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[–] RenLinwood@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is this nerfed? It looks like if an elephant seal was even more gigantic and a carnivore, which is to say absolutely terrifying

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So just more gigantic? It's a terrifying carnivore anyway, right?

[–] RenLinwood@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait what do elephant seals eat? I was thinking they were like elephants and ate kelp &etc

[–] Damage@feddit.it 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They eat elephants, it's in the name

[–] RenLinwood@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

God help us all

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wiki says: skates, rays, squid, octopuses, eels, SMALL SHARKS and large fish. Emphasis mine.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i mean some sharks are the size of your leg, we eat larger fish than that (tuna are enormous)

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Let's exclude humans from the comparison, it's not fair. I mean, humans eat whales.