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    I like posts like this. I am both entertained and informed!

    • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Edutainment

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    Why is that guy so annoyed, though?

    A person being passionate about something is a good thing!

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      Maybe he just knows about the ‘Just so’ fallacy and he’s suspicious of even good-faith science communication being presented as narrative? I know I have that problem sometimes.

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    She sounds perfect. I like people with a passion for science.

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    So are blue whales no more than 100,000 years old?

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      Whales are surprisingly new.

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        Looked it up, 1.5 million years

        • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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          What took you so long

      • Klear@lemmy.world
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        It makes sense when you consider they had to leave the sea only to return to it again later.

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          Horseshoe Crabs: “Well, well, well, look who decided to come floating back.”

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    Would this mean that the coming Age of Fire will result in smaller whales as global warming screws with the krill spawn rates?

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      Mini-whales, with micro-plastic infused baleen and a high calcium diet to help alleviate the effects of the acidic and irradiated seawater

      • Prefeitura@lemmy.eco.br
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        Too bad we already killed off the vaquitas.

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          Just critically endangered, not extinct…yet.

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    But is there still enough krill for the blue whales?

  • BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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    Prevent predation? Seems like the orcas didn’t get the memo.

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world
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      At least orcas don’t do to whales what they do to sharks - eat their liver and leave them to die in agony.

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    *smiles*

    *nods*

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    Oh, this is cool!!!

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    deleted by creator

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      Oh they got fat i.e. blubber but the water’s cold and they’re always swimming. Krill aren’t fatty enough that you’d run into high fat/sugar diet problems.

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        Some marketing executive: “Sugared Krill! Yes!”

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      I don’t think any wild animals other than humans have obesity problems

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