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After the worst day of meetings, after not being to track down the most elusive bug, at the end of that day, I absolutely do not have to worry about being eaten whole. So I guess there are worse jobs.
Isn't eaten whole better than eaten half?
“Better than when I find half a worm.”
"Ten years ago, while traveling in Costa Rica, he was a passenger in a small plane that crashed in the jungle, killing the pilot, co-pilot and a passenger. Packard sustained multiple serious injuries to his abdomen and upper body. The rescuers that found the remaining five passengers after two nights in the jungle said they wouldn’t have survived another night." This guy's luck is clearly maxed out. What a crazy pair…
I mean if you swim in whale's proximity and fly in sketch planes, crazy shit is bound to happen to you. The real tragedy is the stories there is no one left to tell. As always true wisdom is found in country songs: If the Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me -Rusty Ford -- My Truck, My Dog, and You
This was more akin to getting stepped on by a giraffe that didn’t see you there. Total accident.
I was relieved when the article said the esophagus was too small to actually be swallowed. Like what do you do if a whale actually swallows you, try to crawl out the other end? Like the Shawshank Redemption but way worse
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He's still alive, so it sounds like he's got a little credit left on that account. The big creditor in the sky hasn't declined his charges yet. Remember this guy's name. If you ever meet this guy and he asks if you want to go on a trip with him, I would advise politely declining. You should however, offer to buy him a beer to have him tell his stories.
He is saying his "luck" skill is maxed out, so he is +10 while others could be having a real -10 of it.
Never thought I'd see the Cape Cod Times on HN!! The Center For Coastal Studies is a brilliant organization that does great work to defend this big critters, as well as Right Whales. I didn't realize there was still lobster so close to Stelwagon Bank- with the increasing acidity and warming waters folks have had to go closer to Maine for lobster. Anyhoo, humpbacks are our friends and no one should read this as an "at…
(I don't live near the coast, but I do have a 'lobster guy' that hooks me up.)
All the time my Dad humor brain is screaming "think fast think fast, what pun can you do with Jonah?"
Coming up short AND finding there was no punchline was actually kind of a let down.
I was relieved when the article said the esophagus was too small to actually be swallowed. Like what do you do if a whale actually swallows you, try to crawl out the other end? Like the Shawshank Redemption but way worse
I like to hope that cetaceans are sentient. Given that, I can imagine the poor whale being completely grossed out by whatever it just got in its mouth and tried to spit it out as fast as possible. I've definitely had that experience before.
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I mean if you swim in whale's proximity and fly in sketch planes, crazy shit is bound to happen to you. The real tragedy is the stories there is no one left to tell. As always true wisdom is found in country songs: If the Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me -Rusty Ford -- My Truck, My Dog, and You
Swimming near whales isn’t unsafe at all. They’re not particularly aggressive, a lone human is too small to worry about, and we operate on completely different sections of the food chain. This was more akin to getting stepped on by a giraffe that didn’t see you there. Total accident.
Ha! "I was completely inside" What else needs to happen for you to think there might be an element of being unsafe? The man was swallowed by a whale, I don't care if whales are aggressive or not, if anything can swallow me whole I consider that a bit unsafe.
> This was more akin to getting stepped on by a giraffe that didn’t see you there.
So you also consider hanging out near giraffes to be completely safe knowing they might accidentally step on you?
That's a very interesting definition of safety.
I think what you want to say is that animals like whales are friendly and we shouldn't harm them. Point taken.