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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except that we are talking a group of animals within a species.

Other, genetically identical, Orcas literally swim into the same habitat as Southern Residents and eat all the other shit in puget sound while the resident orcas sit there and starve in the same environment.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Which is completely irrelevant to that group because the process by which an animal recognizes that is and isn't "food" is partially location dependent. If you took one of them out of their territory at birth, raised them in a different one, they'd learn different food spectrum.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right, which is why they are backwards hillbillies.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Shit, did I step into a troll?

If so, you got me good lol

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting that my definition of a population of orca as "hillbillies" is not an evidence based scientific opinion?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Lmao! Good point

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If it gives you a yardstick to measure by, they spent quite a while insisting ICE List was actually a honeypot and trying to scare the shit out of anyone that has visited the site. This was after mainstream news was already reporting on it.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

I vote for mr "troll". Those Orkas have a dumb culture, so they are ass backwards.