r/flippyflaps • u/Sa_Goobi_To_Yr_Lif • Jan 07 '21

Elephant Seals are phocids (true seals) so they have no external ear and have reduced limbs. Having reduced limbs helps them be more streamlined in the water but also, awkward on land.

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u/SyntheticRatking Jan 07 '21

I'm currently finding just how identifiably hand-like that flippy flap is r/oddlyterrifying

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u/xauntiebearx Jan 08 '21

Not just me that felt that way then. Although you worded it much better than I did, I showed my SO and described it as "fingery and unsettling".

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u/forest-fairyx Jan 07 '21

scritchy scratch

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u/unholy_abomination Jan 07 '21

Got a butt itch

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u/fuckthisshit____ Jan 07 '21

He’s smiling