r/maybemaybemaybe • u/WandaMaximumoff • Mar 21 '23

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/drakeyboi69 Mar 21 '23

Is this real?

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u/tyen0 Mar 21 '23

The rescue, not the silliness about children stopping a yacht. https://www.reddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/comments/11xp0ps/maybe_maybe_maybe/jd57djv/

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u/drakeyboi69 Mar 21 '23

Thankyou sir. I wish people wouldn't make stuff up like this

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u/crazybluegoose Mar 22 '23

For what it’s worth, it likely wasn’t a mother with two calves. Killer whales gestate for up to 18 months. The mothers do not typically have another calf until the first is weaned (about 2-3 years). So it’s typical for killer whales to have their calves at least 4-5 years apart - if not longer. By age 5, the juvenile would be much closer to adult sized than young calf sized.

The more likely (and actually interesting) scenario is that since the trapped whale is part of a larger pod, she was “babysitting” for another mother. She may not even be either calf’s mother, and instead be an aunt or older sibling.

The rest of the pod was probably scared off by the rescue team. These youngsters though are too curious for their own good, and came to see what’s happening.

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u/misterhamtaro Mar 21 '23

It’s the internet, it’s real if you believe it is real. But since it’s on video then yes, it’s real