Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/sperm-whales-unleash-poop-tornado-to-fend-off-orcas.html
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Thank you for not including an AI image with this post. 
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Did they call out “Whale tail poop tornado!” just before unleashing their attack?
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takes notes
You never know when this could come in handy…
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which then concludes with a poop tornado. perfect.
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Whale poop is never not funny! (Especially when you have a permanently juvenile sense of humor!)
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When “Pull my flipper.” goes wrong.
That interview of the photographers in the water - blech.
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If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re like “oo! oo! I had this written down! Let me check my notes…” you must post a follow-up.
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Looking forward to the Marvel comic of the teen who gets bitten by a radioactive sperm whale. You’ll never guess what his superpower is!
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I too would poop my pants if I thought I was under orca attack.
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Still not a sperm whale.
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Biologists call this technique defense defecation.
Or ‘hiding in plain shite’.
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The previously unknown defensive tactic of synchronized shitting.
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Hey maybe those yachts could rig up something along these lines.
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It was playing the ol’e game of hide and shit.
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well, poop!
whales are still frikkin cool.
file this strategic ploy under “fog of war”?
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