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- Comment on [deleted] 7 hours ago:
It has to to with the reality of love and relationships from this young lady’s perspective. It has to do with me refusing to reduce any person to a two dimensional assumption about them based on a single outlier metric. It is a respect for the autonomy of all humans. It is also a rejection of the backwardness and conflicting nonsense present in cultural norms. Like how the age of majority in much of the world is under 25 when science has proven that cognitive adulthood does not happen until this age. Majority is kept at 18 for moldable child soldiers that are just strong enough to fight but easily manipulated into fighting for criminal reasons like corporate interests. These types of ethics have no moral ground at all but are the foundation of Western morality. Nature has the ultimate say in physiological consent. Like it or not, that is irrelevant to the truth of science and observation. Read carefully and note that I have never once stated anything I believe here about what the age of majority or consent should be so far. What I really believe is that assumptions and stereotypes always hurt some minority of people. The more simple the stereotype is, the larger the hurt minority will be in every instance. Therefore I try to be very careful about judging others in ways that use simple stereotypes and restrict them in ways that might hurt them. So it is not my place to say. She is a kid and will likely make really dumb decisions, but so do most of us when under 25, and I wholely reject basing my ethics on child soldiers. In practice, everyone appreciates their own right to self determination. It is an unalienable human right. You have a right to be stupid, and a right to make mistakes, just like everyone has a right to try and warn someone of the dangers of the path they are taking and thinks like the limited perspective and depth of understanding inherent to youth. She will be a different person in 10 years time, but it is not up to me to assume I can speak for her now or for that person in her future. She is a product of her environment and I am not. I respect her as a fellow human and do not enslave her to my tribal ethics and assumptions.
- Comment on [deleted] 17 hours ago:
Not saying it is like normal or anything. Am saying society in general in the west has far too authoritarian mindsets that are just dumb. If you go telling this girl she doesn’t matter, at that age, you’re shooting yourself in both feet and likely the head as far as she is concerned. She will not stop because anyone said so. She might listen to some amount of reasoning, but dogmatism has absolutely no chance of reaching a better place. It has a very good chance of getting MUCH worse.
- Comment on Never have I ever pressed right arrow on a YouTube video, expecting the volume to go slightly up 18 hours ago:
Freetube and others but I don’t think newpipe is unless doing android emulation - which is apparently a thing I’ve seen people talking about but haven’t tried. I never use YT from a comp, so bad 1 am assumptions
- Comment on [deleted] 19 hours ago:
TBH, it works for some people. I have a cousin that was happy for 30 years when he married a similar age gap in the other direction.
It really depends on the person. My boss from the bike shops was 20 years older than me and his wife was my age yet they made a great couple too. They were both pro amateur level cyclists and finding a good match like that is not common.
I was physically disabled at 29, and if I was somehow able to recover, I would likely be more interested in someone 10+ years younger because that is how long my life has been in limbo. I didn’t get a lot of the life experiences.
In the world of today, expecting the old normals is pretty much nonsense. Where I live, there is no chance someone in their twenties lives on their own and has any kind of financial stability unless their parents are creating it. Those types of people look to marry and date within their social class. Only fools at the bottom fail to see the social classes and caste systems in all societies. Your ex is likely right in my opinion. Most of our religious and cultural norms are little more than a tool to suppress the peasantry. Resisting the unfamiliar is common tribalism behavior but it has little to no value in the present world. The man’s age is irrelevant against the measure of the man. I’m against taking agency away from your daughter. Meet the man with a open mind and then make your case with your daughter if you need to, but don’t be dogmatic.
