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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 155 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Dude that author should be ashamed of themselves. How could you report on the topic and NOT provide a pic? Geesh.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So they stretch it over their fin or what, how is it staying on

[–] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Through sheer audacity

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was thinking, perhaps by sucking through the blowhole, but I haven't looked it up yet so don't trust me

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Does the blowhole do in? Would that not make it a suckhole? I am admittedly ignorant in whale anatomy.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I thought the blowhole had reverse ?? like, this is what they breathe in through, isn't it ?

Apparently yes : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowhole_(anatomy)

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah it definitely must be, here I am thinking they're mouth breathers.

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[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A jaunty chapeau! Perched just so!

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[–] embed_me@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

In my experience, finding a relevant image in an online article is a 50-50

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

She had style! She had flair! She was there...

That's how she became- the Orca!

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 86 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Makes sense. Fashion is cyclical.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Yeah, these young orcas today think they know it all. Always vandalizing yachts, and harassing the poor seals. I'm like just eat your food. Stop flinging it around.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Ahh yes, MOGA. Make Ocean Great Again. Those guys.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This for some reason made me think of Anya Taylor Joy

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

She could definitely pull of the look..

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a sign. People are going to start planking again.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm almost certain orcas have near human level intelligence but because of their lack of suitable appendages, this is their only way to show it.

They are trying to talk to us and we are too stupid to listen.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

"near human level intelligence" well, they are smarter then the average US citizen, that's for sure. I prefer to wear a dead salmon as a hat a million times over voting for Trump. It's the smarter choice. Orca's are like dolphins:

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

Only 80s orcas will understand it.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago

"oh, so we stopped being weird and y'all still made anti planet governments in charge? okay. then we're going back to being weird and violent. fuck you"

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Under water, with no hands, how are they getting the fish in place? And perhaps more difficult, how do they keep it there? Anyone aware of a video?

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm completely guessing, are they able to create suction with their blowhole?

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some people have posted pictures in the thread now, and it looks like you might be correct. Seems odd - the blowhole is analogous to a nostril. Sucking something against your nose a swimming seems like it would be uncomfortable.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fashion is almost always uncomfortable

Beauty is pain; and pain beauty.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Correct! High heels are seldom comfortable and rarely rational.

Maybe the orcas are trying to show off that they are hard and can hold their breath longer?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They’re trying to show us the destruction we’re causing

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jailbreak from the factory farm. "Quick, no time to explain! Pretend you're my hat!"

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Skibidy Salmon dum! dum! dum! yes! yes!

[–] tragicinfo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its called fashion, look it up.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Pheral@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

'90's fashion is making a comeback here too, but damn... Didn't expect that to extend to the ocean

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So it's not just humans who are into the 80s…

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

It'll be the latest trend at the Orca's this year.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Fashion is cyclical, as they say.

[–] tragicinfo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Its not a phase mom

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fish being cruel to eachother, it's the same everywhere.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, they are technically fish. Just like we and all other tetrapods are

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's basically impossible to have a complete phylogenetic tree of bacteria and how they relate to eachother vs how they relate to common ancestors with the original eukaryotes let alone multicellular complex life. Prokaryotes as far as I know are seen as being a completely different branch more related to eachother than any eukaryotes so no, not really. Fish are a much more problematic group to exclude tetrapods from because bony fish like trouts, tuna etc are significantly more closely related to the tetrapods than either are to sharks and the other cartilagenous fish, all of which are more closely related to eachother than to the jawless fish like hagfish and lampreys.

Tldr, if both trout and sharks are fish then monophyletically people also fall under the category of "jawed fish"

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus christ, I've been hearing about these fuckin' salmon hats all week

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

This is big news!

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