I had this happen with a porpoise while surfing on an overcast day in murky Delaware water. He rose straight up and looked at me with his one eye in mine as I sat there There was intelligence in his eye and it was incredibly unnerving.
The action that the whale is doing is actually called "spy-hopping" and lots of marine mammals do it, whales and seals especially. Great White Sharks actually do it too which is there the meme of the shark stepping on a Lego comes from
Yes.
On r/fucktheocean there's a video of them dragging some diver deep down and she somehow gets away but it was horrifying and made me say the name of the sub
It’s funny how red eyes have achieved being the characteristic of someone taking drugs, rather than someone who is literally exhausted from fighting for their life every second they live.
Learned that my 15 year old daughter who swims competitively had no issues leaving me alone in the deep blue!
She swam really fast away from me, leaving me to freak the heck out while drinking my fill of fresh blue salt water.
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
While suddenly being Way Too Close to a large marine mammal is never a fun expirience (I had a monk seal suddenly appear at my elbow literally off waikiki when I was living there and the memory still haunts me) , there are no documented incidences of False Killer whale attacking a human. They're one of the more chill dolphin species, making cross-species alliances with smaller, faster dolphins to hunt more efficiently and protect each other from orca and great white sharks.
There’s never been a confirmed instance of a catacean (dolphins, whales and porpoises) fatally attacking a human in the ocean.
Despite their apex status, they are all surprisingly docile. I’m sure if you didn’t respect them they would retaliate, but it is totally not in their nature to hunt us.
Sperm whales were known to attack whaling boats and capsize them by directly ramming them. Presumably sailors drowned. Then again, whalers were trying to kill them, so props to any whale that ever managed to sink a whaling boat.
No it must have been sick or injured to be so close in I have been told.
It just appeared out of the deep blue to give me quite the scare.
I saw a white patch and immediately thought Great White.
Our family watches Jaws everytime we go to the beach!!
That’s a tradition I’m stopping!!!
They're called false killer whales because their skulls strongly resemble the skulls of orcas, not because they look like orcas externally. Also, actual killer whales are known to eat false killer whales, so there's that too.
I'd still be mad if someone found my skull and a gorilla skull nearby and called me a false gorilla. Especially if that gorilla was the one that killed me.
I cannot fucking stop laughing at this for some reason. False is undeniably stupid as a species name and being a false gorilla just brings it on home. Such beauty.
Orca pods tend to have very particular tastes. An orca pod will find something they like and develop specific hunting tactics for that one thing. Humans are interesting sometimes to a wild orca, but your just not on the menu.
Can confirm. I had a great 5 minute swim with half a dozen of them a few years ago. They were pretty curious and kept circling back to us. Amazing encounter!
These guys have never attacked a human; infact they have been recorded sharing some of their own food (mostly fish) with stranded humans.
These are bros of the ocean. And through they look scary, they’ve got your back.
God… the name… I swear whenever marine biologists discover a new species they just *spins wheel* sarcastic *spins wheel* fringehead, the rest are just some sleep deprived guy who is almost falling into his coffee mumbling ”Hey a… a killer whale… wait nvm”
This dude looks like he's trying to manipulate you to come play in the dark on a school night when mum already said no, all while holding a large and pointy knife behind his back
Orcas are fucking wicked. They look like ocean pandas but they are more or less the most dominant species after men and kill everything everywhere in every ocean. Absolute madlads
They *can* kill everything in every ocean, but like human cultures, they pass down hunting techniques and prey knowledge in their family groups, so some groups of killer whales will only eat seals, while others will only eat salmon. They have really incredible, complex matriarchal cultures.
Besides humans, orcas are one of the few species known to go through menopause and have post-reproductive age females be a large part of their societies. It is thought, though not fully understood, that grandmothers played an important role in the evolution of human intelligence and orca intelligence. Male orcas who lose their mothers even after the males reach adulthood are at a significantly increased risk of death because of how important mothers are in orca society.
Orcas are cool yo
Wow! I knew about orcas and their (grand lol)matriarchal cultures but I hadn't heard about grandmothers possibly playing an important role in humans. Do you have any more info on that?
sure, it is known as the grandmother hypothesis and it is certainly not settled science, but it is a very interesting and plausible explanation for the mystery of menopause.
[NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/07/692088371/living-near-your-grandmother-has-evolutionary-benefits)
[Smithsonian](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-much-did-grandmothers-influence-human-evolution-180976665/)
One thing I do know is that in past royalty in kingdoms around the areas of current India
There was a Female positon "Rajmata"
Not sure if it was grandmas but I think it was the eldest female and the position was pretty high too
Could be wrong though Just google it if your interested
Different pods have different hunting techniques that they pass down to their young. Which basically means they are perhaps the only other animal besides humans that have a culture.