- Comment on Never have I ever pressed right arrow on a YouTube video, expecting the volume to go slightly up 19 hours ago:
Never have had that problem with newpipe. Maybe it is hard to track your other sensor data all at the same time and do that menial functioning stuff
- Comment on Trump refuses to rule out using military to seize Greenland and Panama Canal 2 weeks ago:
WN? Empire of Natorica /s
I don’t even know what to call it beyond oligarchy, uncodified consular republic? - Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 10 comments
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never talked to anyone in a library. Have you? Generally conversations are taboo in my experience. Maybe things have changed since I was able to go to one and relax.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Don’t get disabled and have a place like this as your only outlet to connect with other humans. Anonymous and mob like negativity, especially from misunderstandings, can be hurtful when sharing some part of yourself or the only time you’ve said anything to anyone in a day or more from within a prison of loneliness you cannot escape.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Male loneliness is likely partially due to the same reason we are all here; this online outlet for social endorphins is why you were not building up a deficit over the last week and felt the motivation to finally call that person you were thinking about this whole time. That person was a passing thought, and the endorphins hit you might have received is ultimately less than you got from the austere but consistent dose you get from social engagement online.
The only problem is that you are not creating a meaningful personal social network in real life. When you really need such a network in practice, you face the reality of no one to turn to, or less depth and meaning to such connections. Real people are also complex and you must face the reality that no one fits your echo chamber bubble like a place like this. If you act like a down vote or stupid hot take comes across here to people in the real world… you find yourself back here with less options in the future.
- Comment on If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal? 2 weeks ago:
Make a radio station and broadcast whatever you want.
- Comment on Why is it considered sexist to ask women to smile? 2 weeks ago:
It is generally uncouth to tell anyone how to feel regardless of gender. Compel the person to feel through your own words and actions. If you fail to achieve the desired results, change your tact.
- Comment on Anon's lacking pissing habits 2 weeks ago:
Short units make high pressure. Smart girls hear the Reynolds number and know
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I have to avoid my father almost entirely while living in the same house. We are polar opposites and completely incompatible. I’ve learned to appreciate him for what he is, bit also know how toxic he is for my mental health and constantly remind myself of Hanlon’s Razor, (assume stupidity over malice).
- Comment on Why does the winter solstice mark the beginning of winter, and not the center? 3 weeks ago:
Not sure if it is technically correct, but I think of it like the momentum of Earth’s atmosphere. It takes a lot of momentum to alter the system. The days getting a little longer by a few minutes depending on latitude makes little difference. We are still dropping in average temps the further towards the poles.
Riding a bicycle everywhere for years in Southern California, this was something I would think about a lot on the commutes in the dark of winter, and the wind and rain patterns. Like here, I know if it will rain based on the wind direction alone. I only check the weather when I’m too lazy to go outside or something odd is happening. After the solstice there seems to be more turbulence that is added to the system. There is more of a back and forth between on an off shore flow patterns. It is our rainy season here, and we have nights get around 10°F cooler. This is when I break out my 40°F layers. On a bike, everything is still skin tight. I can shed some layers but don’t like to stop to do that. I have specialty gear for every 10°F of temperature drop. If I wear 40-50°F gear in 50-60°F temps, I will sweat like crazy and then freeze from being wet. I wear my coldest gear a lot less than I did 15 years ago, but I still haven’t needed it this year. I will in the months to come.
Most people are not connected to the weather and outside world very directly like this in the West. In my experience, the solstice marks the low point where I have around 6 weeks until things start getting better.
