#not about The Whale

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

It's always so weird to come down from the biology heavens to see what the average person believes about animals, plants, ecosystems, just the world around them. I don't even mean things that one simply doesn't know because they've never been told or things that are confusing, I'm talking about people who genuinely do not see insects as animals. What are you saying. Every time I see a crawling or fluttering little guy I know that little guy has motivations and drive to fulfill those motivations. There are gears turning in their head! They are perceiving this world and they are drawing conclusions, they are conscious. And yet it's still a whole thing if various bugs of the world feel pain or if they are simply Instinct Machines that are Not Truly Aware of Anything At All????? Help!!!!!! How can you look at a little guy and think he is just the macroscopic animal version of a virus

[cabbagegunk]

I personally think that all whale sharks should be put on Mickey’s Dick Smasher.

WHAT!!!! they are such gentile creatures why would you say thst…

[wolfythewitch]

It's time

[narcissusneverknewme]

You guys are so weak for this fatsuit shit. Why pretend to tell stories about fat people? The best you are capable of..... Is literally a skinny person in a fat suit. I mean I don't even need to comment, the metaphor is so painfully visible

[fairylilyflower]

literally!!

[neganobu]

Modern au redraw of the idiots for @sapphirennasky

[ghosted-jazz]

I like to think breaking the canary curse via dying in the void had some effects on Lizzie

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Learning anything about marine mammal training will make you re-evaluate so much of your relationship with your own pets. There is so much force involved in the way we handle domestic animals. Most of it isn’t even intentional, it just stems from impatience. I’m guilty of it myself!

But with the exception of certain veterinary settings where the animal’s health is the immediate priority, why is it so important to us that animals do exactly what we want exactly when we want it? Why do we have to invent all these tools and contraptions to force them to behave?

When a whale swam away from a session, that was that. The trainer just waited for them to decide to come back. If they flat out refused to participate in behaviors, they still got their allotment of fish. Nothing bad happened. Not even when 20-30 people were assembled for a procedure, and the whale chose not to enter the medical pool. No big deal. Their choice and comfort were prioritized over human convenience.

It’s almost shocking to return to domestic animal medicine afterwards and watch owners use shock collars and chokers and whips to control their animals. It’s no wonder that positive reinforcement was pioneered by marine mammal trainers. When you literally can’t force an animal to do what you want, it changes your entire perspective.

I want to see that mindset extended to our domestic animals.

[quinnonimp]

have u drawn ishmael beforeeeee pleaseee if u have can i see her? can i see my girl

sorry no BUT i have now just bc u asked 🤙

[plaguedocboi]

I still think about the time months ago I was advertised a book that was being marketed as a “queer horror retelling of Moby Dick” like. Girl. I don’t think you have any business “retelling” a story if you clearly don’t even know what the original story was about.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Why is it always a shark that’s a villain in a fish movie. There’s so many cool and dangerous aquatic animals to choose from. Why can’t the villain be like a malicious billfish for once? Or a gang of mean mean orcas? I say this as a person who loves both of those animals by the way it’s just getting very really tiring, the shark slander

[reality-detective]

The more I live the more I realize that we were all lied to as children, taught to believe humans are the only intelligent beings, the only ones capable of emotions and empathy.

But animals are far from unintelligent. It’s not that they lack understanding, it’s that we fail to comprehend them. In fact, many animals display empathy that exceeds what most people could ever hope to achieve. 🤔

[curiositypolling]

whale reference chart :)

pls reblog for sample size etc

follow for more occasional useless polls :)

[binkyfishy]

She nan on my tucket til i. She Ishmael on my Queeqyeg til i. she moby on my dick til i

[vintage-polar]

HMS ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael, painted 1847