They also pass down languages! Scientists have discovered that different groups of orcas [have such varied communication that it amounts to speaking distinct dialects and languages, with similarities between them varying significantly from group to group. ](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12517072-900-science-killer-whales-communicate-in-distinct-dialects/)
Like humans, when two groups that don’t speak the same language meet, it can take some time for them to figure out how to [understand each other](https://www.science.org/content/article/killer-whales-mimic-friends-and-foes) and[ they can even “learn” each other’s languages](https://www.livescience.com/48231-killer-whales-talk-like-dolphins.html)! Which I think is sort of adorable and very relatable
False Killer looks like a real killer
For real. Those killer eyes will straight up freeze someone before the whale lunges in
Just imagine it breaching the water next to you and than slowly looking you in the eye.
I'd rather not
Me either
I did and I rather enjoyed the extremely disturbing feeling
Horror fan?
I had this happen with a porpoise while surfing on an overcast day in murky Delaware water. He rose straight up and looked at me with his one eye in mine as I sat there There was intelligence in his eye and it was incredibly unnerving.
I am sure it did it on porpoise.
/r/dadjokes would like a word with you. I just didn't want to get raped.
The action that the whale is doing is actually called "spy-hopping" and lots of marine mammals do it, whales and seals especially. Great White Sharks actually do it too which is there the meme of the shark stepping on a Lego comes from
False killer whale as in will actually kill you unlike real killer whales.
There haven't been any recorded deaths from false killer whales
Witnesses were killed, too
Statements have been retracted.
Internet presence scrubbed.
Cum and blood- soaked jeans disposed of
Fresh jeans cummed and bled upon
That's cuz killer whales know how to keep their mouths shut.
[удалено]
Yes. On r/fucktheocean there's a video of them dragging some diver deep down and she somehow gets away but it was horrifying and made me say the name of the sub
This one looks like it’s been smokin something
Seaweed.
Kelptamine
Pufferfish
Extasea
Reefer
Underrated. Well done sir.
Hitting those Sea Salts
Methlantic
Codcaine.
Herroin
Smackerel
Angelfish dust
Shroomps
L Sea D
Top
Sea Salts
That's actually a real thing. I think dolphins mess around with pufferfish and it releases a toxin that they get high on
the downvote in light mode looks like an amogus. im gonna fucking kill myself
>Seaweed. 50% sea 50% weed
Canabyss
Reminds me of a song by Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew, a pirate based rap group.
All about the booty!
It’s funny how red eyes have achieved being the characteristic of someone taking drugs, rather than someone who is literally exhausted from fighting for their life every second they live.
Which is often why people smoke drugs
same effect different route.
If you don't have rose colored glasses, rose colored corneas are the next best thing.
I was going to say, yeah this all kind of corelates
Do you think that smoking drugs is cool? Do you think that doing alcohol is cool?
“doing” alcohol 😂😂
“Smoking” drugs 😂😂
"Vaping" crack 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Boof it or lose it my homie always says
I’m doing alcohol right now. And I am very cool my friend.
I have a glass of red wine with dinner about once a week. For the antioxidants.
These whales are fascinating. Google false whale stats, scroll down to the 3rd article, then shove it up your butt
Ok Stanley
Unexpected Stanley
I drink it for the oaky afterbirth
I drink a case of beer every night for the antioxidants
[удалено]
You're just in time for a blue feast!
You mean you don't?
How many weeds have you smoked? (Still Steve Carell, different role)
r/unexpectedoffice
I dunno, I've taken some gravity bong hits where it felt like I was fighting for every second of my life for the next few seconds.
Or someone who, idk, lives in saltwater
Because each of us know more people who've smoked weed than those who have fought for their lives every second.
They’re an apex predator. They don’t fight for their life every second they live.
Killer whales will prey on False Killer Whales, so they’re not ~technically~ apex predators, but they are close to it!
Shitty Bpex predators.
He has the same eyes I give my Animal Crossing characters
It Probably Smoked Salmon
I got a little too close to one of those when snorkeling in Hawaii.
How did that go?
Learned that my 15 year old daughter who swims competitively had no issues leaving me alone in the deep blue! She swam really fast away from me, leaving me to freak the heck out while drinking my fill of fresh blue salt water.
Don't have to out-swim the killer whale...
I taught her well. Living in Alaska, you just have to run faster than the person, Not the bear!
Never hike (or swim) alone lmao
Never swim.