- Comment on Anon airs out 3 weeks ago:
Red Rover
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Peanut butter trick
for Ben Dover - Comment on What is the limiting factor than prevents software discovery of undocumented hardware registers and instructions? 3 weeks ago:
I did not know JTAG was used like this, I thought it was passive in functionality
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2000s
On July 8, 2002, Tamarie Tollison, a 28-year-old trainer, was hospitalized for a compound fracture of the forearm as well as several lesser injuries after an incident occurred in Shamu Stadium at SeaWorld San Diego. She was working poolside with two of the park’s orcas, Orkid and Splash. “She was playing with the whales, talking to them… the next thing we know, as it appears from the video, she was pulled into the water,” said SeaWorld spokesperson Darla Davis.[68] Visitor video shows that the trainer was pulled in by her foot by the female Orkid. Both Orkid and Splash pulled the trainer under as she screamed for help. A fellow trainer took the chain off the gate of an adjoining pool to imply to Orkid and Splash that Kasatka — a more dominant female — was coming in, upon which Orkid, who was holding Tamarie at the time, released her and she was able to escape. Park officials stated that the trainer exited the pool without assistance and was taken to a local hospital, where a pin was needed to reset her fractured arm.[69][70]
In late July 2004, during a show at the SeaWorld park in San Antonio, Texas, a male orca named Kyuquot repeatedly jumped on top of his trainer, Steve Aibel, forcing him underwater and barring the trainer from exiting the pool. After several minutes, the trainer was able to calm the animal, and he escaped unharmed.[71] “Veterinarians believe the whale… felt threatened by the trainer, perhaps a result of the effects of adolescent hormones.”[72][73]
On November 15, 2006, a SeaWorld California trainer was injured when the park’s 18-year-old female orca Orkid seized veteran trainer Brian Rokeach by the foot and pulled him to the bottom of the tank, refusing to release him for an extended period of time. Orkid let Rokeach go only after heeding fellow trainer Kenneth Peters’ repeated attempts to call the animal’s attention back to the stage. Rokeach suffered a torn ligament in his ankle but was not taken to the hospital. In response to the incident, SeaWorld increased to five the number of trainers required during performances and in-water-training. This cautionary measure was ineffective, as two weeks later trainer Kenneth Peters was involved in a similar incident (below) with a different orca.[74]
On November 29, 2006, Kasatka, one of SeaWorld San Diego’s seven orcas, grabbed her trainer Ken Peters by the foot and dragged him to the bottom of the tank several times during an evening show at Shamu Stadium. After nine minutes, Kasatka released Peters and he escaped. The orca then followed the trainer, proceeding over a netted barrier towards him. This was the second documented incident of Kasatka attacking Peters, and the third most widely reported of all the SeaWorld incidents.[2]
On September 9, 2008, during a show at Marineland Antibes in France, a 26-year-old female orca named Freya began acting oddly in the middle of the show, then pulled an unidentified trainer under the water. The trainer resurfaced after a few seconds, then Freya jumped on top of him twice, and began to push him under and through the water. The trainer tried to regain control by climbing on the orca’s back, but was thrown off. He eventually managed to get to the edge and climb out, seemingly unhurt.[75]
In the spring of 2009, a 5-year-old female orca Skyla turned on an unidentified trainer while performing in one of Loro Parque Tenerife’s daily shows. Skyla started pushing her trainer through the water and up against the side of the pool. Subsequently her “water work” was suspended, and only senior trainers are allowed to work with her.[76]
On December 24, 2009, 29-year-old Alexis Martínez died during a rehearsal for a Christmas Day show at Loro Parque in Spain. The 14-year-old male orca Keto, who was born at SeaWorld Orlando Florida, rammed Martínez in the chest, rendering him unconscious. Martínez drowned before fellow trainers could rescue him. The park repeatedly asserted that this was not an attack but an unfortunate accident caused by roughhousing; however, the park also described Keto as “not… completely predictable.” The subsequent autopsy report revealed that Alexis died due to multiple compression fractures and tears to his vital organs, with bite marks all over his body.[77] Martínez was considered one of the most experienced trainers in Loro Parque, having worked there since 2004.[78]
