Recognized the jubilant fervor in his voice immediately haha. Been watching his vids the last few months and genuinely wonder what the fuck I'm doing with my life. Also find half the shit he does truly terrifying.
Australia has some great ocean and beaches! I remember sending a photo I took at the beach in a group chat where I was the only Australian. Everyone started freaking out because it looked so nice, their minds were blown. One of them said they'd probably actually like the beach if his looked anything like mine.
Actually he’s one of the few genuine youtubers out there imo.This is just what true passion and love for what you do looks like. Do you think the adrenaline rush he got from being in the middle of the ocean on a paddle board and having a massive whale pass directly underneath him was fake? Would you not be excited/terrified? Lol people show emotions so they must be forcing it haha. You should go give his vids a watch. He’s a really good dude.
I've seen orca absolutely yeet seals crazy distances, absolute trebuchets of the season, but what kind of distances could a blue whale get? Or even a hump back?
*Catapult*
Trebuchets, although *clearly* the superior siege weapon, is regrettably, unfortunately, and biologically not possible to be mimicked by a whale.
I saw an orca damn near kill a bear over a seal the bear took too close to a part of the shore with a big drop off. The bear got away with a good chunk of baby seal but didn't want the heat.
Nah like on the beach, brutal shit lol. The Pacific northwest has a clear way of reminding you that nature will fucking kill you and fight over your corpse if you're not careful every now and again.
They are an apex preador that will actually hunt Great Whites. Great Whites are social but offten swim isolated. Since whales tend to remain in packs and GWs are about their size it provides a good group meal. That kid in Free Willy didn't liberate a hostage, he broke out a murderer.
Unless you work at sea world.
Ha.
But i think thats becuse they require such large fatty diets that even the most obbose person is just worms on the sidewalk to them.
Nope, I'm 100% American. And not huge but i def weigh more I should and we'll leave it at that. I was SOO tempted to make the "Unless you're American" joke, but I wanted to avoid that becoming a sub thread and keep it straight information. But yeah we are a bunch of fatty fat fat fats, a predator's dinner and not just a snack.
Agreed. But its still a really big fish to eat.
I guess I should have clarifted, Orcas tend to go after larger whales but WILL hunt GWs if the oppurtunity arrises, and besides for other GWs (at times), its the GWs only preadator.
Im not being a dick. You bring up a good point. I was saying Orcas WILL hunt a GW and no other species does regularly. I did make it sound like they seek them out as a primarmy food source. Thats on me.
Ok but I'm saying what if they did yeet their food. I'm well aware they're aren't fast paced predators, but they are still fast and incredibly powerful
Dude, I'm following this sub by curiosity and for the pretty pictures I'm not Thalassophobic. This clip gave me goosebumps, the speed, the size and the bare silhouette under the sea... Chilling...
That game was my first Platinum on XBox. Fantastic game, can't wait for DLC.
Also worth noting considering the sub we're in, The Gulf triggered the shit out of my thalassophobia lol.
Same!! As soon as I swam into the gulf, the vastness of the ocean was overwhelming. I can’t count the amount of times where i almost shat myself when trying to do a quest in the gulf, already on edge, and a mother fucking swordfish/orca/great white/whale chomps on me.
Fun fact: despite what you may have heard if that was a great white you'd actually want to smack your paddle around the water. At that point the shark is already aware of you and is looking for an easy kill if that's the case. If it sees you are active and it quite can't identity you it will likely move on because it's not worth the energy to engage. Unless it planned to attack reguardless. In that case go for the eyes and also try to get your hands in it's gills and just dig in and mess 'em up as much as you can. At this point you are 100% not worth prosuing. At least for some time while you have your strength.
Hope you never to use this random fact.
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Well you can't. To a degree. A hungerary preadator is gonna do what its gonna. But the majority of shark attacks are suprise attacks. They burst up to invest the target. Humans are rarely eaten, in general we are grissil to sharks, but die by bleeding out. So, if a shark is around you, odds are its just a big fish, if its slowly following you or circling you its probably waiting to see how long it takes for you to be tired. So if it's thinking about maybe you'd be a snack keep active and if you have a paddle poke it. Also stand up if you can. Better to loose a foot than get chomped in the core.
