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I hope we create whalegemma (similar to dolphingemma) so we can explain to them how to co-exist better with humans (e.g. avoid this area during their whale hunting season, travel to this area if you get sick or tangled in rope).
holy units batman

> Bursting from their enormous lungs at over 300mph (483km/h), a humpback whale's blow can rise up to 7m (23ft) into the air.

Pick a lane BBC.

But this is great news. Also the fact that whales "transport huge amounts of nutrients across the globe" (linking to [1]) is fascinating. The role of whales in sucking up critters in one place and pooping them out elsewhere being a fundamental dynamic that drives global ocean ecosystems... just chefs kiss

[1] https://www.nature.com/research-intelligence/nri-topic-summa...)

Animals do these things. Bears eat berries and then poop out the seeds, complete with fertilizer. It happens up and down the food chain.
How we measure things in the UK has been dragged into political debates (Boris floated the idea of forcing supermarkets to list weights in pounds and ounces "again"). So critical thinking or sane decisions are out the window on this front.

Although there is some logic to keeping miles per hour for road speed limits as there is a big cost associated with updating all the signs and associated "documentation".

An organisation like the BBC have to make sure to use imperial measures (as well the one most people actually interact with), otherwise Reform voters have a meltdown.

It’s going to be prog rock, isn’t it?
There must have been so much unseen behavior when there were millions more whales in the ocean. Here's hoping that we can see more
It's the Entmoot of the sea.
Hopefully they are building an army to conquer the planet.
They are going to save us from that XXIII century probe, right
They may gather up for a protest. See the whale north of Germany who seems unable to swim away.
Alright, who pissed off Aquaman this time?
Super Groups usually don't turn out as good as they sound like they should. One or two good songs over the course of multiple albums at best.
What do the dolphins think about it?
Looking forward to their first album dropping.