2010s
Tilikum, who was involved in 3 deaths, swims in the Dine with Shamu exhibit in Orlando, Florida On February 24, 2010, the large Icelandic bull orca Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau, an experienced trainer, at the end of a “Dine with Shamu” show at SeaWorld Orlando.[79] SeaWorld officials stated that Tilikum grabbed Brancheau by her ponytail and pulled her into the water, drowning her. Eyewitness trainers and audience members, however, stated that Tilikum dragged Brancheau into the water by her forearm.[80] The autopsy determined that the trainer died of “multiple traumatic injuries and drowning”.[81] Tilikum was involved in two previous fatalities. He died in 2017, having been the largest breeding male in captivity. In July 2012, Shouka, a female orca on a breeding loan to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom from Marineland France, lunged out of the water during a show, throwing her trainer several feet backwards. The orca repeatedly lunged out of the water, attempting to reach her trainer. The incident was caught on video by an audience member. Critics of marine parks have blamed lack of companionship for Shouka’s aggression, as she did at one time have a companion bottlenose dolphin named Merlin who was subsequently moved to another area of the park. Shouka was transferred to Sea World San Diego soon after this incident.[82][83][84] In December 2012, killer whale Lolita (Tokitae) is documented lunging at visitors as she was being filmed from the observation deck.[85] In September 2015, a trainer slipped and fell into the show tank during a performance at Moskvarium in Moscow, Russia. The three whales (Narnia, Nord, and Naja) became agitated, and as the trainer climbed out of the water, they thrashed their tails at him; no injuries were reported.[86]2020s
On June 13, 2022, an unidentified trainer was washing “paint and food chips” out of the mouth of the two-and-a-half-ton killer whale, Malia. The trainer was said to have broken the three foot rule and moved her right arm across the whale’s mouth when the whale bit down and then “immediately” released the trainer. The trainer was taken to "Orlando Regional Medical Center, where she underwent surgery to repair multiple fractures to the forearm and wrist - Comment on Anon goes out of bounds 3 weeks ago:
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Captive orca attacks
There have been many attacks on humans by captive orcas, with six fatalities; three by the same orca, Tilikum.[32]
1960s
In 1968, a young female orca, Lupa, of the New York Aquarium chased her trainers out of the tank, snapping her jaws threateningly; trainers were cleaning the tank at the time.[33]
In 1969, adult female orca Kianu pinned trainer William Allen to the side of her tank, and had to be pushed off him with a pole by an assistant; in another incident with the same trainer, Kianu threw Allen off her back and chased him out of the pool, her mouth open.[34]1970s
In 1970, Cuddles, a male orca (originally believed to be a female) kept in Flamingo Park (now Flamingo Land) in England, attacked his attendants twice, and became so generally aggressive that they were forced to clean his pool from the safety of a shark cage.[33] On April 20, 1971, SeaWorld secretary Annette Eckis was talked into riding the park’s main attraction, a 10-year-old female orca named Shamu (the original by that name), at the park in San Diego, California, as a publicity stunt. As the ride was coming to an end, Eckis was suddenly thrown off the orca’s back. The orca seized the woman by her leg and began pushing her through the water. Trainers on the side of the tank grabbed the young woman and attempted to pull her out of the pool, but the orca again grabbed her leg and refused to let go. Shamu’s jaws had to be pried apart with a pole to free Eckis,[35] who was carried away on a stretcher and required 25 stitches to close her wounds.[36] Eckis later sued SeaWorld, but a monetary award was overturned on appeal.[37] In 1971, Cuddles, mentioned above, grabbed Dudley Zoo director Donald Robinson while being fed, dragging him to the bottom of the pool and causing head and leg injuries.[38]In 1971, trainer Chris Christiansen received 7 stitches in his cheek after young male orca Hugo closed his mouth on Christiansen’s head.[33]
In 1972, Cuddles at the Dudley Zoo hospitalized trainer Roy Lock with a broken nose after the orca put too much force into a trick in which she “kissed” her trainer.[39]
