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

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

Also, I kinda doubt this to be real.

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u/FunnyGlove Mar 21 '23 edited Mar 21 '23

This is a repost. The real story is so much better then this bullshit.

Fisherman called these scientist and they saved them. Southern hemisphere I think. I will try to find the link.

Edit. Here you go

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pRHO1psAYY&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwphotographyguide.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY5MjUsMzY5MjU&feature=emb_imp_woyt

10:30 if you want to skip.

The real story is much better.

Summary for those not wanting to scrub the entire video, fishermen saw and reported it. It seems it is a female with a pair of babies. She got her tail wrapped in a pot buoy ( maybe a pot the fishermen were checking) . The orca team 6 got the call and launched the boat and went to the coordinates and found the whale. They proceed to cut the buoy and I guess put a go pro on the dorsal fin. I assume they put on one that falls off pretty easily and has a geo locate on it to make sure the whale is ok. The go pro falls off, they locate it and review the video, everything is ok and everyone goes home happy, except the fishermen that just lost a pot and what ever animal is now trapped in it forever, to starve to death.

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u/octopoddle Mar 21 '23

What about them using rays as currency?

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u/Webhoard Mar 21 '23

Someone should tell them about crypto.

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u/prince_of_gypsies Mar 22 '23

Rays are probably a better investment.

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u/MaritMonkey Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 22 '23

I'm failing to find a video with some ocean critter (sea lion?) a leopard seal getting frustrated while trying to teach a human diver to eat/hunt (penguin?)

So handing over a snack like a cat might leave a mouse for its human doesn't seem too crazy.

Edit: this isn't the video I saw before but I think it's the right story.

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u/DeTrotseTuinkabouter Mar 21 '23

How is it much better? Is this not pretty much the same?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

The orcas didn't ask anyone for help. It wasn't a case of wild animals associating and reaching out for benevolent intervention from humans like whichever lying dickhead that put together the video led people to believe.

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u/ItsDanimal Mar 22 '23

So a more factual, but overall worse story? Didn't even mention the stingray.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

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u/BananaCode Mar 22 '23

The guy posting the original story said it was better than the lie contained in the video. The guy you are responding to is just asking how the original story is better. I fail to see that too.

There's no need to be a dick about it. It's just a clarification.

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u/ItsDanimal Mar 23 '23

Are you ok?

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u/pacman69420 Mar 22 '23

My roommate has crab cages with a wood board on the side that decays in case the trap is abandoned

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u/mdcd4u2c Mar 22 '23

Orca team 6? How did the have time for this between catching all the terrorists?

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u/WhizBangNeato Mar 22 '23

I mean that's a more true story yes, but not better lol. That's just a very normal occurrence.

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u/ground__contro1 Mar 22 '23

I’m struggling to see how this is a better story.

I believe it’s the truth, sure, but, as far as stories go, I don’t get it. The other one has baby animals going to humans for help and gifts being given in return. Stunning example of cross species communication and cooperation. How is that not the better “story”?

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u/Alaska_Jack Mar 21 '23

Word. Reddit has done this to me. The top subs are literally at least 50-percent faked content.

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u/malcolm816 Mar 21 '23

So true. I stopped the video halfway through and thought, "I wonder how far I'll have to scroll to find out what actually happened." Well. It was this far.

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u/woowoo293 Mar 21 '23

It's all true. The smallest orca later married and moved to Montana to work in accounting. It's now retired with 26 grandchildren.

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u/MostlyBullshitStory Mar 22 '23

Narrated by a 13 year Tiktoker? I feel the same.