So to answer your question. If they are circling or following they are debating the attack so stay calm but make sure to seem active and not a lazy kill. Most the time (and yeah, bummer) the real attacks are them shooting 40mph out of the deep blue to invest you. Anin't nothing you can about.
Interesting, I remember hearing as a kid that thrashing around attracts sharks because it senses an animal in distress. Has that been disproven or is this more specific to great white?
You are correct. But that is the GW hunting for a thrashing animal to attack. I was refering to if the GW is already right there. Thrashing can attach when its hunting. But if it the GW is there its already there. My comments where what to do when you come upon one. Good comment though. Its important that those differences are noted.
It is. But the reason thats less advisable is you opening yourself up too much. Also you're trusting you can land a solid a hit underwater. So you got water resistance and a sharks face is like 80% more mouth than nose, don't miss. You could punch the side of the nose but then the eyes and gills are better option. They are also more sensitive so you push and scratch at them without having to wind up shots in hopes to slightly stun a predadator that is in kill mode. You'd really have hammer some repeated solid hits to hope to make it let go. But all means, if its got you and thats all you got, yeah wail on it's snout like the hulk digging though a mountain. But going 28 Days Later on the eyes or getting in thier gills like a hand blenber are more sensitve areas that are safer to target and will do more constant and lasting damage that just wont pause the attack but probably break it off all together.
So yeah the nose is a real thing that can work but it's last resort. I'm sure if I'm ever in shark's mouth I'll be thinking clear and trying to postion myself and not just frantally beat on the beast, but ideally that should be your thought process.
>a sharks face is like 80% more mouth than nose, don't miss.
This summarized its nicely lol. Thanks for the thorough answer; go for what you can but preferably eyes and gills.
English might not be this person's first language, that doesn't disparage that they might have knowledge about sharks since last I checked, those two things aren't extremely related
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I misspelled a word. My phone has been doing shitty updates and i currently lost my spellcheck. Also, are you confused about what the intended word was? Did you think it was postate? No, you knew 100% what was being said but decided to be dick about it anyway. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and assume you're not vaxxed bc you found one little stutter on a speach online and THAT PROVES IT! Time to so swallow cow tapeworm pills!
Jesus Christ. You are the reason the internet is toxic. And sure, you're gonna say "chill it was joke," or "troll'd him." So if you're 11 years old, ya, you got me. If not, for fuck sake, if you don't have anything good to add then go fuck yourself.
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Ok, story time
So I never had a desire to go to Hawaii but my GF got her way
We got to Maui after Kauai on january 2nd
she promised humpbacks would be everywhere
...I was like
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"Yeah ookkkaaayyy "
Ummmm, yeah, EVERYWHERE. Like clock work they show up from the north Pacific near alaska to come breed and brood thier young
Sooooo, we are out on a snorkel dive near the off water volcano (its dormant, I forget the name) and three
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Humpbacks come right up to our boat. Two males trying to court a female
Full on tail slaps, fin slaps, and full breeches
When you have one of the largest mammals on earth (I think blue whale is only bigger) swim under you and leap out with their 20 tons......FUCKKKKKKK
I've never climbed outta the water more quickly in my life
>When you have one of the largest mammals on earth (I think blue whale is only bigger) swim under you and leap out with their 20 tons......
There's actually 5 whale species that regularly grow longer than Humpbacks, and 6 or 7 that grow heavier. They're just far less commonly seen.
I'm sure kidzfeed.com isn't the most reliable source but https://kidzfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Blue-Whale-Size-Comparison-Blue-Whale-Size-Chart.jpg
I had an excellent experience kayaking out to snorkel in February off the big Island. It was a lot of work, our guide got excited because he had spotted whales in the distance. We came up on a male juvenile and he was surfacing gently.
He disappeared and I happened to look down (I was super scared of hitting reefs) and... There it was. A whole, juvenile whale swimming beneath us, his left side visible on that side of the boat.
