Y’all, between the #orcas and the #titanic#submarine and that 5000-mile blob of #seaweed in Florida, it seems like the ocean is going a little crazy right now.
Has somebody done something to piss off Mr. Nimbus?
We have been telling humanity what is wrong for a long time. But you need giant #orcas for your bad human eyes. Or do endless studies on whether animals could be intelligent. The worst of you spray pesticides.
You lazy types, develop compound eyeglasses and read! We are the #artists of plant books.
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
In the years after the undisclosed trip to #Alaska, #Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. #Alito has never recused himself.
Look, if you want me to think of the billionaires as people, then they have to live among us and that means giving up the billions, which means not being billionaires anymore.
I can't solve this dilemma for you, it's a real Catch-22.
I mean, if you want to live above the concerns of normal people and ascend beyond human concerns we can't exactly treat you as if our lives have any commonality anymore, as if you're actually human.
I worry about whether or not my insurance will cover me if I suddenly develop cancer or impoverish my loved ones--you're worried about whether or not the tax rate is going to go up on your private jet and if you should move the headquarters to Reno instead.
It would have been a lot cheaper and easier to just cram the billionaires in a cute little submersible and PRETEND that it went down to the Titanic. You could literally display anything in that little porthole “window” and they wouldn’t even know.
In den letzten Tagen sehe ich in den Sozialen Medien verbunden mit einer erfreuten Häme vermehrt die Meldung, dass #Orcas bzw. Schwertwale Yachten angreifen. Als Segler verfolge ich seit gut drei Jahren das Thema in den einschlägigen #Segeln Medien und habe ein ambivalentes Verhältnis dazu.
Bisher erlebten eine mittlere dreistellige Zahl von hauptsächlich Segelschiffen vor Gibraltar und im östlichen Atlantik eine Interaktion. Eine kleine Zahl Schiffe wurde zerstört.
So, my largest carpenter ant colony wants me to mail this letter "to the orcas" and "don't read it" -- uh... I want to respect their privacy but... IDK about this one. #ants#orcas#uhoh#antvideos
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brief-lived behavioral “fads,” such as the weeks in 1987 when killer whales in the Pacific Northwest paraded about with dead salmon draped across their heads. Such fads have no clear benefit to the population — they usually are anomalistic in nature — and thus are one of many indicators that killer whales participate in complex cultures humans are unlikely to fully understand.
Why orcas attack, sink boats: just for fun, killer whale experts say.
"They're probably socializing, yucking it up with each other about their adventures without realizing the terror they're creating in their moments of joy," Trites said.
Trites is one of several orca experts Insider spoke with who all agree the orcas are just having a good time and probably don't have any ill will against the boats or humans on board.
Writing in the Atlantic (the magazine, not the ocean), Jacob Stern argues that the Orca uprising isn't an act of sabotage, but simply the latest fad among the species that once took to wearing salmon hats.
Killer Whales (#Orcas), talking amongst themselves: "Humans are not our friends!"
Study: Humans cause more orca deaths than previously understood
By Liam Moriarty, Dec. 29, 2020
Researchers have long known that dwindling #salmon runs, #WaterPollution and #loud underwater boat #noise are major contributors to the reduced number of orcas along the West Coast.
"Now, a ten-year study of killer whale carcasses found washed up on beaches in the eastern Pacific Ocean has found a significant number who died from more direct human causes.
Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma? (www.popsci.com)
A pattern of orcas attacking boats off Western Europe has officials concerned and animal behavior experts wondering: why?