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Whales are awesome, watch more here https://furryclips.com
Jun 1, 2023 11:10 AM
SuperFurryy
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Whales are awesome, watch more here https://furryclips.com
stygiansojourn
This post sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.
MaterialsPhysicsIsGroovy
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.
metalhippy1977
slugworth70
Excuse me, I speak whale.
Sarcastus
NO! NO! NO! NO! SOMETHING BITEY BITEY IS BELOW!!!! OUT OF WATER NOW!!!!
rabbitron
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
https://www.instagram.com/mermaid.kayleigh/?hl=en creator of the video, @OP.
jeips
the ocean is big. really big. whale calls evolved to travel miles and miles and miles in order to be heard across those big distances.
TheNihilistsParadoxicalWashingMachine
What if we managed to translate these and they just turn out to be whale equivalent of phone scams or asking about extended warranty. Or just hurling abuse at each other. WHAT'S YOUR NAME ?! TONY ! "Their songs are so beautiful, listen...". FUCK YOU TONY !
NotaCPA
I like to think it's the last one. Just whales, straight shit-talking each other from hundreds of miles away. So when they meet up, they're all cool. They've confirmed that whales have "names" or specific calls used to identify the individual...and they introduce themselves when meeting. So you're probably closer than you think...
GIMike1972
You hear that princess?! Those are the Shrieking Eels!!!
thrashingcows
I’d love to be out there and hear/feel the whales singing!
electricfallon365
Neat
ScorpionSage
DystopianTaco
I had this experience diving in Hawaii. I was excited and freaked out at the same time. It seems like they're so close - but you can't see them anywhere.
MisterLemons
You should hear what a warship sonar sweep sounds like. It's scary loud hundreds of miles out and quite literally lethal anywhere in visual range.
AceOfShovels
Yeah, best case scenario it's like a giant sonic bomb (not boom) for any nearby sea life. I've heard they literally leave whales stunned and disoriented.
DJTrickyM
Fun fact! If you were right next to them their songs might kill you! (I think, maybe not a fact) similarly, the water around a submarines sonar will BOIL due to how loud it is and how much the water vibrates due to it...this will also kill you from a good distance away, or at the very least start basically liquefying organs!
westPAguy
Imprompt2
Isn't it whales have to sing louder than the ships and submarine motors now so that they can be heard by other whales?
Feralkyn
It's more that they live in vast spans of open ocean. So it's not that they evolved calls for volume, but distance, so they need to be loud TO travel that far.
Feralkyn
(If there's any info about them getting louder around boats I'm unfamiliar with it)
Imalwaysready
Ahhh yes...the sea...
gyrum
That is deeply unsettling
newsguycraigevans
catscatscatscat
COOL!! Is this real? I need more information! What happened?!
eggmuffin
It is just some computer-generated imagery. There is no story.
whistlebuzz
tdoyon0013000
subnautica, you need to go at 50m to see the leviathan
rabbitron
DreamingOfDistantShores
Welp. Time to beat the ol' lizard brain into submission again. *Cranks up a 7th playthrough* Such a good game.
PinkEater
Should talk to these guys about that
HashMaster9k
darthOnion
Colorful metaphors
billyjonas
But why the coy disguise?
netutoring
I think you'll find them at the Cetacean Institute. A pair of humpback whales named George and Gracie. (It's simple logic.)
Septcanmat
What do they mean by ‘exact change’?
netutoring
Is now an appropriate time for a colorful metaphor?
Willik8r
https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/materials-construction/a6690-alternative-materials-transparent-aluminium/
ShaggaLikesAxes1
Electricfox5
"You're not exactly catching us at our best." "That much is certain."
Septcanmat
“I love Italian. And so do you.” “…yes.”
PlankTableGo
Freakscar
I love Cosmos to hell and back, but this scene has me in stitches every time. <3
KrampusCopia
If you wish to make, an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe!
inthepines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
RoloTonyBrown
Fuck I can hear this gif
LespritDeLescalier22
And that’s why I choose to swim in pools
hiyesthisissatan
Ah, the old water to body ratio.
