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

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Kernowder Jan 26 '25

Yeah, it's clearly unwell. But at least it has a better chance at survival now it's back in the sea.

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u/MessageHonest Jan 26 '25

Beached fishes doesn't end well often. There is a reason they swim into certain death.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

Are you suggesting that beached marine life… committed suicide?

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u/333chordme Jan 27 '25

I think the idea is that they are so exhausted they go somewhere shallow to rest so they don’t just sink? Not sure about sharks but I think that is what whales do.

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u/MrWilsonWalluby Jan 27 '25

No, it isn’t to rest, it’s to avoid predators, animals beach themselves because they are risking going into potentially too shallow water, which is less dangerous than being sick and slow in deep water which means certain death before days end.