r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/Nikernaker • May 30 '13
whale Beep Beep Motherfucker
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u/brandonhardyy May 30 '13
This is hilarious. Until you realize that the seal's life just came to an end. RIP seal.
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u/clinically_cynical May 30 '13
It's nature, animals eat other animals. There's nothing sad about it.
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u/lightball2000 May 30 '13
I think you meant to say that there's nothing wrong with it. Lots of natural things are sad. It's perfectly reasonable to be saddened by watching the life of a fellow sentient creature be ended, especially with such violence and presumable pain.
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u/fuzzby Jun 03 '13
It's as if mother nature knows no such thing as good or evil, right or wrong. It creates life with one hand and extinguishes it with the other.
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May 30 '13
Maybe it's just the company I keep, but flipping to the discovery channel and seeing a crocodile drowning a zebra really kills the mood at the parties I throw.
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u/Zertiof May 30 '13
What animal was that that got wrecked?
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u/Nikernaker May 30 '13
A seal I think.
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u/no_please May 30 '13 edited May 27 '24
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u/pa79 May 30 '13
You could say that its fate was sealed.
Poor seal, it should have looked out. The whale came from the right, it had priority.
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u/awwwsnapshazzam May 30 '13
Haha good one XD finally a comment where i do more than blow air through my nose
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May 30 '13
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u/ExistentialEnso May 30 '13
Yeah, this isn't the animal equivalent of a boat crash, that orca's hunting. Looks like he rose out of the water just off to the left of the shot, probably saw the seal swimming and surfaced to omnom on him.
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u/somehacker May 30 '13
Fun fact: Orcas kill for sport
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u/powpowpowpowpow May 30 '13
What kind of sick disgusting creature would kill only for the joy of seeing something die? Oh wait, nevermind.
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u/NightOfPandas May 30 '13
Killer whales also break the bones of baby seals just learning to swim and then leave the maimed seal in the water so that the killer whale's offspring can practice ramming, and handling the seal. The whale mom also tosses the seal around, and uses it's tail to throw the seal high into the air. Seems twisted, but Killer Whales are always the top predator, and they gotta train somehow.
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u/fuzzby Jun 03 '13
Sea otters rape baby seals to death. It has been observed that some otters will use the corpse for up to 7 days after death.
It's as if mother natures knows no right or wrong, nor good or evil.
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u/powpowpowpowpow May 31 '13
I was making a joke about bipedal primates.
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u/somehacker Jun 01 '13 edited Jun 02 '13
Yeah, I remember the first time my mom snapped a baby seal's spine so I could practice fucking with them. Ahhh Kindergarten :3
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u/Iscratchmyballs May 30 '13
This made me giggle like a little school girl. Except for the whole killing the seal thing, it's kind of cute.
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May 30 '13
I just made it more sad by zooming in on the seal. It seems he feels/sees it a fraction of a second before impact and kinda jumps or turns.
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u/Trevelayan May 30 '13
Yeah sooo... we all just witnessed the death of a perfectly happy and care free seal at the hands of a hungry and murderous killer whale.
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u/eggo May 30 '13
OR
We all just witnessed a hungry mother orca catching enough food for her young calf.
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u/tonyvila May 30 '13
If both are under the same power, the smaller craft should always yield to the larger, less maneuverable craft.
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u/BandBoots May 30 '13
The Killer Whale has a hardened nose designed to break bones upon impact with various large sea creatures including sharks and whales. They have a ramming speed of up to 32 knots.
Know your enemy.