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
Ah, wrong type of pool
madcatii
I saw some big whales in pools as well
cazzeggio
Ahahahahahah just 3? So underrated.. Not enough upvotes at the moment Ahahahahahah i cant stop i keep thinking about it repeating the line in my head
NotTinyPancakes
nah saw a program when i was a kid crappy locally made program where a giant shark comes througha portala nd eats a kid as he jumps off the diving board into a pool put me of fthos etoo
Idonotkillpeoplethatismyleastfavoritethingtodo
I'll take my chances with pool sharks any day over open water sharks.
amb1021
There is a great YouTube movie called something like Pool Shark. Teens keep jumping in the pool to get eaten. It's hilarious. One kid is like, maybe we stay out of the pool? As teen after teen gets eaten.
Lifedontenjoyme
What about tornado sharks?
pareidoliaperson
That's how I sound stuck in sleep paralysis and yelling for help in panic so someone can wake me up.
strangerbuddy
OMG you nailed it
pagingdrbob
Struggling to yell Help! Ive been there too
pagingdrbob
For me it usually involves trying to escape someone/something in a dream.
Hatrax
Suddenly, the Klingon ship de-cloaks right above you.
HashMaster9k
Taliska
"Its not jus' the whales cap'n! its the water!"
VikingsAreNinjaPirates
Man, Scotty really helped them dodge a bullet by putting two seconds' worth of thought into the logistics of what they were doing. I don't imagine the bird of prey would do well with two humpback whales thrashing around in a dry cargo bay.
Taliska
Im so glad there's one other soul who gets it!!
GuestChrist
I remember when The Partridge Family filmed a show at a Sea World kind of park and Shirley Jones did a number called "Whale Song" . Something I hadn't remembered in 30-odd years just triggered by this post. Thanks, because that show was a favorite for me as a kid.
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GuestChrist
Very good! I didn't recall of the lyrics, just Shirley in her ruffled collar lip syncing to herself as was the practice at the time.
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GuestChrist
Of course! I should have known! You can find a lot of stuff of YouTube.
Tominator2000
biggp2
The funny part of this is that in the second movie her best friend growing up was a beluga whale.
spittinfacts
Did that sound a little orca-ish?
newsguycraigevans
There it is
ryansmVillain
Was that George speaking to Gracie?
Calamarre
SHAAAAARRRRKKSSS (the irrational fear of the deep dark blue -sharks or krakens- would block me from doing that)
newsguycraigevans
Oh, there's so much more in the ocean that can be dangerous
Leithoa
The idea of sharks is scarier than swimming w/ them. They're predators who normally don't risk getting hurt. W/ fins a diver is 8-9 ft long, so if you can see them, they generally give you space since to them you are also a large predator. It's the murky water or around twilight that you need to be scared of sharks. They can't see you, so they can only see if you're food by biting.
builtlikemacktruck
Is it weird that I still have that thought, even after I jumped into the ocean on my Cuba trip when I saw the hundreds of fish swimming around the sailboat? I had that thought in the back of my mind "Sharks eat these fish!" I took this with my GoPro! I did feel a little comforted when I saw some of the smiles waiting for me under water!
ZebraCockSandwich
Its really not *that* irrational, maybe a bit, but it does have a valid base reason. Fear of the unknown (unknown dangers) is the same as being afraid of the dark. Its not the dark itself or the ocean itself you are afraid of, you are afraid of what might be lurking there that you are entirely unaware of. It's a pretty valid survival fear, being afraid of 'unknown dangers' (especially in our survival days) would keep you from wandering away from the campfire at night, swimming to far out, etc
Drix1942
thepandasbum
Tasty, tasty, beautiful fear
Pyllymysli
For some reason I find the idea of being in the sea terrifying. Like open waters. I actually like swimming in our native lakes and rivers but ocean? Noping the nope out of that.
Velorex
I read Krakens as Karens and both are equally terrifying.
SJBSavageInk
I would be more worried about boat drift and being stuck in the water in the middle of the ocean. See how far you can see when you're that close to the surface? You could be not that far from land and not be able to see which way it is.
MasterMookie
I tried to remove my fear by swimming out in the ocean when it was dark ( took me many tries before I even approached the water). I made about 3 minutes out or so before I had to turn around. It did not remove the fear but now I know I can push through it if there is an emergency. Irrational it is not. Debilitating fear is bad though.
Foxsayy
There are only 70ish shark attacks per year. But I think there'd be way more than if we LIVED IN THE FUCKING OCEAN!!
