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Baconroll posted:They are doing something weird off the Iberian Peninusla in Europe - A few years ago small number started attacking rudders on small boats. This behavior had spread and now 3 boats have been sunk with dozens damaged, and hundreds of interactions. All very very odd. Human civilization has been using the ocean as its own personal sewer for several centuries by now, so is it really so surprising that the ocean is finally telling us to gently caress off?
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:There is another important passage in a memoir by a shipwrecked whale hunting sailor, actually the book that Henry Melville based Moby Dick on, about being attacked and other survivors eaten by what is clearly orcas. I remember reading an account written by somebody in the late 1800s or early 1900s about orcas coming under the ice and smashing it trying to break it, but I thought it was also made clear that they likely thought the men were probably seals, seeing only their shadows/silhouettes from under the ice. Is this what you were talking about? I don’t remember any stories of anyone actually getting eaten. The only hostile interactions I’ve heard of other than that are the things orcas have to done to trainers and idiots who stay after park closing to try and swim with them. And none of those involved people being eaten either.
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/killer-whales-work-with-humans I always like the story about humans and orcas hunting together for generations. Unfortunately, it ended like you know it would.
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MrMojok posted:I remember reading an account written by somebody in the late 1800s or early 1900s about orcas coming under the ice and smashing it trying to break it, but I thought it was also made clear that they likely thought the men were probably seals, seeing only their shadows/silhouettes from under the ice. A few months back I saw stories about a pod of Orcas that were harassing boats off the coast of Spain. I remember reading something to the effect that they identified one of the whales has having a bad interaction with boats. That hatred led her to teach the rest of the pod how to "hunt" boats. Now they harass boats. I read about another pod that travels the oceans killing sharks and only eating their liver. Orcas are strange, violent creatures. Like cats of the sea.
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Hannibal Rex posted:https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/killer-whales-work-with-humans He fixes their cable?
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ASAPI posted:A few months back I saw stories about a pod of Orcas that were harassing boats off the coast of Spain. I remember reading something to the effect that they identified one of the whales has having a bad interaction with boats. That hatred led her to teach the rest of the pod how to "hunt" boats. Now they harass boats. The shark killing pod is or at least was along the coast of South Africa, and the reason why my fiancée wasn't able to see many sharks on her shark diving tour while there.
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MrMojok posted:I remember reading an account written by somebody in the late 1800s or early 1900s about orcas coming under the ice and smashing it trying to break it, but I thought it was also made clear that they likely thought the men were probably seals, seeing only their shadows/silhouettes from under the ice. https://www.amazon.com/Shipwreck-Whaleship-Essex-Narrative-Melvilles/dp/1510715789 was what I was thinking about. I hope I've not gravely misunderstood what he wrote, but then again I also can't vouch for a guy 200 years ago (!) being completely accurate about his fisherman story
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Mustang posted:I can't imagine what the PNW must have been like 100 years ago. Was reading about how orcas used to be considered pests and shooting them was encouraged, with about 1/4 of the orcas captured through to the 1970s having bullet scars. Now they're people's favorite animal. I was asking my grandparents about that era and it was interesting how no one cared about Redmond, Bellevue, or Kirkland as at the time they were sleepy lumber hamlets.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:There is another important passage in a memoir by a shipwrecked whale hunting sailor, actually the book that Henry Melville based Moby Dick on, about being attacked and other survivors eaten by what is clearly orcas. Moby Dick has the wrong kind of RAM.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:There is another important passage in a memoir by a shipwrecked whale hunting sailor, actually the book that Henry Melville based Moby Dick on, about being attacked and other survivors eaten by what is clearly orcas. No, the Essex was definitely done in by a sperm whale and Mocha dick was likewise a cum whale. That said while I like orcas I don't 100% believe the "they never killed people" bit at all.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:https://www.amazon.com/Shipwreck-Whaleship-Essex-Narrative-Melvilles/dp/1510715789 Going off the historical narrative and cobbling things together from Wikipedia: There were 21 total crewmembers. One deserted some time before the attack. Of the remaining 20, there were eventually 8 survivors, and none died in the whale attack itself. Two crewmembers died of starvation/thirst and were buried at sea. Seven of the dead were in fact eaten, but by their shipmates. Three more became separated from the other whaling boats and their fate is unconfirmed (although a whaling boat was later found washed up on an island with three skeletons on board). edit: Reading back, I may have actually misread your original post a bit. Apologies if that's the case. AtraMorS fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Nov 3, 2023 |
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hobbesmaster posted:The sadder thing about LoL is that he was playing it constantly every day while overprescribed ADHD meds. And he only ranked up to bronze. For those that guy don’t know, bronze is the bottom 28%. This is honestly shocking and hilarious. Amphetamines are absolutely a game changer if you play games competitively and for him to play so badly on them... I'm starting to see how he got caught
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Elviscat posted:Look at all those huge trees! Currently reading a biography of Sherman and ran across this  tidbit of his foster father's memories of growing up on the Ohio frontier. VVVV With a Sherman bio, you also need to make sure you don't burn yourself out either. 
