll over, have a good time.
Up there on the horse’s back, I was aware that horse could flip over backwards any time it wanted, and that would be the end of me.
Once I was on a horse climbing a bluff that I couldn’t have possibly climbed myself.
The horse in front of me lost footing, and I thought this is it, but the cowboy riding the lead horse spurred it, and it clamored right up to safety, and my horse followed and my wife and the cowboy’s wifes horse came right up after us.
The cowboy grinned back at me, and said that horse doesn’t want to die any more than you do.
Neither do whales and dolphins.
Kill one of us, and it’s bad for them, you know?
Happens to me at the Pharmacy all the damned time.
I have zero desire to go out on the ocean . Cruise ships , whale watching , commercial fishing----no thanks........
It seems a little creepy to see videos of people in a small open boat marveling as a 30-40 ton whale nudges them . They could flip the whole craft over in a heartbeat & then play tail badminton with the passengers....
The water is their territory............
It seems a little creepy to see videos of people in a small open boat marveling as a 30-40 ton whale nudges them . They could flip the whole craft over in a heartbeat & then play tail badminton with the passengers....
The water is their territory............
It wasn't that long ago that along the EU coasts, Killer whales were just tearing fishing boats to smithereens. The experts were saying that parent whales were teaching their offspring to tear up boats. Ain't NO WAY I'd be tooling about in that area in a small boat.
It happens all the time that people here in Comodoro Rivadavia or Rada Tilly go kayaking or paddle boarding, moving 2000 meters or more away from the beach. Full territory of the Southern Right Whale or the Orcas. This type of encounter happens quite often. Not that it swallows them, but whales that emerge from under kayaks or boats, or that hit people while jumping.