BumbleBeeBeardedGingerBear
I think sharks stick to the shorelines though. Theres nothing for them to eat in deep water.
Mobiledeath
I have that fear too I love the ocean but with me out of it :)
SatansCrusader
I understand it irrational, I have an irrational fear of spiders.
Quizz25S
Are you fine in water you can see in, say snorkeling in a reef? Stuff like that?
am3x1cant0k32
Woah woah woah…irrational?? No. Totally rational!
capnadorable
Lol I’ve lived in California my whole life and I wont go past thigh deep at the beach
pettingmycatwhileipoo
Haha same. How about that feeling when youve been floating on your back for a minutes and go to put your feet down and theres no beach left :}
joeyecho101
Not irrational. Evidence based. Once you're in water that you can't see the bottom, you're in the wilderness.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
We also quickly reenter the food chain when we get in the water.
pettingmycatwhileipoo
Thalassophobia (from Greek thalassa θάλασσα, "sea", and phobos φόβος, "fear")[1] is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water such as the sea, oceans, or lakes. Though very closely related, thalassophobia should not be confused with aquaphobia which is classified as the fear of water itself. Thalassophobia can include fear of being in deep bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, aquatic creatures, and fear of distance from land
SpaceHorseCourseToCourse
Otherwise known as common sense
thetonestarr
Monkey brain good brain
Rubblebubble
I wonder if space would trigger the same fear. I mean it's also a situation with unimaginable expanses of unknown space (that will kill you)
Caldersson
I'm terrified of deep water. It's mostly because I can't see anything. Even this video makes me nervous. Don't get the same feeling from seeing videos of space.
AceOfShovels
Being thalassophobic and having played Outer Wilds, I can confirm that yes the fear translates quite readily
pettingmycatwhileipoo
Thats a tough search because I dont know another word for "space." They probably have to make a new word for that. Here is what I found : Barophobia (Fear of Gravity)
People with barophobia fear gravity. They worry that gravity will cause a fall that leads to serious injury or death. Or they fear that gravity may topple a heavy object onto them. A person with barophobia may also be frightened of images of outer space where gravity doesn’t exist. A traumatic accident may cause a fear of gravity.
pettingmycatwhileipoo
2/? Kenophobia is the fear of empty spaces, empty rooms, or voids. It is the opposite of claustrophobia, wherein the person is afraid of tight spaces such as elevators or crowded rooms, auditoriums or malls. In Kenophobia, the person is terrified of open fields or spaces that he or she generally expects to be filled with mountains or people. The word Kenophobia is derived from Greek ‘kenos’ meaning ‘blank’ and phobos meaning deep fear or aversion.
pettingmycatwhileipoo
3/3 Probably the most accurate: Astrophobia is the fear of celestial objects or others surrounding it. Depending on the person, this phobia is linked to the fear of dark (nyctophobia), fear of aliens (alienophobia), or fear of space exploration (spacephobia).
Mxlespxles
This is triggering a thalassophobia I didn't realize I had
TravisTee34
I realized it ages ago when I decided to listen to some relaxing music... including whalesong. I ended up tensing up so hard, I turned my face into a fist. I don't like the sea and I do NOT like whales.
madjo
TIL there's a term for my fear. Thank you. I love swimming, but the open sea? That's scary!
Leithreas
Interestingly I have some of this, but scuba diving took it away. Not being on top of the water made it disappear for me.
Willowtree600
Guess I'll be adding this to my claustrophobia, acrophobia, and nyctophobia. I can only exist in an open field, apparently.
BallsDeepInStudentLoans
That is, until a thunderstorm brews up and you suddenly realize you have astraphobia.
Hotjoe1991
Imagine being in a deep part of the ocean and being able to see everything around and all the way to the bottom. How fucking wild would that be.
reichstein
Try playing Soma. The ending is..... unpleasant.
Mxlespxles
corbor4
i was so annoyed with the main character by the end...seriously, how many fucking times was this shit explained to him and he still couldnt deduce what was going to happen...the game overall was great though
interesseret
You definitely shouldn't play subnautica
madsc13ntist
I came here to say this. 😂
darkchiron
I tried streaming it myself and almost had a nervous breakdown at one point so I decided to stop.
