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Sperm whales crap themselves to defend against orca attacks
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:15 am
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:15 am
https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/sperm-whales-drop-bubble-of-poo-off-western-australia-to-prevent-orca-attack
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Scientists witnessed the clever defense strategy unfold Tuesday (March 19) during a tourist excursion in Bremer Canyon, a whale-watching hotspot off the coast between Albany and Hopetoun. They described seeing a "cloud of diarrhea" permeate the water, and this rarely seen defense mechanism seemed to help the sperm whale pod escape what could have been a fatal attack by at least 30 killer whales, ABC News Australia reported.
"It's called defense defecation," Jennah Tucker, a marine biologist with Oceans Blueprint, a marine and environmental sciences research organization, who was on the charter boat, told ABC. When the animals defecate, she said, they pass their huge tails through their poop to drive away or confuse attackers.
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:17 am to theCAW
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Sperm whales crap themselves to defend against orca attacks
Are you sure?
We need an Aggie to do a taste test and confirm.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 8:19 am
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:26 am to theCAW
So orcas literally scare the shite out of the largest carnivore on earth
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:32 am to theCAW
I do too.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:32 am to Oilfieldbiology
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So orcas literally scare the shite out of the largest carnivore on earth
Has there ever been a more effective positive marketing campaign than what Free Willy and Blackfish accomplished for orcas.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:33 am to RougeDawg
quote:against orcas? Or in general?
I do too.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:47 am to theCAW
I’ll have to try that one.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:48 am to FinkyStinger
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FinkyStinger
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I’ll have to try that one.
Name checks out
Posted on 3/23/24 at 8:51 am to theCAW
I would also likely shite myself.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:01 am to theCAW
Maybe the whale got scared and shite itself? Science reaching again.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:12 am to theCAW
Orcas, the arse holes of the ocean.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:14 am to theCAW
How lucky are humans that orcas have not decided that we are tasty? Man, those things are scary.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:19 am to theCAW
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When the animals defecate, she said, they pass their huge tails through their poop to drive away or confuse attackers.
Sperm whales sling shite?
Gig em?
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:25 am to PeteRose
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:33 am to CuseTiger
We had a dead sperm whale near hear a couple years ago, really rare. Probably a victim of orcas.
You can usually tell when there's a pod of Seawolves on the prowl, as the sesls and sea lions gather and haul out of the water.
You can usually tell when there's a pod of Seawolves on the prowl, as the sesls and sea lions gather and haul out of the water.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:39 am to Oilfieldbiology
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So orcas literally scare the shite out of the largest carnivore on earth
I guess if it’s 30 of them, yeah.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:23 am to theCAW
Women should learn this technique to avoid being raped
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:32 am to theCAW
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crap themselves to defend against orca attacks
I do this when I meet up with an internet date and she's 100+ lbs over her profile pic.
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