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Stumpy X163

First Sighted: 1996 Estimated Birth year: 1995 Location: Tysfjord, Norway Sighted with Pods: NE15 / NR / NKW‐H / NKW‐V / NKW‐AZ

Why is she so important?: Stumpy is assumed to have been hit by a boat as a calf (under a year old) She has injuries to her dorsal, spinal deformity and injuries to her left side of her rib cage. It is possible she was born with some of these deformity’s.

Due to these disabilities, she is unable to dive or swim as fast as other killer whales, her growth is stunted as she is still (aged 20) the same size as a small calf. Also judging from the pitch of her blow - her lung capacity must be abnormally small. (Killer Whales with a Conscience 2013)

(Stumpy and a member of the NKW-AZ group) When she was first sighted in 1996 she was with her presumed mother. They were with the NE15 pod and neither were a previously sighted member of that pod.

(Stumpy in 1996) She was seven years old when she was re-sighted in 2002. Researchers were delighted to discover she had survived but were surprised to discover her mother had disappeared. She was then re-sighted over a period of three years with different pods (NKW-H/NKW-V) who were caring for her. A study published in 2004 (Stenerson & Similä) stated she had been sighted with a provisioned by no less than five groups.

(Stumpy being provisioned, a salmon was captured and bitten in half for her to eat) “ I observed her participating in the search of and catching of fish but she was seen often close to a big male, who may have been provisioning her or providing her with protection. “ - Heike Vester

(Stumpy in 2012) In 2012 she was sighted with the NKW‐AZ pod. She is now Seventeen years old and was confirmed a female as her dorsal had not sprouted.

If they’re even distantly related, helping Stumpy would mean protecting at least some of their own genes, even though it comes at quite a cost when fish are in short supply. This is why Stumpy is so important, they show the killer whales pro-social behavior. They are caring for her even though in most other animal society’s its survival of the fittest. Leave the weak to die as they are not able to sustain the species.

Physiological evidence supports this idea. In 2006, specialized ‘spindle’ cells previously thought unique to primates were found in Killer Whale brains. (Whale Brains). These cells are located in the area responsible for speech, social organisation and empathy, and are credited with allowing us to feel love.

“Maybe killer whales are even more similar to us than we suspected.“

- Heike Vester

Featured in: Killer Whales Beneath the Surface, 2012 BBC

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THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE LORD OF THE RINGS

adoranion

i have been laughing at this for 9 years

big-bootyakasha

I had my boyfriend for secret santa this year and he was joking when he asked for a portrait of Vladimir Putin made entirely out of swedish fish

but i don’t fuck around when it comes to christmas

big-bootyakasha

As many of you may now know, Vladimir Putin has recently outlawed memes. Literally. I never thought that this post would become as viral as it has, and if I’m going to be executed by the KGB because of this I couldn’t be more proud tbh. If I’m going to die young it honestly better be because I pissed off a powerful foreign president by making a silhouette of his face out of candy fish

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New Words That Should Be Added to the Dictionary (images via imgur) Previously: Name Improvements for Everyday Stuff

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I totally have a floordrobe

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why is there an american flag just chillin on the wall there is that normal

brokenwingsandblackeyedthings

Yes they are in every classroom in America

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Is that sarcasm

professionalweenie

no.

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do…do other countries not put their flags in all their classrooms??

tracyalexander-deactivated20201

Why would we put up a flag in a classroom? Are people afraid the children would forget which country they are in?

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My favorite thing about the multicultural nature of Tumblr is watching people from other countries learn that America is much, much worse than they ever dreamed.

micdotcom

The Internet responds to Barbie book’s sexism with #FeministHackerBarbie

This week, the Internet was aflame with criticism of the Mattel Barbie book I Can Be a Computer Engineer.

In theory, the text should have been a wild success. Barbie plays the part of a computer engineer, a field in which women are severely underrepresented. In practice, it all went horribly wrong. Instead of reading about Barbie’s successes in the land of computer engineering, readers were presented with a character who required a man’s help in order to actually do any coding.

So the Internet fired back with this | Follow micdotcom

#hack barbie #FeministHackerBarbie

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A couple is walking in St. Petersburg Square on Christmas Eve. They feel a slight precipitation.

"I think it’s raining," says the man.

"No, it’s snowing," replies the woman.

"How about we ask this Communist officer here? He is always right!" exclaims the man. "Officer Rudolph, is it raining or snowing?"

"Definitely raining," Officer Rudolph replies before walking off.

The man turns to his wife with a smile. “See? Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.”

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irabrooker:

Because nothing says “We’re not really an Orwellian police state” like imperious threats displayed on a giant screen.

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I think this is so cool

noobtastic

want to like a second time, therefore reblog.

#it's the rules #did you read the rules?

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Be outraged over Michael Brown. Be outraged over Eric Garner. Be outraged over Peshawar. Be outraged over Sydney. Be outraged over the abduction of the students in Mexico. Be outraged over the CIA torture report. Be outraged over the injustices done to the Canadian native peoples and the police state that is North Korea.

This is not the Tragedy Olympics or the Oppression Olympics. You do not have to pick one team.

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Your future password will be your pulse. The Nymi is a wristband that you can tap against a terminal to verify your identity with your pulse pattern. Fingerprints and PIN numbers can be easily copied or stolen, but your heartbeat is unique to you and can’t be replicated. Source

noobtastic

unless you make a bracelet which tells the terminal "this person's heartbeat is [someone else's heartbeat]". So, just as copyable as fingerprints then, once everyone routinely wears a device that can measure it.

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the-exercist

Is that so?

Women have been a leading force in sanitation strikes, calling for equal treatment and job security. This particular service industry has been the focus of multiple feminist manifestos and employment goals. Women fought long and hard to gain the right to work in sanitation, and they’re continuing that effort to open up the field more. This issue is so big that Parks and Rec even made an episode about it.

Female sewer workers have repeatedly sued the DEP for unfair treatment, seeking to open up the industry and gain equal status with their male peers. Sewer work is often targeted for its biased hiring practices. Hundreds of female candidates fight for limited available positions, but most are turned away, despite having the necessary experience and skills. Feminist workers recognize that these women are willing and able to do the work, but aren’t getting the opportunity to gain employment here.

Historically, coal mining is one of the most highly targeted careers for gender bias. Women have been petitioning for the opportunity to mine safely since the Industrial Revolution. This is actually one of the primary and best studied examples of women fighting to enter traditionally male fields. Lots of women, who both succeeded in the mines and didn’t, continue to petition for increased access to this field.

And yeah, women want white collar jobs too. Go figure - A diverse population of women, with different abilities, interests and levels of education, are all fighting for the right to seek diverse forms of employment. Fighting for equality in one sphere doesn’t mean that we’ve forgotten about the others.

Just because you aren’t paying attention to the feminist movement doesn’t mean that the feminist movement is nonexistent.