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let's awooo with mama

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dust you are

and to dust you will return

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A new behavior has been documented in the Southern Resident Killer Whales—“allokelping!” Via drone footage, the whales were observed biting off pieces of kelp and rolling it between their bodies. The Center for Whale Research hypothesizes this behavior may be performed to aid skin exfoliation—similar to the “rubbing beaches” frequented by Northern Resident orcas—and aids in strengthening social bonds between pod members.

“Allokelping” has only been observed in the Southern Resident population. This particular group of orcas is unique culturally and is classified as critically endangered, with only 73 individuals remaining.

Read the study here: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00450-6

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same energy

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no one did longing like rubens

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MICHÈLE MOUTON [b. June 23th 1951]

“Suddenly I was in the best team with a new car and [with] the best driver in the world Hannu Mikola - so what do you do? I just to fight, and that is what I did.” - Michèle Mouton, 2014.

"Only in rallying is there a superwoman, Michele Mouton from France. It's unbelievable how she does it." - Niki Lauda, 1982

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pato shirtless in bed on a livestream talking about coldplay. get the hell out of here

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Hi! A post with additions from you about animal conversation made its way onto my dash, and in it you mention that blackfish is a propaganda film, could you elaborate on that? I've seen it a few times as a fan of marine biology and never really considered it!

So Blackfish was made by and for ARAs (animal rights activists), the type of people I was talking about in that reblog. People interviewed include Lori Marino, director of science for the Nonhuman Rights Project, and former SeaWorld trainer John Hargrove, who is known in the animal care community for being a real piece of work, and other known ARAs such as Howard Garrett and Ken Balcomb, who have worked with PETA as well. The documentary was partially funded by PETA, and is used to promote their website “seaworld of hurt”. It uses decades-old footage, makes misleading statements, and interviews trainers who never worked with orcas or with Tilikum, who were fired over safety issues, and/or haven’t been employed by SeaWorld in years.

People more eloquent than I and with more time than I have listed the misleading claims in Blackfish, and I’m not sure what more I can add. SeaWorld even posted a rebuttal that included sources backing up all their points, but unfortunately it does not seem to be online anymore. Here’s a copy of it.

Despite their troubled past, the SeaWorld of today is an AZA accredited leader in marine conservation, and the ARA groups figured if they could tarnish SeaWorld’s reputation, they could take on anyone. It just took a sad story, some disgruntled former employees, some cleverly cut shots, a boatload of PETA money, and some twisting of the truth.

I don’t really want to talk about it more, as marine mammals are not “my thing”, but I would suggest checking out @orcinus-veterinarius’ blog if you want more information.

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I honestly saw a bit too much of Alex, but he's so goddam pretty

He has this gentle, sweet beauty to him, smth artistic

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We need to workshop some proper nicknames for the drivers, because it took like half a season for me to become as invested in f1 as just hearing the name Sting Ray Robb

i personally think “lando norris” is a completely abnormal name

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOBAW