• aodhsishaj
    930·
    9 months ago

    “Well, to be honest I am a porpoise. An Orca to be more precise.”

  • Decoy321
    701·
    9 months ago9 months ago

    “how dare you?! I am an orca. That other name is offensive.”

  • don
    291·
    9 months ago

    Not being a whaleologist, this joke took me 15 seconds to get, but got it I did.

  • Daefsdeda
    280·
    9 months ago

    I think tom scott did a video where he mentioned that in the original languange it was “whale killer” not killer whale but people tranlated it word for word, losinh the meaning.

    • Shard
      160·
      9 months ago

      Sir, you are not helping your client’s case in the slightest…

  • JayEnglish
    172·
    9 months ago

    Stamets, what the hell? Are you trying to break my upvote finger or something? It’s starting to get sore…

    • HeavybellEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      Dolphins and orcas are both porpoises. :)

      • DeconceptualistEnglish
        240·
        9 months ago9 months ago

        No, dolphins and porpoises are separate families. Orcas are with the dolphins. Porpoises are actually closer with other types of whales like belugas and narwhals. At least per the most widely accepted taxonomy.

        All of these are classified as cetaceans though (infraoder, above family) and of course have a common ancestor if you go back far enough.

  • LeHorror
    120·
    9 months ago

    Your Otter! This trial is nothing but a whale hunt!

  • Grippler
    60·
    9 months ago

    We call them “blubber snatchers”

  • Axiochus
    50·
    9 months ago

    Wasn’t there an episode of Bob’s burgers about this? Where they had a trial of the wicked witch?