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submitted 11 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world

Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 133 points 11 months ago

I'm glad orcas have finally had enough of our shit.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 79 points 11 months ago
[-] Prox@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

+1

I am wholly and unironically on the orcas' side here.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They target small sailing boats that do no harm.

It's like attacking children because their parents are bad.

[-] tuxtey@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

That'll learn em

I'm just worried that people will start shooting them. Otherwise I agree.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Orcas mourn, that would be downright fucking insane. Elephants mourn and will literally track you for months to trample your ass for killing one of them.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Theories are that this is how it started.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

2nd amendment rights for orcas. Strap some 50cal machine guns, waterproofed, to their heads Dr Evil style.

[-] DokPsy@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago

I'm not one to actively encourage increases in military spending but if it's to outfit the orcas, I'm all for it

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They should be safe. Richard Harris has been dead for a while.

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I'm more worried orcas will start shooting us.

I couldn't blame any ocean dwelling creature that took justice into their own hands (or fins) at this point.

[-] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The orcas thought the humans wanted to start a mosh pit.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

They were just head banging.

Probably should have used new-country.

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[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 41 points 11 months ago

boat not designed to moshpit with whales....

[-] EmoBean@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

We need to design one, moshing with orcas sounds metal as fuck

[-] REdOG@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Who can Metallica sue for this?

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

In retrospect, they may not have appreciated the thematics of Blood and Thunder.

[-] tbird83ii@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

Gojira would have been a much better option...

[-] jimmux@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago

NOW I CAN SEE THE WHAAAAAALES

[-] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

LOOMING OUT OF THE DARK

[-] Travalanche@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Whale noises intesify

[-] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

Making the Orcas feel like Doom guy when the music kicks in will surely stop them.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago
[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Headbanging music backfires on sail powered mosh pit.

Film at 11.

PS: ... keep the whales at bay? I sea what you did, marine biopunologist.

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You mean like Bay Area trash metal? Metallica, Slayer, Death Angel?

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[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 15 points 11 months ago

Of course not, do they not play Doom? It makes orcas 100% more metal.

[-] Tacos_y_margaritas@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 11 months ago

This could make a great Metalocalypse episode.

[-] dirtypirate@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Mandatory Orca Mosh Pit is my new punk band name

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Is one of reasons that orcas love to mosh?

[-] Additional_Prune@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

There's whole lot of genres of music to shuffle through before we may find the genre that drives away orcas. Maybe there's no genre of music that drives away orcas. You know how people say of ethnic groups they don't belong to that y'all look alike to us? Maybe all human music sounds alike to orcas.

[-] Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

We should try polka. Nobody wants to listen to polka.

[-] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 4 points 11 months ago

You'd be surprised at some of the sleeper hits. It's inherent in all genres that one composition will just blow your mind.

...or maybe I just like polka and avoid the weird looks by only having one song on the ipod. Maybe.

[-] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago
[-] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Dubstep might do it.

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Let's try EDM. Two sounds pulsating and occasionally woman's voice saying "orca" will bore anyone to death.

[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Get this Winger shit outta here.

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