During the summer of 1972, two trainers at Seven Seas Marine Life Park were bitten on the head by the park’s orca Nootka. Larry Lawrence sustained minor injuries on his scalp, while Bob Peek sustained a more serious laceration over his eye.[40]
In the early 1970s, a Marine World/Africa USA trainer, Jeff Pulaski, while riding a young female orca Kianu during a performance, was thrown off and chased out of the tank.[41] At the same park, an unidentified trainer was seized by the young male Orky II and held at the bottom of the tank until the man nearly lost consciousness.[33]
In the early 1970s, trainer Manny Velasco recalls both Hugo and Lolita of the Miami Seaquarium becoming aggressive, lunging and snapping at the trainers standing on the central work-island, ending the day’s training.[33]
In the early 1970s, during a waterwork session, orca Hugo refused to allow trainer Chip Kirk to get out of the water, Kirk explained to a journalist from the Palm Beach Post. Hugo bit him on the arm badly enough to leave a scar, which Kirk showed to the reporter.[42] Hugo also grabbed trainer Bob Pulaski by the wetsuit and began thrashing him. Pulaski struggled, but it only made things worse. Hugo’s tank-mate Lolita then joined in and began a tug-of-war with Hugo. Pulaski managed to free himself from the tangled wetsuit and get to safety. Pulaski did not mention if he sustained any injuries.[42]
In the early 1970s, director of training at Sea-Arama Marineworld Ken Beggs claimed that one of the park’s orcas, a young male named Mamuk, attempted to bite his torso.[43]
In the early 1970s, young female orca Nootka became aggressive towards a visiting reporter at Seven Seas Marine Life Park, beaching herself in an attempt to lunge at him. She had to be returned to her pool with a crane.[44] On another occasion, trainer Larry Lawrence was raked by Nootka, needing 145 stitches in his left leg.[45]
On May 2, 1978, another Marineland of the Pacific trainer, 27-year-old Jill Stratton, was nearly drowned when 10-year-old Orky II suddenly grabbed her and dragged her to the bottom of the tank, holding her there for nearly four minutes.[46][47]
On May 22, 1978, SeaWorld trainer Greg Williams was bitten on the legs by the park’s orca Winston. He was hospitalized with minor injuries.[48]
In the 1970s, a Marine World California trainer, Dave Worcester, was dragged to the bottom of the tank by the park’s young male orca Nepo.[41]
In the 1970s, a Vancouver Aquarium trainer, Doug Pemberton, recalls that, “Skana once showed her dislike by dragging a trainer around the pool. Her teeth sank into his wetsuit but missed his leg.” Pemberton described both young female Skana and her male companion Hyak II as “moody” but stated that Skana was the dominant animal in the pool. “She is capable of changing moods in minutes”.[49]
1980s
On February 23, 1984, a 7-year-old female orca by the name of Kandu V grabbed a SeaWorld California trainer, Joanne Hay, and pinned her against a tank wall during a performance.[50] Hay was only released after another trainer jammed a fist into the whale’s blowhole.[51] In November 1986, trainer Mark Beeler was held against a wall by Kandu V during a live performance.[52]On March 4, 1987, 20-year-old SeaWorld San Diego trainer Jonathan Smith was grabbed by one of the park’s 5.4-tonne (6-short-ton) orcas. The orca dragged the trainer to the bottom of the tank, then carried him back to the surface and spat him out.[50][53] On November 21, 1987, trainer John Sillick was riding on the back of a female orca when Orky II, a five-ton male, jumped and landed upon him.[54] Sillick had to have multiple surgeries; his back, hips, pelvis, ribs, and legs were severely fractured.[55] The incident led to the firing of SeaWorld’s president and 3 other employees.[56] In an interview, he said, “I’m learning to walk again.”[57]
On April 1, 1989, Nootka IV of Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, pulled her trainer, Henriette Huber, into the whale tank after the 6-year-old female bit down while the trainer had her hand in Nootka’s mouth in order to scratch the whale’s tongue. Huber needed several stitches in order to close her wounds.[58]
Also in 1989 at Sealand of the Pacific, Nootka IV grabbed a tourist’s camera that was accidentally dropped into her tank. Head trainer Steve Huxter attempted to retrieve the camera but was pulled into the pool when the orca refused to give up her new toy. The orca grabbed the trainer’s leg, but Huxter was pulled to safety by fellow trainer Eric Walters.[59]
1990s