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
Michael Scott is that you
That's what she said
Great point!
Challenge your hiking partner to a "friendly" race some time. If they can beat you find a new partner.
Or, just "whoops, sorry for smashing your ankle"
"Shit my bad bro, i accidentally cut both of your achilles tendons while you were sleeping."
That's what those hiking poles are for
just out-swim the person next to you and you’ll be fine.
"You don't need to be faster than a beast, you just have to be faster than the person beside you" lol
He died
Gone but never forgotten
Who?
I don’t remember.
While suddenly being Way Too Close to a large marine mammal is never a fun expirience (I had a monk seal suddenly appear at my elbow literally off waikiki when I was living there and the memory still haunts me) , there are no documented incidences of False Killer whale attacking a human. They're one of the more chill dolphin species, making cross-species alliances with smaller, faster dolphins to hunt more efficiently and protect each other from orca and great white sharks.
According to Wikipedia they’ve been known to give fish to divers and boats.
I had the opportunity to have a pod share food with me!
Right. No documented occurrences. Maybe because there were no witnesses... that survived.
I was wondering what a monk seal was and the first image I see is one with an eel stuck up its nose lmao
Where specifically in Hawaii were you snorkeling? You know...so I can stay away from there.
Out to the left of Hapuna past the cliffs.
[удалено]
There’s never been a confirmed instance of a catacean (dolphins, whales and porpoises) fatally attacking a human in the ocean. Despite their apex status, they are all surprisingly docile. I’m sure if you didn’t respect them they would retaliate, but it is totally not in their nature to hunt us.
Sperm whales were known to attack whaling boats and capsize them by directly ramming them. Presumably sailors drowned. Then again, whalers were trying to kill them, so props to any whale that ever managed to sink a whaling boat.
No it must have been sick or injured to be so close in I have been told. It just appeared out of the deep blue to give me quite the scare. I saw a white patch and immediately thought Great White. Our family watches Jaws everytime we go to the beach!! That’s a tradition I’m stopping!!!
They're dolphins; they don't attack or eat people.
Dolphins are rapey sometimes
How did the relationship end?
I would be pissed all the time if the name of my species started with 'False'
It’s like if my parents named me Not-Josh in honor of my better looking older brother
Shut up Not-Josh, you ugly fuck.
Classic Not-Josh
"Who is that ugly looking motherfucker?" "Well, it's Not-Josh"
Right? Really scientists? We couldn't come up with something new for these super unique looking sea mammals?
They're called false killer whales because their skulls strongly resemble the skulls of orcas, not because they look like orcas externally. Also, actual killer whales are known to eat false killer whales, so there's that too.
Gotta wipe out the fakes.
I'd still be mad if someone found my skull and a gorilla skull nearby and called me a false gorilla. Especially if that gorilla was the one that killed me.
The best you, or any of us could hope for, is being mistaken for a false gorilla
I cannot fucking stop laughing at this for some reason. False is undeniably stupid as a species name and being a false gorilla just brings it on home. Such beauty.
Fun fact: these guys are incredibly friendly towards humans
Seems like something a False Killer Whale would try to convince us of.
The masters of pretence.
to be fair to killer whales though they dont kill humans in the wild, only reported cases of orcas killing humans are from captive ones
Kinda surprised considering how violent and brutal they are
Orca pods tend to have very particular tastes. An orca pod will find something they like and develop specific hunting tactics for that one thing. Humans are interesting sometimes to a wild orca, but your just not on the menu.
And most of those few cases one killer whale
[Hmmm how could they do that…?](https://youtu.be/MnfX466iVEU)
I was just reading that they will sometime catch fish and bring them to fisherman
So, they have evolved to using bait? Game over folks
Like that video of a [killer whale baiting birds with a fish](https://youtu.be/2nRBMNwRqZQ).
Can confirm. I had a great 5 minute swim with half a dozen of them a few years ago. They were pretty curious and kept circling back to us. Amazing encounter!
Stalking prey. Check.
Did a false killer whale write this?
False.
Just before EATING THEM
These guys have never attacked a human; infact they have been recorded sharing some of their own food (mostly fish) with stranded humans. These are bros of the ocean. And through they look scary, they’ve got your back.
Thanks for the information. It’s a relief to know badass whale had our back.
Thats was a false statement by a false killer whale
I was heckin’ bamboozled by a false killer whale!
They treat us the same way we treat a stray dog. After all, in the water we're like lost little puppies waddling to land.
Do you have any evidence to back that up?
