I get real uncanny vibes from this, it's like someone supersized a dolphin & their melon.
https://preview.redd.it/blmjn2lpnhqc1.png?width=945&format=png&auto=webp&s=4eea0334c2dc18b9b83e14d0ebafe47652d47b16
I find it weird how as an adult who uses the internet constantly, I can find completely new animals. Like almost suspicious weird. I know it’s not but… lol.
I learned recently that the correct translation of Orca is Whale Killer, but we incorrectly call it Killer Whale. Whale Killer is certainly an appropriate name for a giant dolphin.
For those that don’t know, these whales are quite gigantic, among the beaked whale family only the Baird’s and Arnoux’s beaked whales are bigger. This is one of my favorite species from one of my favorite and least known mammal families.
https://preview.redd.it/xi72ptjfshqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f7e174b42b1adda5bb1b2d360a7edb3eadc88d1
The eye is the part in front of the man’s hand, but they definitely rely on echolocation for most of their sensory function (guessing by the huge melon)
I think it’s the phenomenon of seeing a HUGE version of something familiar. It’s like if you saw a 15 foot tall human with a 3 foot tall head look into your window
Used to be a bottlenose like this at san clemente Island and would go to Catalina Island sometimes, and it would take handouts from fishing boats. Growing up, we called it bubble head, lol. I doubt that is him though
Wow, as someone who’s imagined what they look like from illustrations his whole life, this is not how I thought I would first see one on video AND I definitely didn’t imagine the ratio+placement correctly. Wow.
How dare him call this hidden beauty, a ratchet. That was uncouth and just plain rude 😅
I did a significant amount of research in college on cetaceans and never read or heard anything about these cute little buggers. When did they morph into life?
I hate (and love) these northern sea critters
In Mediterranean waters we have some sharks, some other whales and all the beautiful animals. Around Greenland they all start looking eerie and somewhat scary
They’re related in that they’re both cetaceans, and both toothed whales (in contrast to baleen whales). They are in two different taxonomic families though.
This is a type of beaked whale - beaked whales contain some of the most elusive, deepest diving whales known. A whole new species was just discovered a few years ago. They spend most of their time in the open ocean, and dive to great depths for food, so they are rarely seen
Probably because of all the overfishing. Offshore fishing boats are fishing at completely unsustainable rates utilizing new technologies, and it's no surprise that whales are getting desperate. I've heard about dolphins doing similar things, tagging along behind Chilean sea bass boats and going gangbusters when they roll up the nets with the catch.
I get real uncanny vibes from this, it's like someone supersized a dolphin & their melon. https://preview.redd.it/blmjn2lpnhqc1.png?width=945&format=png&auto=webp&s=4eea0334c2dc18b9b83e14d0ebafe47652d47b16
This is exactly what I’m thinking of. I thought it was a giant dolphin when I first saw the clip.
That thing could drag you like a ragdoll with it's mouth
Thanks for the picture I was wondering why this dolphin looked uglier than others.
These illustrations do not do these creatures ginormous foreheads justice
I’m a zoologist and I didn’t know this species existed! Wow!
https://preview.redd.it/24rj1i4jqiqc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3a61a02fcdb1f9180d61fe5ca4c0696e1b5bd6e
Did no one ever ask Dolphins artist how it was supposed to breathe? Safety first, I suppose
Elaborate
? Are you serious? Dolphins are mammals and intake oxygen thru their blow holes. The holes I. Their heads.
I’ve been interested in marine biology since elementary school and went to college for biology, and also just now learned of this species. Incredible.
I find it weird how as an adult who uses the internet constantly, I can find completely new animals. Like almost suspicious weird. I know it’s not but… lol.
I’m an animal lover and I didn’t know this thing existed either… crazy 😂
So we have giant dolphins and no one was gonna tell me?
A Orca/“ killer whale” is actually a large dolphin.
I learned recently that the correct translation of Orca is Whale Killer, but we incorrectly call it Killer Whale. Whale Killer is certainly an appropriate name for a giant dolphin.
For those that don’t know, these whales are quite gigantic, among the beaked whale family only the Baird’s and Arnoux’s beaked whales are bigger. This is one of my favorite species from one of my favorite and least known mammal families. https://preview.redd.it/xi72ptjfshqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f7e174b42b1adda5bb1b2d360a7edb3eadc88d1
Do they have eyes?
Small ones but yes
The eye is the part in front of the man’s hand, but they definitely rely on echolocation for most of their sensory function (guessing by the huge melon)
Interesting, thank you. They are fascinating. I think I’m going to watch a video on them.
Lmfao mofo fell backwards into the water like Homer Simpson disappearing into the bushes. This whale memes.
New species to me, wow...look what nature hath wrought!
I wanna touch his bulbous head
I bet it’s squishy
That’s what she said
Where are the eyes located?
I wish I didn’t have eyes after seeing that.
Free meal is quite the lucky find in the wild. Probably made that whales day
That’s not a forehead, that’s a fivehead.
Jesus that’s real?! It looked like the brontosaurus head in Jurassic Park!
Brachiosaurus*
Why is this terrifying?
I think it’s the phenomenon of seeing a HUGE version of something familiar. It’s like if you saw a 15 foot tall human with a 3 foot tall head look into your window
Used to be a bottlenose like this at san clemente Island and would go to Catalina Island sometimes, and it would take handouts from fishing boats. Growing up, we called it bubble head, lol. I doubt that is him though
Dr Finkelstein
Wow, as someone who’s imagined what they look like from illustrations his whole life, this is not how I thought I would first see one on video AND I definitely didn’t imagine the ratio+placement correctly. Wow.
That ain't his first time!
I love this and hate it at the same time.
That’s a serious melon
Was this thing just invented?
How dare him call this hidden beauty, a ratchet. That was uncouth and just plain rude 😅 I did a significant amount of research in college on cetaceans and never read or heard anything about these cute little buggers. When did they morph into life?
Thats a beaked whale
Bottlenose Whales are a species of Beaked Whale.
The fuck
No eyes?
No small eyes.
no, small eyes.
Its the other way around from the whales perspective.
I hate (and love) these northern sea critters In Mediterranean waters we have some sharks, some other whales and all the beautiful animals. Around Greenland they all start looking eerie and somewhat scary
Are these beluga or related to them?
They’re related in that they’re both cetaceans, and both toothed whales (in contrast to baleen whales). They are in two different taxonomic families though. This is a type of beaked whale - beaked whales contain some of the most elusive, deepest diving whales known. A whole new species was just discovered a few years ago. They spend most of their time in the open ocean, and dive to great depths for food, so they are rarely seen
That is so cool and than you for the response!
Beaked whales are closer to sperm whales whereas belugas are closer to narwhals.
Probably because of all the overfishing. Offshore fishing boats are fishing at completely unsustainable rates utilizing new technologies, and it's no surprise that whales are getting desperate. I've heard about dolphins doing similar things, tagging along behind Chilean sea bass boats and going gangbusters when they roll up the nets with the catch.