On February 20, 1991, at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, a young part-time trainer named Keltie Byrne fell into the tank. It is believed that Nootka IV rushed over and grabbed her foot, and pulled her into the water, according to eyewitness reports orcas Haida II and Tilikum were also in the tank taking turns grabbing the trainer who ultimately drowned.[60] The trainer was pushed and thrown around the pool.[61] All three animals barred her escape, continuously blocking her path and dragging her back into the center of the tank. It was several hours before Byrne’s body could be recovered.[62] Sealand of the Pacific closed soon after the incident and sold all of their orcas to the SeaWorld franchise; Haida II and her calf Kyuquot (who was born after the incident) were both moved to SeaWorld Texas. Haida II died in 2001. Nootka IV and Tilikum were both transferred to the SeaWorld in Florida. Nootka IV died in 1994 and Tilikum in 2017. Tilikum was directly responsible for another trainer’s death in 2010. Haida II and Nootka IV were both pregnant by Tilikum at the time of the incident.Kasatka and her son Nakai posing during a show in 2002
In 1993, 17-year-old female Kasatka tried to bite an unidentified SeaWorld California trainer.[63] On June 12, 1999, 23-year-old Kasatka grabbed her trainer Ken Peters by the leg and attempted to throw him from the pool during a public show at SeaWorld San Diego.[2]
On July 5, 1999, at SeaWorld Orlando Florida, a South Carolina man by the name of Daniel Dukes was found dead in one of the orca tanks, nude and draped across the back of the park’s largest male orca, Tilikum. An autopsy revealed that the man died of drowning. Dukes was covered in bruises, abrasions, bite marks consistent with orca bites, and his genitals had been bitten off and eaten by Tilikum,[64] indicating that Tilikum had clearly had contact with the victim, but whether or not Tilikum actually caused the man’s death was not determined.[65] Dukes had apparently hidden in the park until after closing, evaded security, then entered the orca tank. Dukes had been reported by Seaworld staff to have “dived” with other sea mammals. The autopsy found no drugs in his system.[66] No SeaWorld admission ticket was found. Staff emphasized that the intruder had to deliberately climb over a 91-centimetre (3 ft) Plexiglas barrier and several guardrail fences and descend the steps into the 24 m × 30 m (80 ft × 100 ft) tank.[67]
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In the Wild
There are a few recorded cases of wild orcas threatening humans.
1910s
In the early 1910s, Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition recorded that orcas had attempted to tip ice floes on which an expedition photographer and a sled dog team were standing.[5]1950s
There are anecdotal reports that, c. 1955, an Inuit man fell prey to an orca entrapped by ice in Grand Suttie Bay (Foxe Basin, Canada). A pod of orcas (likely 10-12 animals) was trapped in a polynya, and a young man visited the site in spite of advice from elders to wait until the ice was strong enough. Two Inuit elders stated to a research team that one of the animals chased the young man, broke the ice under him, then killed and ate him. However, the researchers were not able to directly confirm the predation on the man, as one of the elders clearly stated that he had not witnessed the event himself while the other did not clarify whether he had. As the ice thickened, two to three whales were taken by Inuit hunters, and three more were harpooned but tore the lines (made of seal skin). The rest of the pod likely died of starvation.[6]In 1958, an orca attacked the fishing boat Tiger Shark after being struck with a harpoon off the coast of Long Island. The whale was able to get free and chased the vessel for some time. At one point he lifted the boat “clear out of the water”.[7]
1960s
In September 1962 in Washington waters off the west side of San Juan Island, Marineland of the Pacific collector Frank Brocato lassoed a female salmon-eating southern resident orca.[8] When she and an accompanying male thumped his boat with their flukes, Brocato started shooting from his rifle, killing the female—the first of many southern residents to be killed in capture operations. Her body was towed to Bellingham to be rendered for dog food.[9]1970s
Point Sur, seen from the north on Highway 1 On June 15, 1972, the hull of the 13-metre-long (43 ft) wooden schooner Lucette was damaged by a pod of orcas and sank approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi) west of the Galapagos Islands. Dougal Robertson and his family of five escaped to an inflatable life raft and a dinghy.[10][11][12][13]On September 9, 1972,[14] Californian surfer Hans Kretschmer reported being bitten by an orca at Point Sur; most maintain that this remains the only fairly well-documented instance of a wild orca biting a human.[15][16] His wounds required 100 stitches.[16][17]