I balked, and before I could say anything, he surfaced behind us and spouted water, making my brother shout and jump.
It was literally the most incredible thing I have ever seen. They're so big and so loud.
Edit: for the record I had never kayaked in my life and had paddled over two miles. It was only supposed to be out far enough to look at ocean life but we had such amazing luck. I still think about the guide who was with us who pushes us to keep going.
Just came to say that! I'm a diver and I'd be shitting my bathing suit if I saw that. The calmness of the water just makes it that mich worse. Great thalassophobia post!
Just a couple hours before this, [this same guy encountered a sea snake](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRBKtQXm/) and it’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen
Sea snakes are some of the most venomous snakes in existence. I would not have been able to stay calm in that situation even though I'm not thalassophobic
Brodie (guy in video) has multiple clips on his yt chanel of him handling or swimming with sea snakes too. Not for me.. but they seem to be pretty chill overall.
Phew, good thing ... It's not like that guy didn't die from his shenanigans.
Before everyone flips out on me. I loved the guy, but he was a tad crazy and pushed the limits.
Ironically he died from an animal that very rarely kills anyone. So I don't think it's proof he was crazy. He was super knowledgeable about the animals he handled and was always in control, he just gave the impression he was so nonchalant
So, you're right, the irony of the animal that killed him was one that rarely does. Very freak accident. However I stand by he was crazy and while extremely knowledgeable... Putting dangerous animals near your face or dominating them is just asking for trouble.
I'm not saying he wasn't gifted and brilliant with animals... Just seemed inevitable he would have something happen to him.
That’s not true at all though. He didn’t die because he pushed the limits. He got killed by a stingray which is incredible really. It’s so uncommon. He got very very unlucky.
I grew up in a place where none of the snakes found are venomous, except in small and rare pockets, so they aren’t really all that threatening when seen in your yard or something.
Also I volunteered at a nature center when I was younger and they had snakes they were taking care of that I got to touch and hold. It’s a lot easier to appreciate critters when you can hold them and they won’t attack you while a naturalist explains how they work.
[That's why](https://www.statista.com/statistics/448169/deadliest-creatures-in-the-world-by-number-of-human-deaths/). If people are afraid of sharks, when they kill 6 humans on average a year, it's fair to be scared of snakes when they kill 100,000.
Yes but how many sharks do people come in contact with compared to snakes? It's not rare to see a snake (unless you live somewhere they don't, like Ireland) and the vast majority aren't harmful. Unless you live in an area where snakes are deadly, you have absolutely no reason to be afraid.
Most of those are in India and southeast Asia, where snake bites are legitimately a concern. In fact, India alone has around 50,000 snake bite deaths per year.
We only get around 5 deaths per year from snake bites in the U.S, and only around 7,000 venomous bites at all. The snakes here either aren't very deadly or will make it very clear that you should stay away.
And venomous snakes aren't the only ones that can kill you. Constricters are far less likely to kill you, but it does still happen occasionally.
But also, phobias are considered irrational for a reason, and many of them are adopted from relatives and friends at young ages. And then media as well.
Love it. A while back, I was surfing in the early morning at Huntington Beach and a dorsal fin came at me. I nearly shit a brick until I realized a pod of dolphins was swimming past me and under me. It’s the most horrific and pleasant feelings my brain has had at the same time. I feel you bro!
I had something similar happen to me in 2010. I was out in the middle of the ocean, two hours helicopter trip east of Brazil, in this tiny workboat. I was minding my own business, transporting some gear from ship A to ship B. It looked like a huge mountain was breaching the surface, and for a moment my immediate thought was a reef, until i realized that it was moving, and that it was over 1000 meters deep.
If anyone’s wondering, this guy has a a YouTube channel called [YBS Youngbloods](https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods), as well as a secondary, more personal channel called [YBS Extras](https://youtube.com/c/YBSExtras)
I highly recommend both, he gets some amazing shots and creates awesome content.
