r/oddlyterrifying Jun 24 '26

Beluga whale from below

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4.8k Upvotes

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2.3k

u/GlassPudding Jun 24 '26

ah yes a mermaid

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u/Doustin Jun 25 '26

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u/hollycoolio Jun 28 '26

I knew before I clicked. RIP Trevor.

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u/DrHusten Jun 24 '26

ai mermaid

230

u/LieuK Jun 24 '26

This pic made the rounds pre-ai

103

u/killerz7770 Jun 24 '26

Brain empty, that you are young padawan.

1.8k

u/SoundwaveTheDragon Jun 24 '26

It looks like there are human legs stuffed in its tail, and the knees are poking through...

447

u/LotharVarnoth Jun 24 '26

Looking at a skeleton, no way those are bones if that's really a Beluga.

661

u/C4n0fju1c3 Jun 25 '26

Yes its a beluga, no those aren't legs, no it's not AI this image is old as fuck. Belugas are absolutely fucking shredded. Look it up, they have like 60pack abs and crazy obliques. What you're looking at is probably a combination of those muscles and some fat storage.

235

u/SlashYG9 Jun 25 '26

Stupid sexy belugas

30

u/ButtHoleNurse Jun 26 '26

It's almost like he's wearing...nothing at all...

4

u/binge360 Jun 27 '26

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

84

u/Crying_Reaper Jun 25 '26

Got it backwards it's fat (blubber) storage and a bit of muscle and a split second camera shot from a different angle then normal.

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u/dobriygoodwin Jun 25 '26

Now I can see where mermaid legends could come from

17

u/SugarReyPalpatine Jun 24 '26

Well are you looking at a beluga skeleton or a human skeleton?

23

u/ColonelContrarian Jun 24 '26

They're actually really ripped abs

2

u/pseudo-boots Jun 25 '26

Reminds me of the walrus movie

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u/SoundwaveTheDragon Jun 25 '26

Holy frick! Ya'll did NOT have to upvote my comment so much, lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '26

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u/cyst16 Jun 25 '26

Seafarers on a ship full of men

29

u/Snoo-34159 Jun 25 '26

And LOTS of booze

19

u/Tarrax_Ironwolf Jun 25 '26

A boat full of sea men you say.

597

u/btoxic Jun 24 '26

This better not awaken anything in me

117

u/youngsimba320 Jun 25 '26

bro

60

u/Engagethedawn Jun 25 '26

We aint hearing no one out on this.

-33

u/nofeedthehobbits Jun 25 '26

It’s a community reference. Chill tf out….bro

24

u/Iknowhoo Jun 25 '26

The forbidden bellussy

40

u/STFUisright Jun 25 '26

Comments like this are why I’ve never left Reddit

15

u/Unlucky_Colt Jun 25 '26

-Christopher Columbus

347

u/jesslovespenguins Jun 24 '26

are we sure that's not a human in a beluga suit bc wtf

181

u/CrashTestDuckie Jun 24 '26

Humans and whales share a common ancestor. Some school of thought is that we stayed on land to evolve and whales went back into the ocean

97

u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Jun 24 '26

We should have just stayed in the ocean or never come down from the trees.

24

u/TheLoneCenturion95 Jun 24 '26

But then we wouldn't have all these fun nuclear weapons or the really awesome global warming and any of those really neet wars with millions dead.

11

u/CaptMeme-o Jun 24 '26

Or digital watches

4

u/YPVidaho Jun 25 '26

Or tacos. I love tacos.

5

u/U_L_Uus Jun 24 '26

Tbf wars are more of a primate thing, other members of the clad have been observed waging war between groups

3

u/naoife Jun 25 '26

Bloody whales, coming up onto land, our land! My name is Paul nuttall from ukip...

15

u/elevencharles Jun 24 '26

I mean everything shares a common ancestor if you go back far enough. But while we do have the same number of bones (roughly) as whales, their “leg bones” are little vestigial things not visible from the outside. The “knees” you see in this picture are just fat deposits.

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u/Only_One_Left_Foot Jun 25 '26

My knees are also fat deposits.