On March 9, 1976, the Italian racing yacht Guia III was rammed and sunk by an orca off the coast of Brazil. The vessel was hit once by an individual out of a pod of four to five orcas. The crew of six successfully escaped to a liferaft. The whales showed no reaction to the escaping humans a few meters away from them.[7]
1980s
An orca beaching to capture sea lion on the beach of Valdes Peninsula In 1989 American researcher Bernd Würsig published an article about having been attacked by an orca on a beach of the Valdes Peninsula. A single individual, possibly as big as 9 metres (30 ft), beached towards him while he was watching sea lions about 200 metres (650 ft) away from him in hopes of taking a photograph of an orca hunt. Dr Würsig ran up the beach after the animal missed him by about 1 metre. He speculated that the whale might have mistaken him for a seal.[18]2000s
In August 2005, while swimming in four feet of water in Helm Bay, near Ketchikan, Alaska, a 12-year-old boy named Ellis Miller was bumped in the shoulder by a 7.6-metre (25 ft) transient orca.[15][19] The boy was not bitten or injured in any way. The bay is frequented by harbor seals, and it is possible that the whale misidentified him as prey.[19]2010s
During the filming of the third episode of the BBC documentary Frozen Planet (2011), a group of orcas were filmed trying to swamp the film crew’s 5.5-metre (18 ft) zodiac boat with waves as they were filming. The crew had earlier taped the group hunting seals in the same fashion. It was not mentioned if any of the crew were hurt in the encounter.[20][21] The crew described the orcas as being very tolerant of the film makers’ presence. Over the course of 14 days they filmed over 20 different attacks on seals, many of which the film series producer Vanessa Berlowitz described as training exercises for the young calves in the group.[22][23]On February 10, 2014, a free diver in Horahora Estuary near Whangārei, New Zealand, was pulled down for over 40 seconds by an orca that grabbed a bag containing crayfish and urchins which was attached to his arm by a rope. The rope eventually came free. He then undid his weight belt and returned to the surface. He had lost all feeling in his arm and could no longer swim, but his cousin was nearby and helped him float to some rocks where the feeling in his arm returned. Local whale rescuer Jo Halliday thought the incident was more like a potential entanglement than an attack. She said, "I think it’s been a pure accident and not an attack of any kind. I’d say the animal has panicked from the feel of the line and the man got dragged along with it.”[24] When the rope became undone, the orca did not attack but rather moved away.[25][26][24]
2020s
Main article: Iberian orca attacks
From 2020 to 2024, there were at least five hundred reports of orcas interacting with boats off the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal, an unusual and unprecedented behaviour.[27] Some of these interactions involved orcas touching or damaging boats. The nudging, biting and ramming attacks concentrated on the rudders of medium-size sailing vessels sailing at moderate speed, with some impacts on the hulls. A small group of orcas were believed to be responsible, with three juveniles which have been named black Gladis, white Gladis, and grey Gladis identified as present for most attacks. No people were injured. The Portuguese coastguard banned small sailing vessels from a region where several incidents had been reported. It is thought by some that the behavior was playful, rather than aggressive or vengeful.[28] However, Gibraltar-based marine biologist Eric Shaw argued that the orcas were displaying protective behaviors and were intentionally targeting the rudder with the understanding that it would immobilize the vessel, just as attacking the tail of a prey animal would immobilize it, a documented predation behavior.[29][30][31] - Comment on Is it unsafe to use a tablet with a big dent in the middle of it? 3 weeks ago:
A tablet is mostly battery. If you can take it apart, do so and just bend it back in place.
Inside of most lithium batteries, it is basically a long set of ribbons that firm a stack. They are wet like a clay and kinda oily but still contained on a ribbon like paper that is the width of the battery case/pocket. Then there are some layers of thin plastic that insulate the lithium ribbon.