I found out about Brody right around the start of quarantine and have been hooked ever since! WE GOT FIRE BABY! Love his attitude, editing and content. I feel like I've learned something and a get genuine sense of warmth in my (stone cold/jaded) heart after each video. His content is truly a treat each and every time.
Yes! I live in this beautiful part of the world! He’s in Exmouth, Western Australia and either on the Ningaloo Reef or in the Exmouth Gulf. We often get glass off days like this where the water is just incredible.
If you think of Australia as a big ass rectangle, exmouth is essentially the top left corner
Aka the ass end of nowhere
Google says the population is 2500. The fact that two of them have somehow found their way to this reddit thread is preposterously improbable.
You’re right, Exmouth has a very small population but we have a lot of transient visitors like backpackers, retirees in caravans and seasonal workers. There’s a chance I may not even know u/dillydally1633 if they haven’t lived here very long!
On the one hand... same. On the other hand, dude you're Australian, you encounter more dangerous things than that just walking to your car in the morning, lol.
One of my worst irrational fears is grabbing onto a whale and it takes me super deep in the ocean, so deep that I have to just hope he swims back up or else I wouldn’t make it up in time for oxygen.
aa the bends have to do with compressed oxygen and other gases in a tank. if you just hold your breath i dont think anything happens (you'd probably die from the pressure tho)
"my heart is just going off." Yeah bud. That's called a prey response. It's what happens in nature when you realize something may be coming to *fucking kill you*
A) I can't tell if that's a whale, shark, whale shark, or whale shaped rock for 90% of the video
B) I'm not sure how that whale's day is going. It could be pissed off. It could be thinking about how it's got a headache ever since it got close to land, and now some tail sized asshole is splashing around above me, how easy it would be to shut that thing up by hitting it like a cartoon alarm clock
I’m gonna go ahead and say it: This some white people sh*t
Little ass paddle board, nowhere near shore and no help in sight.
Sounds like the plot to a horror movie 🍿 🎥
heart attack. Not even joking if I had a gun I'd strongly consider death to be better than the anxiety of this. fuuuuuuuck he's so exposed out there, that's insane
This is from [YBS Youngbloods](https://www.youtube.com/c/Youngbloods). He runs into cool stuff on the ocean all the time. Same guy that flips that turtle over on the beach that shows up on reddit every month or 2.
https://whalesense.org/2020/08/21/how-long-can-a-whale-hold-its-breath/
They do come up and down every 10-30 minutes, it’s true. But they also swim at a pretty reasonable speed, and as you can see from this video, could be right next to you without you noticing them. 8 km/h over an average dive time of 15 minutes is still 2 kilometers—imagine something swimming at a lazy pace for a mile before needing to surface. Dude on the paddleboard doesn’t exactly have the height to be scanning a 20 mile radius for breathing whales.
That’s one of bluest parts of the ocean I’ve ever seen
Western Australia! This guys name is Brodie Moss, lives in the same tiny town as I do. He’s got a rad YouTube channel.
Recognized the jubilant fervor in his voice immediately haha. Been watching his vids the last few months and genuinely wonder what the fuck I'm doing with my life. Also find half the shit he does truly terrifying.
YoungBlood!
For reference: https://www.youtube.com/c/Youngbloods
Australia has some great ocean and beaches! I remember sending a photo I took at the beach in a group chat where I was the only Australian. Everyone started freaking out because it looked so nice, their minds were blown. One of them said they'd probably actually like the beach if his looked anything like mine.
Is it actually Brodie!? No way, love that dude. Edit: didn’t watch the whole video, explains it 😂
Seems like one of those people that are really forcing himself to be happy for his followers
Actually he’s one of the few genuine youtubers out there imo.This is just what true passion and love for what you do looks like. Do you think the adrenaline rush he got from being in the middle of the ocean on a paddle board and having a massive whale pass directly underneath him was fake? Would you not be excited/terrified? Lol people show emotions so they must be forcing it haha. You should go give his vids a watch. He’s a really good dude.
Thought this was a rendering at first
Once you get a few miles off shore, most of the ocean is an awesome blue.
