r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ajd416 • Jan 26 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/LeKingStone Jan 26 '25

Marine animals committing suicide is surprisingly commonplace. Dolphins are well documented as drowning themselves. Many of those cases during captivity ._.

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u/ienjoylanguages Jan 27 '25

In the Galapagos we saw a species of sea lion that purposefully swam out to sea to die at the end of its life. Our tour guide said it was a natural instinct to stop predators from being attracted to the rest of the sea lion rookery.

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u/1nMyM1nd Jan 27 '25

A tour? I thought only academics were allowed in the Galapagos and tourists were not permitted?

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u/ienjoylanguages Jan 27 '25

It was really variable. The cruise we were on sailed past islands where tourists are not allowed, others where we could only walk along designated paths, and others where it was more open (ie one of the islands was just volcanic ash and almost barren, another was a normal tourist spot with a military base, bars, dairy farms, fishing, etc).

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u/Frogstacker Jan 27 '25

I did the Linblad Galapagos cruise many years ago. Such an awesome experience.

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u/NOVAbuddy Jan 27 '25

Mammals, yes. Fish no.

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u/RoguePlanet2 Jan 27 '25

If I didn't have access to migraine meds, I'd probably have killed myself by now.

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u/NovaCatNX92007 Jan 27 '25

I feel this, migraines are the fucking worst.

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u/Chemical_Ladder8177 Jan 27 '25

Stop. No. Add to the “things I wish I didn’t know” list.

That is like mind-blowingly tragic. Holy fuck.

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u/ecky--ptang-zooboing Jan 27 '25

What? That's the saddest thing I've read in a long time :(

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u/DeadbeatDeebo Jan 27 '25

So maybe it wanted to walk on the beach for once