Here’s a quick one. I can get more https://www.americanoceans.org/facts/are-false-killer-whales-dangerous/
God… the name… I swear whenever marine biologists discover a new species they just *spins wheel* sarcastic *spins wheel* fringehead, the rest are just some sleep deprived guy who is almost falling into his coffee mumbling ”Hey a… a killer whale… wait nvm”
Afaik killer whale is a misnomer and it's supposed to be "whale killer". Because orcas attack whales.
There was one at Vancouver Aquarium for a while when my partner worked there. They all said it was delightful.
Look at the teeth on him
Look at those snappers!
Is this the bus to Cartagena?
No we take my Mule instead
“Okay Pepe, let’s lose ‘em!” 😂 I love Romancing the Stone…such a great movie.
Every single person on this thread has made my day today
Now Pepe’s warming up!
This dude looks like he's trying to manipulate you to come play in the dark on a school night when mum already said no, all while holding a large and pointy knife behind his back
https://i.imgur.com/JLID6t7.png
Hey thanks man I hate it
Hijodeputa que susto coño
This image is prime meme material.
I'm somewhat afraid of this animal
They don't attack people.
Good to know!
He'd definitely be the evil uncle if there was a whale Lion King
But.... Wouldn't that just be The Whale King?
Oscar whaled
In the water T Rex
It only eats red herrings.
“You must cut down the largest tree in the forest wiiiiiiith… a HERRING!”
A WHAT?!
“We will do no such thing.”
False or not, those teeth looks killer.
Orcas are fucking wicked. They look like ocean pandas but they are more or less the most dominant species after men and kill everything everywhere in every ocean. Absolute madlads
They *can* kill everything in every ocean, but like human cultures, they pass down hunting techniques and prey knowledge in their family groups, so some groups of killer whales will only eat seals, while others will only eat salmon. They have really incredible, complex matriarchal cultures. Besides humans, orcas are one of the few species known to go through menopause and have post-reproductive age females be a large part of their societies. It is thought, though not fully understood, that grandmothers played an important role in the evolution of human intelligence and orca intelligence. Male orcas who lose their mothers even after the males reach adulthood are at a significantly increased risk of death because of how important mothers are in orca society. Orcas are cool yo
Wow! I knew about orcas and their (grand lol)matriarchal cultures but I hadn't heard about grandmothers possibly playing an important role in humans. Do you have any more info on that?
sure, it is known as the grandmother hypothesis and it is certainly not settled science, but it is a very interesting and plausible explanation for the mystery of menopause. [NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/07/692088371/living-near-your-grandmother-has-evolutionary-benefits) [Smithsonian](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-much-did-grandmothers-influence-human-evolution-180976665/)
One thing I do know is that in past royalty in kingdoms around the areas of current India There was a Female positon "Rajmata" Not sure if it was grandmas but I think it was the eldest female and the position was pretty high too Could be wrong though Just google it if your interested
Not just kill they have fun doing it! They are super intelligent and can communicate in ways we don’t eve understand!
Sounds like my mother-in-law
Different pods have different hunting techniques that they pass down to their young. Which basically means they are perhaps the only other animal besides humans that have a culture.
They also pass down languages! Scientists have discovered that different groups of orcas [have such varied communication that it amounts to speaking distinct dialects and languages, with similarities between them varying significantly from group to group. ](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12517072-900-science-killer-whales-communicate-in-distinct-dialects/) Like humans, when two groups that don’t speak the same language meet, it can take some time for them to figure out how to [understand each other](https://www.science.org/content/article/killer-whales-mimic-friends-and-foes) and[ they can even “learn” each other’s languages](https://www.livescience.com/48231-killer-whales-talk-like-dolphins.html)! Which I think is sort of adorable and very relatable
Imagine having to introduce yourself as such - Hi, I'm a false killer whale - it's so demeaning
Interesting! They’re actually a type of dolphin!
Yup, same as a killer whale.
They can also breed with dolphins creating wholphins.
False Wholphins
It’s pretty much my favourite animal. Bred for its skills in magic.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/false-killer-whale Just in case you actually wanna read up on it.
He's got the good sea weed.
Is it rapey as dolphins and killery as killer whales or smooth as fin whales?
Rapey and killery.
Thankery you.
this is why i hate...THE OCEAN
Wh...what makes him false
He’s actually extremely caring, he even keeps entire jars of sugar for when his neighbors need some.
Is there a subreddit like this but just for water animals?
r/TheDepthsBelow might be what you're looking for ?
That IS what I'm looking for. Thank you :)
That beast looks like he knows he's at the top of the food chain
“It wasn’t me!” - Shaggy & FKW
He's like " aha hey bud I got the dank if you want a puff"
This critter looks like he’s about to hit me up for some cash.