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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

So, I take it this earns your...seal of approval?

[–] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And it lives in fresh water in Lake Baikal! The only exclusively freshwater seal..

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah what a life. The seal is the biggest thing in those waters and probably has no natural predators.

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

It has therefore lost its ability to electrocute on contact.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 19 points 1 month ago

Look at you. Sailing through the water majestically. Like an eagle. Piloting a blimp.

[–] Beryl@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is the ideal seal body. You may not like it, but this is what peak sealiness looks like.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Blubber blimp.

[–] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I never thought about if David holds a camera

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Check out 'connections' with James Burke and his snazzy 70s suits as well

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

He's 98 years old, so if he did at some point I suspect he doesn't anymore

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

I miss punctuation.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] pigup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Seal of quality

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming seals have always been big bois, but do seals look fatter now than in previous generations, and could that be due to an increase food waste in our ocean

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 0 points 1 month ago

I found out from a meme that I am at peak physical form for a seal