Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack : science

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Next time I completely shit myself in a stressful situation I hope a scientist somewhere describes the act as "clever."

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Orcas are seriously scary.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Orcas are not usually a threat to humans, and no fatal attack has ever been documented in their natural habitat.

They've never even left a survivor to tell the tale.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Hence the term killer whales

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

don't give yacht-owners any ideas

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Tricking yacht-owners into pooping themselves as a bit would be funny tho

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

fmaxrobs: How long can whale-poop clouds fend off hungry orcas? Then too, at some point the whales must empty. Couldn't orcas keep a watchful distance until the whales ran empty and their poop-cloud had dissipated?

Homie asking the real questions here.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

sicko-orca At last, a worthy adversary