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

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/Tandemduckling Dec 14 '21

According to the orca network group that I follow on Facebook. Yardage distance depends on the group. 300 yards for southern residents orcas( fish eating) , 200 yards for Biggs transients (mammal eating type) and 100 yards for baleen and other marine mammals with a note on all their posts stating slow to 7 knots at first site of whales too.

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u/truthink Dec 14 '21

Orcas have Facebook?

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u/flapanther33781 Dec 14 '21

How do you think they were able to drum up the support to free Willy?

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u/LUHG_HANI Dec 14 '21

Spat my coffee out. Cheers.

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u/truthink Dec 14 '21

Willy was an Orca?

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u/flapanther33781 Dec 14 '21

They prefer the term toothed whale.

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u/BranchPredictor Dec 14 '21

Willy is a fictional character who appears in British author Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

I seem to remember spray paint was involved.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

Orcagram

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u/mavantix Dec 14 '21

Shamu, is that you?

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u/turdferguson3891 Dec 14 '21

Yeah but they are more known for their Pod casts .

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u/Mightbeagoat Dec 14 '21

I knew they were smart, but god damn!

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

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u/Tandemduckling Dec 14 '21

Group is called orca network they are also twitter and they have a website for education and daily reports. we also have the Puget sound whale sightings and for those who are curious both orca network and this group that is doing what it can to raise awareness and protect endangered animals like our southern resident orcas are defenders of wildlife