It is not impossible that damage could occur to the center of a cell, but it is less likely unless the dent is sharp. The primary place that a cell gets damaged and where it causes problems is in the ends of the roll. If the end of the roll gets mashed, it is much more likely that layers can shorted out.
The think to keep in mind is that something like a gasoline powered car uses a fuel mix of around 14 parts of air to 1 part of fuel. That means the atmosphere of Earth is providing a lot of your fuel requirements and it makes gasoline effectively like a super dense energy source. A lithium battery is proving all of the total energy in a single container. You don’t get to remove oxygen from the equation if things go south. You need a way to contain the situation if things go wrong.
Over discharging reduces the life and maybe some capacity, but the main issue is if it will change at all. Most lithium batteries have a specification for charging them from fully discharged, but not all change controllers implement the circuit block that is required. All lithium chargers (should) have a duel mode where it is current limited then voltage limited. The fully discharged state requires a very low current trickle charge until the cell hits certain voltage before raising the current.
The main concern is localized thermal run away. If it starts getting unusually hot or expanding, you’re likely in trouble.
I’ve built robots and cat toys with lithium batteries and things like battle bots have them too. If you’re always supervising and have a container and a plan if things go wrong, you can be fine. What you can’t do is charge overnight or leave it unsupervised at all.
- Comment on I always read on reddit suicide watch people asking for a hit person to kill them. My question is it that easy to just post and get a PM? Or do they have to go to a bar looking? 4 weeks ago:
Good to hear things are working out as best they can.
I broke my scapula once ~December 21st. So I know what kind of fiasco it can be at the hospital and getting specialist treatment this time of year. By the time someone could schedule surgery, I was so far recovered that I opted out of operating. I had like 40% of the shoulder socket part of the scapula floating too.
Stay positive, and Happy holidays!
- Comment on Study finds young people more likely to spend Christmas alone 4 weeks ago:
The cost of living is too high to travel in this neo feudal world of the criminally rich. Back 30+ years ago, the cost of fuel and travel was much lower relative to wages. The poor have gotten much poorer so that a few thousand monsters can have a meaningless competition.
- Comment on I always read on reddit suicide watch people asking for a hit person to kill them. My question is it that easy to just post and get a PM? Or do they have to go to a bar looking? 4 weeks ago:
You doing alright Don? How is your brother?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Radio is light at a different frequency, because transparency is weird.
It breaks everything if an electron can’t change levels and release a photon. Randomly picking one fixated target… fusing hydrogen into helium no longer emits photons and without light pressure to counteract gravity the Sun goes straight to something like a tiny white dwarf.
You can’t really say photons only go pow at X frequency and not Y or Z. Photon don’t care how you spank it into action. High energy, low energy; photon just wants to fly at the speed of causality.
- Comment on I have to fly back home. My brother was forcebullay taken to the hospital for thirty days do to a mental attack. My quest is I have not carry on's or anything beside the ticket. Will the TSA target me 4 weeks ago:
Good luck. I hope your brother gets good treatment and everything works out for the better Don.
- Comment on A Peaceful Spot 4 weeks ago:
That is “no trespassing” with a stupid persons filter; no stress post mortem. That is also quite the accuracy brag. I mean, when hunting, I never took a shot unless it was very clean and I absolutely minimized suffering as much as possible. Most of my kills dropped within a few steps at most, but to call it stress free is some serious shooting skill IRL.
- Comment on Board track race from the 1920's (5:12) no sound or crashes but some silly prerace girls 4 weeks ago:
Cars were really only for the ultra rich until Ford started making them in an assembly line. The world wide numbers are in the tens of thousands until the late twenties and early thirties when Ford got up into hundreds of thousands of cars per year.
Generally the first real car is credited to the machine Benz’s wife drove into town at one point. That had a differential on an axle and it was this addition that really made it into a complete machine that one could use. Still, Benz did not make many cars at all per year. It was in the thousands, but at this scale, these were only for the ultra rich.
- Board track race from the 1920's (5:12) no sound or crashes but some silly prerace girlslemmy.world ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to videos@lemmy.world | 5 comments
