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Whales have a large vocabulary, large brains, social structures, and extremely old ages. Many simpler animals communicate dangers, some even have particular wo
by OneLeggedCat 6y ago
Whales have a large vocabulary, large brains, social structures, and extremely old ages. Many simpler animals communicate dangers, some even have particular words for humans. It's entirely reasonable that whales might have learned at some point that whaling ships were dangerous, maybe even assuming that all ships are dangerous, and then communicate that to other whales, even for a hundred years, which is less than the lifetime of some whales.
- xwdv 6y agoSo this is why some whales will jump out of water and fall backwards on to kayakers, killing them with their gross tonnage.
- randoramax 6y agoNever heard of whale killing a kayaker with a jump. Source?
- xwdv 6y agohttps://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/02/06/kayaker-survives-being-crushed-by-humpback-whale/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/02/06/kayaker-s...
- plumeria 6y agoThe linked article says: "Whales are thought to come out of the water to communicate with others, and colliding with boats and kayaks is an accidental consequence of this".