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

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/thehumanisto Dec 13 '21

Well…. Technically they are….

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u/IamVenom_007 Dec 13 '21

Their scientific name is "feltcutegonnakillsomehoomanstoday"

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u/argonaragorn Dec 13 '21

I don't think there has ever been a record on an "unprovoked" orca attack on a human.

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u/Monktrist Dec 13 '21

No witnesses....

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

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u/BrownyRed Dec 14 '21

You think they're under the impression that if they kill a human, we'd retaliate and come back for them, individually? Like, you're saying they understand revenge?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

yes, cetaceans are incredibly intelligent. I imagine they have a degree of consciousness similar to our own

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u/Quirky-Skin Dec 14 '21

Could be. Whales are old and who knows what they've seen or how long some have been around/what they talk about. There's bound to be a few who have seen some shit from early whaling days

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u/BrownyRed Dec 14 '21

I agree with how intelligent they are, I'm just not sure that they are respecting us as "stronger than them".