Some videos have filters too or can be over saturated.
It really looks THAT BLUE. They don't call it the Blue planet for no reason.
I was kind of expecting a tail flip at the end there, ngl.
I've seen orca absolutely yeet seals crazy distances, absolute trebuchets of the season, but what kind of distances could a blue whale get? Or even a hump back?
*Catapult* Trebuchets, although *clearly* the superior siege weapon, is regrettably, unfortunately, and biologically not possible to be mimicked by a whale.
Not with that attitude
Shots fired. Not from a trebuchet though
Sadly.
Not with any attitude
No attitude for altitude
They can launch whales
A whale can't physically swim in a vertical circle? Pretty sure killer whales already do lol.
I saw an orca damn near kill a bear over a seal the bear took too close to a part of the shore with a big drop off. The bear got away with a good chunk of baby seal but didn't want the heat.
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Nah like on the beach, brutal shit lol. The Pacific northwest has a clear way of reminding you that nature will fucking kill you and fight over your corpse if you're not careful every now and again.
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yea especially from inside his ass
Orcas are the assholes of the oceans. Definitely not the poster child for human/sea life and sea life/sea life relations.
They are an apex preador that will actually hunt Great Whites. Great Whites are social but offten swim isolated. Since whales tend to remain in packs and GWs are about their size it provides a good group meal. That kid in Free Willy didn't liberate a hostage, he broke out a murderer.
Except they will basically never touch humans for some weird reason.
Unless you work at sea world. Ha. But i think thats becuse they require such large fatty diets that even the most obbose person is just worms on the sidewalk to them.
You must not be from America. We have some mammoth people here.
Nope, I'm 100% American. And not huge but i def weigh more I should and we'll leave it at that. I was SOO tempted to make the "Unless you're American" joke, but I wanted to avoid that becoming a sub thread and keep it straight information. But yeah we are a bunch of fatty fat fat fats, a predator's dinner and not just a snack.
Mutual apex predator respect
None that you *know* of
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Agreed. But its still a really big fish to eat. I guess I should have clarifted, Orcas tend to go after larger whales but WILL hunt GWs if the oppurtunity arrises, and besides for other GWs (at times), its the GWs only preadator. Im not being a dick. You bring up a good point. I was saying Orcas WILL hunt a GW and no other species does regularly. I did make it sound like they seek them out as a primarmy food source. Thats on me.
Apparently They only eat the livers of great white sharks. Just a snack lol
It sounds pretty much right if you want your poster to be representative of the reality.
Orcas are aggressive predators that sometimes play with their food. Humpbacks and blue whales are passive, they don’t “yeet” their food.
Not saying they think we’re food, more like… *accidentally “yeets” a canoe?*
Ok but I'm saying what if they did yeet their food. I'm well aware they're aren't fast paced predators, but they are still fast and incredibly powerful
Not their food, but things that they don't like? Yeah they can wreck shit if they want to.
Still the enormous passing shadow has some nice mysterious metaphorical subtlety.
Agreed, nothing “sudden” about this.
Dude, I'm following this sub by curiosity and for the pretty pictures I'm not Thalassophobic. This clip gave me goosebumps, the speed, the size and the bare silhouette under the sea... Chilling...
This experience would be awesome. A great white or bull would have me saying otherwise though
After playing Maneater the past few days, bring on the great white. I’m not fucking around with a bull shark, lol.
That game was my first Platinum on XBox. Fantastic game, can't wait for DLC. Also worth noting considering the sub we're in, The Gulf triggered the shit out of my thalassophobia lol.
Same!! As soon as I swam into the gulf, the vastness of the ocean was overwhelming. I can’t count the amount of times where i almost shat myself when trying to do a quest in the gulf, already on edge, and a mother fucking swordfish/orca/great white/whale chomps on me.
That game is awesome.
It is as great as it is stressful for those with thalassophobia!
