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https://nautil.us/humpback-whales-caught-humping-522330/

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[โ€“] perishthethought@lemm.ee 29 points 8 months ago

I love that the url has "caught-humping" in it haha

[โ€“] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this photo recent? Is this the same whale? If so, the photographer is incredible!

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 8 months ago

Yes, it was Nature Pride Fest.

[โ€“] beard_hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Therefore the name is Humpback.

[โ€“] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Brokeback ~~Mountain~~Seamount

[โ€“] topherclay@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately, it's not clear if the sick whale would consider this encounter "successful"....

[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social -2 points 8 months ago

Homosexual whale rape. So in right now.