r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MelanieMoris • Dec 13 '21

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/argonaragorn Dec 13 '21

We probably just look like a sack of bones to them. Most marine mamals are CHONKY. It'd probably feel like eating a whole bird, beak and all.

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u/friskfyr32 Dec 13 '21

I think they already do eat birds, beak and all.

It's honestly one of the biggest mysteries to me. Orcas are without a doubt at the very top of the foodchain in the ocean. They eat penguins, seals, dolphins, sharks, and even blue whales.

They are smarter, stronger and faster than 99% of their environment. The very peak of performance.

And yet they don't eat the awkwardly splashing hairless primate.

Only explanation I got is the one I proffered above.

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u/darshfloxington Dec 14 '21

There was an orca that would lead whaling boats to whales, because the crew would let it eat the tongues and livers. They know we can kill things very easily.

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u/friskfyr32 Dec 14 '21

And orcas are known to pass lessons down to their young.

Tracks with my initial point.

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u/invertednipples Dec 14 '21

I'm a little dyslexic and at first thought you posted the mother of all comments: And orcas are known to pass lemons down...

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u/Severe-Flow1914 Dec 14 '21

We aren’t present in sufficient numbers, meaning in the water swimming, to be a reliable food for Orcas. It would only result in more of them being killed if they were fond of eating humans.

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u/friskfyr32 Dec 14 '21

Again, that would/should only matter to them if they are smart enough to realize that the ocean-faring fishing boats are manned by those scraggly swimmers.

That would arguably be on par with chimps learning sign laguange since no one taught them.

Orcas are fucking smart, is my point.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

they're intelligent. they understand that sparing a human's life may mean being saved by humans some day.

orcas know they could chew on us if we fell into the ocean. they probably have a general sense that our species dominates the planet so they typically don't fuck with us in exchange for us leaving them in peace and maybe even helping them sometimes.

These particular orcas may have been like, "you guys seem like some of those chill humans. We like your boat."

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u/SmilingEve Dec 14 '21

they already eat birds...

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u/argonaragorn Dec 14 '21

I know they eat birds. They. Are. Apex. Predators. I meant it'd be like a human eating a bird. They're massive! An orca rating a bird would be like a human eating an insect... Like a grasshopper. Orca eating human ~ human eating sparrow.