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submitted 8 months ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/australia@aussie.zone

Even ScoMo would be proud. Escaped in a cloud of diarrhea

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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I WAS EXPECTING A VIDEO OR AT LEAST A PICTURE SHOWING WHAT THE HEADLINE CLAIMS

All I see are pictures of orcas and a sperm whale and orcas but no sperm whale shit

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

I came for the whale poop content but stayed for the get-rich-quick schemes

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That’s a lot of boo boo.

[-] Omgarm@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Like a squid, butt different.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Well, it's made of squid.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Sperm whales off Western Australia's southern coast have successfully defended themselves from an attack by a pod of orca by defecating at will, creating a "cloud of diarrhoea".

The rare defence mechanism thwarted the likely fatal attack at the Bremer Canyon — a marine life hotspot about 50 kilometres off the coast between Albany and Hopetoun — on Tuesday.

Marine biologist Jennah Tucker, who works on board Naturaliste Charters tour boat, witnessed the incident.

"And everything kind of went quiet and there was very solemn sort of mood on the deck of the boat because we thought they'd potentially taken out a calf, as one of the sperm whales did look significantly smaller than the others," Ms Tucker said.

Tourists and scientists flock to the area to witness orcas, often in pods of more than 50, hunt animals including a first ever recorded blue whale attack.

This attempt comes as observers in Bremer Bay report they have witnessed the most orca predations for this March than any other March— six in the past two weeks, nine for the month.


The original article contains 509 words, the summary contains 179 words. Saved 65%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Lol, eww. My cat does this whenever it try to put him into a carrier.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Is your cat a 40-ton ocean dweller?

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Aren't all cats?

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