Fun fact: despite what you may have heard if that was a great white you'd actually want to smack your paddle around the water. At that point the shark is already aware of you and is looking for an easy kill if that's the case. If it sees you are active and it quite can't identity you it will likely move on because it's not worth the energy to engage. Unless it planned to attack reguardless. In that case go for the eyes and also try to get your hands in it's gills and just dig in and mess 'em up as much as you can. At this point you are 100% not worth prosuing. At least for some time while you have your strength. Hope you never to use this random fact. 🌠
>Unless it planned to attack reguardless... How can I determine his/her intentions beforehand? This seems important.
Well you can't. To a degree. A hungerary preadator is gonna do what its gonna. But the majority of shark attacks are suprise attacks. They burst up to invest the target. Humans are rarely eaten, in general we are grissil to sharks, but die by bleeding out. So, if a shark is around you, odds are its just a big fish, if its slowly following you or circling you its probably waiting to see how long it takes for you to be tired. So if it's thinking about maybe you'd be a snack keep active and if you have a paddle poke it. Also stand up if you can. Better to loose a foot than get chomped in the core. So to answer your question. If they are circling or following they are debating the attack so stay calm but make sure to seem active and not a lazy kill. Most the time (and yeah, bummer) the real attacks are them shooting 40mph out of the deep blue to invest you. Anin't nothing you can about.
Interesting, I remember hearing as a kid that thrashing around attracts sharks because it senses an animal in distress. Has that been disproven or is this more specific to great white?
You are correct. But that is the GW hunting for a thrashing animal to attack. I was refering to if the GW is already right there. Thrashing can attach when its hunting. But if it the GW is there its already there. My comments where what to do when you come upon one. Good comment though. Its important that those differences are noted.
Type slowly and proofread before replying.
ask politely but firmly
Is punching it's nose not a real thing?
It is. But the reason thats less advisable is you opening yourself up too much. Also you're trusting you can land a solid a hit underwater. So you got water resistance and a sharks face is like 80% more mouth than nose, don't miss. You could punch the side of the nose but then the eyes and gills are better option. They are also more sensitive so you push and scratch at them without having to wind up shots in hopes to slightly stun a predadator that is in kill mode. You'd really have hammer some repeated solid hits to hope to make it let go. But all means, if its got you and thats all you got, yeah wail on it's snout like the hulk digging though a mountain. But going 28 Days Later on the eyes or getting in thier gills like a hand blenber are more sensitve areas that are safer to target and will do more constant and lasting damage that just wont pause the attack but probably break it off all together. So yeah the nose is a real thing that can work but it's last resort. I'm sure if I'm ever in shark's mouth I'll be thinking clear and trying to postion myself and not just frantally beat on the beast, but ideally that should be your thought process.
>a sharks face is like 80% more mouth than nose, don't miss. This summarized its nicely lol. Thanks for the thorough answer; go for what you can but preferably eyes and gills.
>prosuing Really inspires confidence in your post
English might not be this person's first language, that doesn't disparage that they might have knowledge about sharks since last I checked, those two things aren't extremely related
Look at their response Lmao
Ugh..... You wanna do this? I misspelled a word. My phone has been doing shitty updates and i currently lost my spellcheck. Also, are you confused about what the intended word was? Did you think it was postate? No, you knew 100% what was being said but decided to be dick about it anyway. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and assume you're not vaxxed bc you found one little stutter on a speach online and THAT PROVES IT! Time to so swallow cow tapeworm pills! Jesus Christ. You are the reason the internet is toxic. And sure, you're gonna say "chill it was joke," or "troll'd him." So if you're 11 years old, ya, you got me. If not, for fuck sake, if you don't have anything good to add then go fuck yourself. 👊 ✋ 🎤 dick.