Contundo
No everyone should play subnautica it’s a very good game
euphoricopportunity
I should finish it. I don't think I have played since early access. I do remember finally getting to land.
solemnwar
Playing subnautica is how I discovered I had thalassophobia ;-;
malachilenomade
I have it and have tried to play it a few times but yeah, that fear kicks in and I have to step away.
slightskew
I'm sooooooo close to finishing that game it's killing me!
MrSmilingDeath
That game is heartbreaking for me because I find so beautiful and fascinating, but my thalassophobia prevents me from getting anywhere past the grand reef before I get too scared.
Pjinbangalore
I kept holding my breath every dive!
FraudulentPepsi
They should call that game "SOMETHINGS TOUCHING MY LEG!!"
hiyesthisissatan
Remember, if you can hear it it already knows you're there.
aloharamada
I was sooo looking forward to playing Subnautica, and when I finally did, I couldn't enjoy it because of all the anxiety it gives me. Spent the nights standing frozen on top of my little station, waiting for the sun to come up. Didn't even get very far, I'd imagine it only gets worse.
lildog21
Give it another go if you can. The world itself is beautiful. And you'll eventually get to the point where you know which areas you can go through. And you can usually hear the leviathans before you get close enough to see them. Tbh the game became way less scary for me once I got the seamoth and prawn suit
aloharamada
I hope I'll eventually get back to it, but the tension was just insane, never had that before. Outlast is nothing compared to Subnautica.
hiyesthisissatan
Playing subnautica with headphones on full volume is a real treat. I almost sold myself a few times. Holy shit those ocean creaks and moans can be terrifying.
OmegaKamidake
I found once i got far enough to have extended air and emergency consumables it was a bit less stressful. But i agree the anxiety wasn't fun at first
Stuey1221
That game was excellent but only in short bursts
Mxlespxles
Huh, that's what my wife says.
TresusIbor
The exploration was fantastic. The fact that it was also a Dio simulator was fun.
SerenePrincess013
A what?
AxellTheDragon
InfocalypseRising
HOLY DIVER, YOU’VE BEEN DOWN TOO LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA
TresusIbor
Stop time. Carve titan to pieces. Resume time.
Leonon
Some day I will get a VR headset, replay Subnautica, and promptly die of a heart attack.
genghiskhanit
Rofl
hiyesthisissatan
It's on VR???
ilavalamp
After I finished the main story of Subnautica I went down to the depths to rescue my seamoth in VR just to see what it was like. It was down as far as a fully upgraded moth could go but I was still only going to places I had already been, around dangers I knew well, and had nothing really to fear - but in VR my heart still sank into my stomach. No way I'm willing to play the whole game like that.
RickyIWannaGoFastBobby
So… as someone who doesn’t like deep water, you’re saying I definitely should play this?
OhNoPotato
I have massive thalassophobia and I STILL played through it. It's definitely worth it.
Leonon
If you like survival-crafty games you will love this game. If you fear deep water you will be traumatized by this game.
OTBZaberisk
Buying it asap, maybe it will replace my other traumas.
TankoJoe
Thalassophobics everywhere are squirming, but it's not the open ocean that scares me, it's the realization that I'm incredibly tiny and tasty compared to what could possibly be beneath me.
prettydumb
im pretty sure thats a large component of that fear lol
LazyJones1
Yep. Deeply thankful that our evolutionary path led us to get the fuck out of that place.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
For me it's just the amount of nothing underneath you. It's the exact same thing as my fear of heights
ohgodthehorror
Imagine that you weren't even tasty, just exotic. And the animal spat you out because they didn't like it. My name is OhGodTheHorror and I ruin good times.
TacticoolWolf
I had goggles on and walked out on Huntington Beach. I remember hitting a point where the ocean just opened up on a 45' just keep going. anything could have been in there, submarines, whales. just anything. its one thing to be neck deep and know any shark could be there, but if was just huge.
wazeewa
Apparently thats called Megalohydrothalassophobia which fits as well. We evolved on the land, there is no reason to go into the ocean
Wikipedo
Or behind you. Quick!!
oracle9999
Not to mention, very much not built to do well in that environment. A lot of evolution has made us very low on the food chain in open water.
DrMarioSThompson
Just not true - evolution removed us from the food chain in open water. Basically nothing recognises us as food in that context
oracle9999
It may not “recognize us” but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t. Not to mention just because we aren’t food to something else, doesn’t mean we do well. If we die in open water there are plenty that will recognize our body as food then.
