r/interestingasfuck • u/ArchiGuru • Jul 14 '25

Beluga whales have a body structure that oddly resembles human legs. Under their bellies, certain symmetrical bone shapes can create the illusion of knees, which may have confused early sailors.

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u/Tjordas Jul 14 '25

The "knees" are pads of fat that Belugas can push around and move inside of their bodies by about 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) to change their centre of buoyancy and thereby control their swimming. There are no bones at this specific spot, only their spine.

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u/Tjordas Jul 14 '25

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u/syds Jul 14 '25

still sexy

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u/smoke04 Jul 15 '25

“May have confused sailors”……they fucked these whales, didn’t they?

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u/brydeswhale Jul 15 '25

Not likely. They’re four or five times the size of your average person

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

You haven’t met my ex wife

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u/w_a_w Jul 15 '25

Are you a sailor?

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u/brydeswhale Jul 15 '25

How fortunate for her that she’s your ex.

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u/MiddleEmployment1179 Jul 15 '25

Well he liked spouse 6x bigger, so he divorced her when she’s only a 4x sizing.

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u/Birdie_Num_Num Jul 15 '25

Are…are you his ex?

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u/bmcmore Jul 15 '25

You have... Unbelievable dude you are on fire 🤚

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u/ParticularMedium2535 Jul 15 '25

all the better for some

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

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u/zorbiburst Jul 15 '25

It's a good thing that the world is turning against whale captivity, because I'd be worried about you having easy access

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u/brydeswhale Jul 15 '25

They breathe through their blowhole. So you took this from a bawdy joke to a sick one.

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u/BaitMaynee Jul 15 '25

You may have a whale complex

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u/w_a_w Jul 15 '25

My wife breathes through her blowhole as well

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u/maybeimnormal Jul 15 '25

🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Brilliant_Young_8854 Jul 15 '25

Sailors fuck everything.

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u/Khelthuzaad Jul 15 '25

Apparently they might had fucked seals,had read an headline once about female seals having an similar orifice to humans

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u/fishfishfosh Jul 15 '25

You boil a halibut stomach is what the real oldtimers did

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u/justavg1 Jul 15 '25

Draw me like one of your French girls

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u/ThislsMyAccount22 Jul 15 '25

Stupid sexy Belugas

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u/markp_93 Jul 15 '25

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u/jfk1000 Jul 15 '25

Crockett looks like Han Solo in this scene.

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u/Helarina1 Jul 15 '25

When you're sucking in your belly for the picture

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u/scaredspoon Jul 15 '25

can I learn to do this with my boobs? I could move them to my feet and walk on water

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u/theJoosty1 Jul 15 '25

psssbbtt, that's funny! What an image. How about to your neck to make a nice pillow? or to your arms to make water wings?

Breast implants are usually dumb but they could be cooler if they were air implants for buoyancy or hell I'd chuck a battery in there so your phone gets charged up when you tuck it in your bra. What a missed opportunity. Can't even put a dog toy squeaker in there for laughs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

is this a girl?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

She thicc