Wild Seals

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• Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago

  Which seals do you mean, the pinnipeds or the US soldiers? The post of vampireapologist isn’t very clear about it.

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• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  But I’m more interested in their take on vampires. I hope it’s not twilight stuff.

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• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Same for hippos.

  Hippos are monsters. They kill for the joy of killing. They’re vegetarians! They kill as many humans in Africa every year as crocs.

  They spray their shit around by spinning their tiny tail as they shit, like a shit-filled garden hose.

  They are moist and gross. Their call is laughing maniacally at the world. Moo Deng is damp Chucky without thumbs.

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• dellhiver@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Obligatory link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_finger

  Don’t let a Seal bite you.

  “Seal finger was first described scientifically in 1907. It can cause cellulitis, joint inflammation, and swelling of the bone marrow; untreated, the course of “seal finger” is slow and often results in a thickened, contracted joint. Historically, seal finger was treated by amputation of the affected digits once they became unusable…”

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  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    swelling of the bone marrow

    I now have the cursed knowledge that bone marrow can swell, what the fuck.

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    • shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Who knew seals made bone hurting juice.

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    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds like that would be particularly painful.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If it can hold water, it can swell

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  • Frostbeard@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There was this docureality about seal hunters in the Arctic on Norwegian television a few years back. One of the crew contracted “Spekkfinger” and they had to travel a day to Iceland to drop him off. Apparently there still is a demand somewhere for greenland seal as there was a few boats that the svow followed. And they had a crew with cook and all.

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• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I now plan to use “the morals of a seagull” whenever I can

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• Frostbeard@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just google leopard seal. Its like a cross between a grizzly and a large shark

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• sepi@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But seagulls have no morals

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  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oooo, sepi gets it!

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• FinalRemix@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s why otters are superior.

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• fulcrummed@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  For the dolphins (porpoises) of this conversation are we taking a cat as being more or less cunning, intelligent and conniving than a toddler?

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So, if sea lions are literally sea lions,

  Seals are, sea panthers?

  Except of course leopard seals, obvs.

  (Making allowance for extra weight of blubber necessary for temperature control in the ocean)

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  • Kellenved@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Elephant seals still just elephants

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Very bitey elephants

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• eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkKcVLIYuo

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