[xtec]

This is what the average YouTube thumbnail looks like now

[noneuclideangarf]

spent too long on this

[femmenietzsche]

Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode

“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.”...

There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them. Scientists believe this may be a form of culturally learned behavior passed down through generations. Now we have fresh examples: orcas in the Gulf of California were filmed teaming up to ram sunfish with so much force that the carcasses exploded into small fragments. While orcas have been known to use force to remove flesh from prey, this is something different, according to a new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ethology. “We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun,” said co-author Kathryn Ayres of Beneath The Waves, a nonprofit organization promoting ocean health. “Orcas are known for playing with their food.” Orcas engage in cooperative hunting strategies that can involve striking or killing animals—sometimes eating their prey, sometimes not—so the behavior could be described as social interaction, play, or practice as a mode of social learning. Orcas have been observed ramming whale sharks as another orca held the prey steady. Other cooperative strategies include herding mobile rays, blocking an escape path while hunting white sharks, and deliberately producing waves to bump penguins off ice floes. When hunting species like sunfish, orcas typically rely on a three-pronged strategy. First, an orca will target the pectoral fins, then slash the sunfish across its body to remove the viscera. After that, the orca will use its beak to get at the remaining tissue. The newly observed “ram-to-fragment” behavior might represent a more sophisticated version of that basic strategy. The first instance occurred in July 2024 off the coast of San Jose del Cabo in Mexico. A tourism operator filmed three adult female orcas, one male, and one juvenile catching and eating a spine-tail devil ray. Just after, the same operator filmed one of the adult females holding the carcass of a sunfish in her mouth. The sunfish had a large lateral wound, so the viscera had likely already been removed. The male orca then charged at the carcass, with the female releasing it just before impact. There was an audible sound upon impact as the carcass fragmented and bits of flesh dispersed in the water. The juvenile orca proceeded to eat the smaller fragments while the adults fed on what remained of the split-open body.

[argumate]

gotta admit other animals would probably use this ramsplosion tactic if they were capable of it

[siliquasquama]

[dark-magician-girl-meets-world]

Orcas out there in the ocean like

[cryptotheism]

Poppers? Like jalapeño poppers??

Yeah sure

[importantcatpics]

[virtualgirladvance]

i may be wrong(not an expert by any means) but i think thats a bunny

[kaylmao]

just molted for the first time ama

[evil-sludge]

U feelin' mushy? Easily susceptible to predation..?

[kaylmao]

ok no more questions

[card-designers-without-borders]

[uptownthots]

what is a normal amount of photos to have on your phone. probably 28,000 right

[uptownthots]

DONT SAY THAAAAAAAAT

[sanrio-stud]

how many pics & videos do you have on your phone?

0-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10,001-15,000

15,001-20,000

20,001-25,000

25,001-30,000

30,001-40,000

40,001-50,000

50,001-60,000

> 60,000

Remaining time: 4 days 10 hours

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

Hello. Since I've seen people submit finished wheels, I thought I'd submit a wheel I came up with. In this case, it's a wheel to tell you something that you can't do for a week.

https://wheelofnames.com/kch-gkt

this is a really really cool idea! Thanks!!!

You can't do this for a week!

How bad is this for you?

Its great! I can live with this

I already don't do this

It'll be annoying but I'll be fine

VERY BAD.

results/other

Remaining time: 1 day 10 hours

thanks inkarchivist for the submission!!

[cottoncandylesbo]

(alien being shown yaoi) and you're saying, the men... have sex with each other? the men?

(alien being shown yuri) ohhh ya we do this shit too lmao

[temothylol]

[the-big-mood]

During a high speed car chase pursuit, the FOX 11 Los Angeles helicopter had an unexpected moment when they spotted a rooster and a chicken casually walking down the sidewalk right in the middle of the pursuit.

[reblogmonstah]

The fact that they were walking 1-3mph

His joy and whimsy at seeing this

His acknowledgement of it not being as interesting as the chase

His little "huh" cuz you know they told him to focus

[charl0ttan]

do u think wa wa o begago wa ? or shushu wummis.

[lonestatus]

[noelle-ism]

[unofficial-estonia]

No one:

Eastern European character in movies: Hello I am generic Eastern European Character. My name is probably Ivan or Dima, because the writers only know like 2 Russian names and can’t be bothered to research further. I have absolutely no redeeming personality traits and my entire character revolves around being evil. I might have hinted that I am actually from one of the countries that is not Russia, but everyone and their mom will tell others that I am Russian. I also work in organised crime, because there’s no way a Eastern European can do any other job besides that one.

[probablyasocialecologist]

Study finds nearly every pre-2010 video game is unavailable

Games from older consoles are being made less and less available to the point so much of the industry's history could easily vanish without

[gay-jesus-probably]

Vimm's Lair: Preserving the Classics

Preserving classic videogames from consoles past.

I'm just gonna slide this on in here for anyone that is interested in preserving old games. They take it very seriously too, they want an archive of every single game. Like, they have lists of every game ever released for a system, and once that system gets old enough, they add it to their archive and start collecting. Their latest addition was the Xbox 360, they opened that vault up in September 2022, and proudly announced they'd finished their collection of games for it back in April.

Also, while their game archives are almost entirely complete, they've got another project of archiving the manuals that came with those games, and that is... considerably less well filled out. Their collection of Xbox 360 manuals is especially rough, they've only gotten manuals for three games. So if you've got some Xbox 360 games kicking around, and the manual's still with them, please consider scanning them and submitting them to the site!

Game preservation is important, but people rarely consider preserving the manuals as well; I really respect Vimm's Lair for being so thorough in their archival work.

[anachronic-cobra]

I've been using Vimm's Lair for years, I have yet to see a single bad link or virus on the entire site. It's arguably the safest and most comprehensive archive of video games in existence. Preserved history

[quietuniversus]

Carnotaurus anyone? Idk. Dinosaurs are just neat. Might end up straying from just paleo stuff eventually. I tend to do more OC stuff because I lack ideas. One thing is for sure, I like drawing animals the most.

Still iffy about Tumblr but I do like the format and algorithm a little better here. Just hard to tell what people are real or just bots following just to follow. Not exactly sure how people make an interactive community. I lack the social skills. Especially social media skills.

If you like what I do, give me a follow, like, or even a comment. The support matters and influences whether I keep posting. Let me know what you guys would like to see more of.

[anythings-a-sweet-if-you-eat-it]

boring take from real 21st century idiots: bdsm is bad because it's basically torture

interesting take from a fictional 14th century monk: torture is bad because it's basically sex

[ohholydyke]

Shoutout to the nun who had other nuns tie her up and pour hot wax on her as she confessed her sins

[amorphousgenderlesscryptid]

I'm sure that's true, but something tells me googling "nun tied up by other nuns" "hot wax" "confessing sins" will likely get what you might call rather un-academic results

[normaloperafan]

[threebigolsausages-deactivated2]

Dude living downstairs has been loudly rapping for like 10 minutes, then suddenly did a high pitched scream, and now its silent down there

[postnuclearophelia]

he got raptured

[queen-elizabeth-the-3st]

[anarcho-catboyism]

We really went from "free the nipple" to "um the public didn't consent to you wearing a choker"