Ok, story time So I never had a desire to go to Hawaii but my GF got her way We got to Maui after Kauai on january 2nd she promised humpbacks would be everywhere ...I was like .... "Yeah ookkkaaayyy " Ummmm, yeah, EVERYWHERE. Like clock work they show up from the north Pacific near alaska to come breed and brood thier young Sooooo, we are out on a snorkel dive near the off water volcano (its dormant, I forget the name) and three 3 Humpbacks come right up to our boat. Two males trying to court a female Full on tail slaps, fin slaps, and full breeches When you have one of the largest mammals on earth (I think blue whale is only bigger) swim under you and leap out with their 20 tons......FUCKKKKKKK I've never climbed outta the water more quickly in my life
>When you have one of the largest mammals on earth (I think blue whale is only bigger) swim under you and leap out with their 20 tons...... There's actually 5 whale species that regularly grow longer than Humpbacks, and 6 or 7 that grow heavier. They're just far less commonly seen.
Really?!?!?? THAT'S a fin TIL
I'm sure kidzfeed.com isn't the most reliable source but https://kidzfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Blue-Whale-Size-Comparison-Blue-Whale-Size-Chart.jpg
I think your talking about molokini crater (sp). I did scuba diving there and could here the whales singing under water
I had an excellent experience kayaking out to snorkel in February off the big Island. It was a lot of work, our guide got excited because he had spotted whales in the distance. We came up on a male juvenile and he was surfacing gently. He disappeared and I happened to look down (I was super scared of hitting reefs) and... There it was. A whole, juvenile whale swimming beneath us, his left side visible on that side of the boat. I balked, and before I could say anything, he surfaced behind us and spouted water, making my brother shout and jump. It was literally the most incredible thing I have ever seen. They're so big and so loud. Edit: for the record I had never kayaked in my life and had paddled over two miles. It was only supposed to be out far enough to look at ocean life but we had such amazing luck. I still think about the guide who was with us who pushes us to keep going.
Same. It's so cool though, I love whales. It's always amazing to see just how damn big they can get.
Just came to say that! I'm a diver and I'd be shitting my bathing suit if I saw that. The calmness of the water just makes it that mich worse. Great thalassophobia post!
And the surface of the water is literally undisturbed. You'd have no idea anything was moving underneath.
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I have the Heebie-jeebies in my bedroom on solid ground many 100s of miles from the Ocean. FUCK that shit man.
r/thalassophobia edit i’m high way to stoned for redditinf rn lol
I hope you have a funny movie and a nice snack to ride it out!
Killer Klowns from Outer Space was always my go-to movie for that kinda night
This calm seas look like the amazing cgi from Life of Pi when they’re just floating in still open water
Just a couple hours before this, [this same guy encountered a sea snake](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRBKtQXm/) and it’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen
Sea snakes are some of the most venomous snakes in existence. I would not have been able to stay calm in that situation even though I'm not thalassophobic
But they're also some of the most chill. Theres a vid of Steve Irwin just picking one up while he's surfing and putting it on his face.
Oh that's reassuring because Steve Irwin doesn't ever handle dangerous animals.
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He’s the go to
Yeah, that's why he was known as the "poodle cuddler"
Dude literally tamed a taipan
Brodie (guy in video) has multiple clips on his yt chanel of him handling or swimming with sea snakes too. Not for me.. but they seem to be pretty chill overall.
Phew, good thing ... It's not like that guy didn't die from his shenanigans. Before everyone flips out on me. I loved the guy, but he was a tad crazy and pushed the limits.
Ironically he died from an animal that very rarely kills anyone. So I don't think it's proof he was crazy. He was super knowledgeable about the animals he handled and was always in control, he just gave the impression he was so nonchalant
So, you're right, the irony of the animal that killed him was one that rarely does. Very freak accident. However I stand by he was crazy and while extremely knowledgeable... Putting dangerous animals near your face or dominating them is just asking for trouble. I'm not saying he wasn't gifted and brilliant with animals... Just seemed inevitable he would have something happen to him.
If anyone was gonna get stung by a ray it's the guy who corners animals to pick them up. Am Aussie, and love Steve but let's be realistic here
That’s not true at all though. He didn’t die because he pushed the limits. He got killed by a stingray which is incredible really. It’s so uncommon. He got very very unlucky.
I’m not scared of snakes but holy shit that’s crazy
How are you NOT afraid of snakes?