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You read too much stuff like that you're gonna bum yourself out in short order
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lmbo at both "Henry Melville" and "Mocha Dick"
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Milo and POTUS posted:You read too much stuff like that you're gonna bum yourself out in short order Sherman burning us out from beyond the grave!
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CommieGIR posted:Sherman burning us out from beyond the grave! Hail SS-64 Sherman, may his passage cleanse the earth.
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Yeah well I maintain that orcas are shifty and they'd bite ya as soon as look at ye, by a mile if they'd be a foot! Arrgh.
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Donnie's lawyers have been such poo poo birds in the NYAG Trump Org case that they just got a gag order on them too: https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1720520314637918321?t=VKoJiL57HWtfyH2iagVO3g&s=19 The one lawyer is basically making the judge out to be a puppet of his clerk, to make a really stupid appellate record and/or actively participate in Donnie's propaganda against the clerk. Legal strategery 101 at play.
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Soul Dentist posted:lmbo at both "Henry Melville" and "Mocha Dick" that was its name e: well the whale
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Actually it's Mocha Dick's monster, "Henry"
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There was a bit in The Worst Journey In The World where he talks about Orcas coming up around the ice floes that a few men and dogs found themselves trapped on. It's been a while since I read it but I think he said they were just after the dogs. This was a book about one of the expeditions to the South Pole.
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Of course he can only hire lawyers who are truthers.
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Turns out the lawyers for bad people also tend to be bad people Sorry public defenders
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CommieGIR posted:Of course he can only hire lawyers who are truthers. I think it's because the lead shitbird knows they're going to lose and lose badly - but he needs to keep the gravy train rolling. Before the representation started, the lawyer (Kise) demanded Donnie put $3m in an escrow that Kise could bill to and pull from. That way, Kise knows Donnie is good for the money, since Donnie loves stiffing contractors. Kise is likely trying to keep himself employed for the appeal or the next case after this loss, and the best way to do that is make a scene that Donnie loves.
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youve got to thread the needle between "deranged enough to keep getting paid" and "get disbarred"
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has an excellent exhibit on orcas. As other posters have noted they are excellent at offing adorable animals.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has an excellent exhibit on orcas. As other posters have noted they are excellent at offing adorable animals. OMSI fuckin rules. Tons of happy memories from that place. They also have the USS Bluejack moored in the river, and that’s super fun to tour.
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Project M.A.M.I.L. posted:There was a bit in The Worst Journey In The World where he talks about Orcas coming up around the ice floes that a few men and dogs found themselves trapped on. It's been a while since I read it but I think he said they were just after the dogs. This was a book about one of the expeditions to the South Pole. A bit off topic, but one of the things I like the most about GIP is book recommendations (not the weird "let's read" ones). Thanks for pointing me to this.
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Waiting to see a SpaceX launch tonight, and the recovery ship is called A Shortfall of Gravitas:quote:And despite the ships differing and somewhat whimsical names – they all have another underlying connection as well. They are all named after sentient starships in Iain M. Bank’s Culture series of sci-fi novels. The ship A Shortfall of Gravitas is named after is actually called Experiencing a Significant Gravitas Shortfall, and comes from the book Look to Windward. Of Course I Still Love You and Just Read the Instructions on the other hand come from a book called The Player of Games. I didn't know it was possible, but Elon is even more punchable. What a fuckin' nerd.
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speaking of nerds, check out what happened with another nerd's fascination with MMA https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1720599339725140293
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Iain M Banks - writes books about communism being good and the meaning of being alive. Elon Musk - steals the funny names
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facialimpediment posted:speaking of nerds, check out what happened with another nerd's fascination with MMA Nelson-HaHa.jpg
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facialimpediment posted:speaking of nerds, check out what happened with another nerd's fascination with MMA They’re really trying to sell the “he’s actually human” bit, just swap the drat cable out and Zuckbot will be good to go again.
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M_Gargantua posted:Iain M Banks - writes books about communism being good and the meaning of being alive. While contact designated Earth as part of a control group the Musks were so obnoxious that special circumstances dropped them off to get rid of them.
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facialimpediment posted:speaking of nerds, check out what happened with another nerd's fascination with MMA those things take a looong time to heal
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Wrong Theory posted:Wait, Zuck was actually going to fight someone? Who? I hope it was CM Punk. He only does BJJ rounds, not true fights, but if you want more information about that: https://twitter.com/PabloTorre/status/1702017999987720640 It's a big thing in Silicon Valley and lots of rando competitions all over.
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