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[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 91 points 2 years ago

Orcas are the biggest of the dolphins, and they are nightmare fuel for anything they decide is food.

Are you a great white shark that just smelled an orca? Better nope out to the other side of the planet before the orca eats your liver.

Are you a seal just swimming along? Oops, an orca just yeeted you 30 ft into the air with a tail slap, and is going to eat your stunned ass when you land.

Are you a smart seal who thinks they're safe on the ice? Nope. Orcas will break up the ice and knock you off using waves.

Are you a grown ass moose casually going for a swim without a worry in the world? Forgot about one of your only natural predators. Now you've been eaten by an orca.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

There's a reason they're called killer whales!

[-] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago
[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Yes, they are. Dolphins are a type of whale (And orcas are a type of dolphin).

[-] Tja@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago
[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Shut up simian. Eat a banana or something.

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, vegetables are healthy.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Sure they are now continue eating the bananas, you definitely can't get radiation poisoning from them.

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago
[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

There is always a relevant XKCD.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Is there a relevant XKCD about how there's always a relevant XKCD?

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

They are. But are jackdaws crows?

[-] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago
[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

You’d be wrong, it’s a taco

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Disagree unless it's eaten with a tortilla rather than bread. The materials used matters, not just the shape.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago
[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, but for something to qualify as a taco it needs to use a tortilla.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

What about those hard brittle shells?

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

That's not what she said.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Technically, no. However, they are corvids.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's a bit of a misnomer.

Orcas, despite being dolphins, are commonly called 'killer whales' due to a mistranslation of the Spanish phrase 'asesino de ballenas' which means 'whale killer.' This name comes from ancient sailors observing them hunt larger whales.

A more technically accurate translation would've been whale killers.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Dolphins are a kind of whale, so the name works either way.

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