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Whale (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's so happy to be here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Archaeologists be like: "It was likely used for ritualistic purposes"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That whale has seen some things

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Vaginas, probably

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

It's funny how only the sex toys have survived this long

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Oh no, nobody tell Nintendo about this. They'll be sharpening their copyrights and salivating over patents.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

I can't believe that took 600 years to carve

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago

Hmm, "1200-600 CE"?

https://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2018/08/whale-effigy-charm/

Looks like it should be 1200-1600 CE (or AD).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it squeaks when you squeeze it i’mma freak out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Careful with the drugs.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He looks like he belongs in Dragon Quest

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like a Pokemon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Guess Nintendo's going to have to sue Akira Toriyama's estate, then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It looks like a fun chair.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe whales looked different back then.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"adult toy smiling whale"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, suspiciously large fin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Oh lawd he comin’

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can’t convince me that that’s not an Orca.

Orcas have always been friends to humans that do not own yachts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

the allies of the Chumash are slow to action but their loyalty and their memory is unquestionable

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indeed, according to anthropologist Robert L. Hoover, “the killer whale [orca] was regarded by the Chumash as a benevolent creature which drove schools of porpoises and whales ashore where they could be utilized by man.”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

No wonder they called killer whales. They trying to end the entire planet.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

"Saruman the White has ever been our friend and ally" Get away from that computer, killer whale!

But ye, fuck yachts

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

It's beautiful but the neat part is he's smiling