DrMarioSThompson
If we die on land worms eat us. I am not afraid of worms, either. Try to find a story about someone who is alive being eaten in open water, it doesn't happen
KismetCrew
I was snorkeling off the shore in Maui when I was younger, and swam out far enough to find where the shelf dropped off. It went from water that was 30-50ft deep to deep blue I couldn't see the bottom of. That sense of standing on a ledge and feeling the flow pulling me towards sea was bad enough, but then I saw a small fish swimming in towards me. Then it was a medium sized fish. Then it just kept getting bigger. When I realized it was my size, I panicked and swam to shore as fast as I could.
ObiWanKenobitch
I’m sitting comfortably on my couch, stoned and watching real housewives and my anxiety level just shot up a thousand percent vicariously. I’d panic and probably drown myself in that scenario
myotheralt
Yep, there's the anxiety adrenaline.
hoshanabanana
I am shitting myself right now thinking about it!
hashbaz
Fortunately you aren't all that tasty to them. Shark attacks usually are brief because they realize you don't taste like seal. Unfortunately sharks do everything with razor teeth.
oracle9999
It’s not the teeth that will get me… it’s the heart attack as soon as I see a fin.
BentwanJameson
You won't see a fin, in deep ocean like that they rush up from below.
oracle9999
Very true. I’m just saying they don’t need to try. If they came up to say hi, with those dead glassy eyes… that’d do me in.
L00kH4rd3r2718
Also they instantly realize that it would be a poor caloric decision to continue eating you as you're not a very good source of fag and protein.
oracle9999
You may want to edit that.
L00kH4rd3r2718
Would that I could, alas, the laughs it gets are worth it.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Edit? What do you think this is, a functional platform?
InfocalypseRising
I feel like it’s not really a phobia to be afraid of a vast hostile environment full of things that could kill you without even trying
andrewgrr1
Unknown too, don't forget how little we know about that massive, hostile environment
Jayboots
You say thalassophobia, I say common sense.
ElioNope
The phobia side is when it's debilitating or taken to irrational levels. From DSM-5 "The individual's fear of deep water must be persistent, excessive, and unreasonable". That's the difference between "Fuck that, I'm happy on land thanks." and having a full blown panic attack crossing a bridge because what if they fall in and get eaten by sharks.
Leithreas
What counts as unreasonable though? The chance of a shark or anything else coming for you is pretty low after all.
myotheralt
Especially if I stay in Wisconsin.
ElioNope
Worrying about sharks if you're in the ocean is reasonable even if unlikely to happen and mostly overblown. Fearing a shark you can see in front of you in the ocean is reasonable. Screaming in terror or having an anxiety attack stepping into shallow water at a beach because "what if SHARK!?" is unreasonable. DSM-5 goes into more detail if you want to understand it further.
Leithreas
Refusing to go into the ocean out of fear of sharks or monsters, as people say they won't do, seems unreasonable to me.
SteveTheEgg
It's the ocean that scares me. The omnidirectional threat with subdued movement and sensory perception and ever prey instinct gets set off. I need ground to limit my threat range.
keystotheairlock
Correct.
ObiWanKenobitch
This. Unknown depth with unknown creatures where I’m clearly not in the environment humans have evolved to survive in. Huge no from me. I don’t even want to go on a boat because of the fear of it sinking leaving me alone in the water waiting to drown or be eaten or frozen (depending on temp) or any number of horrible ends.
WorstCowboyEver
I'm cool with boats, rafts, canoes, anything solid under my feet so to speak. As soon as my feet can't touch the ocean/lake floor, I'm out. Back to shore. Pools are fine though.
ObiWanKenobitch
I’m good with swimming/boats in lakes, rivers, coastal waters if i can still see the bottom or if I can still see land; but open ocean. Nope. I don’t care what vessel I’m in. Even in a plane over an ocean will freak me out if I think about it too long or forget my valium. But that’s also combining my claustrophobia with the open water. Which brings me to my biggest fear: submarines. Being trapped in a metal tube underwater in the ocean?! That’s the definition of hell for me.
WorstCowboyEver
Submarines are a huge nope for me too. Locked in a fart can under the water, no thank you.