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[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago

"Well, to be honest I am a porpoise. An Orca to be more precise."

[-] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago
[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks it was a killer joke.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Cetacean needed.

[-] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Orcas are dolphins, but porpoises are not.

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"how dare you?! I am an orca. That other name is offensive."

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

"I am a dolphin, not a whale."

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

An orca isn't an Italian orc?

[-] Grippler@feddit.dk 8 points 2 years ago

Only if you say it like this: orc-à 👌

[-] don@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago

Not being a whaleologist, this joke took me 15 seconds to get, but got it I did.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I legit thought it was an orcas-are-technically-dolphins joke that I didn't quite get

[-] Animated_beans@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Wait, that isn't the joke? Can you explain it simpletons like me?

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Orcas are also known as killer whales. The joke is that the prosecutor is trying to get him to call himself a killer.

[-] Animated_beans@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Omg I can't believe I didn't get that. Thank you for explaining it

[-] Kill_John_Lennon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Killer whale

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

whaleologist

[-] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago

I think tom scott did a video where he mentioned that in the original languange it was "whale killer" not killer whale but people tranlated it word for word, losinh the meaning.

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Sir, you are not helping your client's case in the slightest...

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Arent they actually dolphins?

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Dolphins and orcas are both porpoises. :)

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, dolphins and porpoises are separate families. Orcas are with the dolphins. Porpoises are actually closer with other types of whales like belugas and narwhals. At least per the most widely accepted taxonomy.

All of these are classified as cetaceans though (infraoder, above family) and of course have a common ancestor if you go back far enough.

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

Stamets, what the hell? Are you trying to break my upvote finger or something? It's starting to get sore...

[-] LeHorror@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Your Otter! This trial is nothing but a whale hunt!

[-] Grippler@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago

We call them "blubber snatchers"

[-] mack7400@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Bath wolves

[-] Axiochus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there an episode of Bob's burgers about this? Where they had a trial of the wicked witch?

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The real question is, are beluga wales good lawyers?

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Why, because they're white?!

this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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