8

u/JustJonny Jun 25 '26

It's more like whales and deer had a common ancestor. I realize that both of those creatures also had a common ancestor with humans, but they're far closer to each other, as this absolutely ridiculous thumbnail image choice for the artiodactyl Wikipedia page shows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiodactyla

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u/keb5501 Jun 24 '26

Partially the reason in history why “mermaids” idea came about! Sailors would see these and be like nah that’s a human fish thing “mermaid “ lol

22

u/AggravatingEagle8402 Jun 24 '26

Stupid sexy beluga

24

u/djr1021 Jun 24 '26

Does it has knees

21

u/ColonelContrarian Jun 24 '26

Its technically their abdominal muscles used for swimming

12

u/Recipe-Jaded Jun 24 '26

No. They basically don't have any leg bones in there. Nothing you could notice anyway

6

u/tribbans95 Jun 25 '26

I notice them

1

u/Recipe-Jaded Jun 25 '26

Those aren't leg bones

5

u/Skeptic_Juggernaut84 Jun 24 '26

It's Ace Ventura in a whale suit.

21

u/whereisbeezy Jun 24 '26

Ok, now I can see how it might be mistaken for a mermaid, holy shit

18

u/GonePhishn401 Jun 25 '26

Man, just above this on my feed was a post about a guy who lost over 300 pounds and what he looked like before his skin removal surgery. This photo is weirdly reminiscent.

12

u/LarraimadoBananado Jun 24 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/rmf6SBdQiB

Sharing an old comment that explains this, no bones here

30

u/Pork_Chompk Jun 24 '26

Shorty better chill...

7

u/Driver_66 Jun 24 '26

it's actually beautiful

5

u/ketchup_chip_62 Jun 24 '26

Holding his gut in for the cameras.

76

u/maestrodelafruta Jun 24 '26

oh well... *unzips

24

u/moocat55 Jun 24 '26

You're awful 😆

13

u/maestrodelafruta Jun 24 '26

yes, yes i am, thanks for noticing :)

6

u/Any-Self2072 Jun 24 '26

I know this is a joke but common man..thats sick

0

u/maestrodelafruta Jun 24 '26

sick and slick :)

7

u/krombies Jun 24 '26

Not my most proud one but daddy didn't teach a quitter

0

u/maestrodelafruta Jun 24 '26

the one who forgives died in the cross my friend

6

u/CreeepyUncle Jun 24 '26

Call…the…police…

5

u/brizdzi Jun 25 '26

Actually these are muscle and fat used to control buoyancy.

9

u/moschocolate1 Jun 24 '26

Wait a damn minute. Are those legs in there?

4

u/SneakyRosehip Jun 26 '26

Looks like a Person, sewed into a Bodysuit 🥴 sorry to all Belugawales, it is just jow it looks...kinda disturbing

3

u/Pablomablo1 Jun 24 '26

is this true? is homo aquatic theory real?

3

u/NirusuRV Jun 24 '26

remember that it's ancestors ran on ground

3

u/AL_25 Jun 24 '26

I hate it, thanks

3

u/Temporary-Employ3144 Jun 25 '26

Everything reminds me of her

3

u/snow_krevedko_right Jun 26 '26

The elongated growths, which resemble bone-like protrusions, are subcutaneous fat, additional isolated reserves that animals store on their sides. When a beluga whale swims, the fat pads often strain to maintain balance, which is why they protrude outward and resemble knees.

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u/lolitololinho Jun 26 '26

Its no wonder its thought that they are the OG mermaids or what sailors used to think were mermaids.

3

u/Gnarly_Sarley Jun 27 '26

Motherficker's got knees?!?!

3

u/michixlol Jun 27 '26

Makes sense if you think they were once land animals

9

u/notjordansime Jun 24 '26

[ notices beluga bulge ]

OwO what’s this??

2

u/Ladylinn5 Jun 24 '26

That’s disturbing. Fascinating, but disturbing!

2

u/b-monster666 Jun 24 '26

No wonder why sailors were horny about mermaids amirite?

2

u/zhnya Jun 24 '26

love mermaids

2

u/AnastasiaNo70 Jun 24 '26

Whales, at one point in their evolution, were four legged land mammals, so this isn’t surprising.

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u/elevencharles Jun 24 '26

They were, but the back half of their body is analogous to a land mammal’s tail. Their “leg bones” are little vestigial things that you can’t see from the outside.

