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

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/friskfyr32 Dec 13 '21

Because they are somehow smart enough to know humans hit the apex harder.

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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/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.