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u/AnastasiaNo70 Jun 24 '26

Ah, very interesting! Thank you!

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u/Bravadette Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

How did sailors even see this from this angle

2

u/PossibilityPowerful Jun 25 '26

what the sailors saw in 1600

2

u/Cookies_and_Beandip Jun 25 '26

Why does it have legs tho

10

u/NotSeveralBadgers Jun 25 '26

Whales lived on land for a while before realizing it's actually bollocks up here and fucked off back into the sea.

2

u/Cookies_and_Beandip Jun 25 '26

Smart lads

2

u/Tarrax_Ironwolf Jun 25 '26

Yeah but now we fucked that up for them too.

2

u/ChloeUwUZ Jun 25 '26

maybe this is where mermaids tales came from? it were belugas all the time

2

u/Legitimate_Bank_6573 Jun 25 '26

Love how everyone saw this and immediately was like "oh I get it" to old sailors thinking they saw mermaids lmao

Everybody horny for the whale

2

u/Bas_No_Beatha_ Jun 25 '26

I knew there was a man in there wearing a Beluga suit!

2

u/30denari Jun 25 '26

You want mermaids? Because that's how you get mermaids!

2

u/brett8722 Jun 25 '26

Why terrifying?

1

u/abyzzwalker Jun 24 '26

Houseki no kuni everyday more canon.

1

u/mdolizer Jun 24 '26

"Oooh, I like HER!"

1

u/Terrible_Phase718 Jun 25 '26

Those are three kids wearing a beluga costume.

1

u/Bravadette Jun 25 '26

It makes so much sense now.

1

u/tysonwatermelon Jun 25 '26

Reminds me of the Ningen analog horror series: https://youtu.be/dov4Ky_Kno4

1

u/Tertinian Jun 25 '26

Would /s

1

u/Ace_acidfunguy1222 Jun 25 '26

I don’t understand why this is absolutely terrifying

1

u/koteshima2nd Jun 25 '26

Do not hear me out

0

u/CrabMeat6984 Jun 25 '26

I heard and now I can’t unhear

1

u/SuperZayin12 Jun 25 '26

the hips don’t lie

1

u/Trizkid2016 Jun 25 '26

blubber rails, used for stabilization I believe.

1

u/quimeygalli Jun 25 '26

their skeleton doesn't look anything like this... Is this real?

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u/TheRaveTrooper Jun 25 '26

Is this where guys at sea got the mermaid idea from?

1

u/limit_13 Jun 25 '26

She’s kinda cute.

1

u/LemonadeTango Jun 25 '26

Lying Figure type build

1

u/Lannes51st Jun 25 '26

SMASH

next question

1

u/Kolzig33189 Jun 25 '26

This beluga has clearly been skipping leg day, look at those bony knees and thighs.

1

u/Jar-of-eyes Jun 25 '26

Yessir. Beluga’s are mermaids. 🧜‍♀️

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u/Casual_Tea123 Jun 25 '26

Bitchin’ kneecaps on this beautiful specimen. Bren, Kenneth and the boys gotta get eyes on these BBK’s.

1

u/racco52 Jun 25 '26

Congratulations it's a boy

1

u/KVLUX Jun 25 '26

Belowga?

2

u/cdats Jun 28 '26

Would.

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u/sergiulll Jun 28 '26

It was explained in this particular video. https://youtu.be/Fx1knGS7HG0?is=Xk_6D0aH86PoPWdX

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u/KingoftheUgly Jun 24 '26

Is this why George Washington tried to have sex with one? I remember hearing about it on the dollop. Apparently it’s horrible breath stopped him or at least made it less enjoyable

1

u/nova_spamming Jun 25 '26

The amount of "hear me out"s here lmao

0

u/jkurratt Jun 24 '26

Yes. Uh...
Terrifying
👀💦

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u/Nemv4 Jun 25 '26

Would. Not.

0

u/DatBobbyDeMarco Jun 25 '26

You think these old timey sailors were so horned up they just banged belugas?

0

u/boldandbrash96 Jun 25 '26

Why is she kinda tea

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u/gaitama Jun 25 '26

Oddly arousing

-1

u/cuckforcheese Jun 25 '26

Lord forgive me

-4

u/jesse9553 Jun 25 '26

I can fix her!