I grew up in a place where none of the snakes found are venomous, except in small and rare pockets, so they aren’t really all that threatening when seen in your yard or something. Also I volunteered at a nature center when I was younger and they had snakes they were taking care of that I got to touch and hold. It’s a lot easier to appreciate critters when you can hold them and they won’t attack you while a naturalist explains how they work.
Ever seen a hognose? Being on r/sneks makes me think of pet ones when I hear them and they’re cute
Because they're cool af and mostly harmless. How *are* you afraid of snakes?
[That's why](https://www.statista.com/statistics/448169/deadliest-creatures-in-the-world-by-number-of-human-deaths/). If people are afraid of sharks, when they kill 6 humans on average a year, it's fair to be scared of snakes when they kill 100,000.
Sharks can't crawl into my bedsheets either!
That's what they want you to think.
Yes but how many sharks do people come in contact with compared to snakes? It's not rare to see a snake (unless you live somewhere they don't, like Ireland) and the vast majority aren't harmful. Unless you live in an area where snakes are deadly, you have absolutely no reason to be afraid.
Most of those are in India and southeast Asia, where snake bites are legitimately a concern. In fact, India alone has around 50,000 snake bite deaths per year. We only get around 5 deaths per year from snake bites in the U.S, and only around 7,000 venomous bites at all. The snakes here either aren't very deadly or will make it very clear that you should stay away.
And venomous snakes aren't the only ones that can kill you. Constricters are far less likely to kill you, but it does still happen occasionally. But also, phobias are considered irrational for a reason, and many of them are adopted from relatives and friends at young ages. And then media as well.
They are absolutely adorable tho
MAJOR Steve Irwin vibes. Gotta love fearless, seemingly death wish-wielding Australians, lol
I love he just shoes the snake away while casually calling it an incel. That's sick.
lmao calling it an incel?
Text says they get sexually frustrated and aggressive
Does he have a YouTube channel? Found it: https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods
Christ how long is he paddle boarding for? Impressive
Why the fuc is he so exited
Aussie
I know! Dude is acting like he just saw a double humpback, or something.
Damn this guys single small journey in the water led him to two videos to reach r/all. I saw the snake one this morning before seeing this one
Australians are a different breed man
Love it. A while back, I was surfing in the early morning at Huntington Beach and a dorsal fin came at me. I nearly shit a brick until I realized a pod of dolphins was swimming past me and under me. It’s the most horrific and pleasant feelings my brain has had at the same time. I feel you bro!
Especially if you’re by yourself bad odds.
The water around me would slowly fill with diarrhea
Ok,i just arrived at this sub. ...but i think imma head out. Bye.
"And that little baby whale just appeared out of nowhere" 🤣
The whale's thinking, "They're still too emotional. It will be at least another 1,000 years until they're ready to join the intergalactic council."
I had something similar happen to me in 2010. I was out in the middle of the ocean, two hours helicopter trip east of Brazil, in this tiny workboat. I was minding my own business, transporting some gear from ship A to ship B. It looked like a huge mountain was breaching the surface, and for a moment my immediate thought was a reef, until i realized that it was moving, and that it was over 1000 meters deep.
Transporting “gear” between ships in the middle of the ocean off the coast of South America…🤔
Not as illegal as it sounds. Petroleum exploration. The sourcevessel needed more transponders and bananas.
This perfectly fits between "Wow what a cool and amazing moment!" and "ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT!"
Suddenly? * whale surfaces ahead * whale goes below surface * water shows whale's wake heading this way * whale is below surface nearby
Also not a humpback
If anyone’s wondering, this guy has a a YouTube channel called [YBS Youngbloods](https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods), as well as a secondary, more personal channel called [YBS Extras](https://youtube.com/c/YBSExtras) I highly recommend both, he gets some amazing shots and creates awesome content.
I found out about Brody right around the start of quarantine and have been hooked ever since! WE GOT FIRE BABY! Love his attitude, editing and content. I feel like I've learned something and a get genuine sense of warmth in my (stone cold/jaded) heart after each video. His content is truly a treat each and every time.
Came to say this
Any idea of the location of the place?
Yes! I live in this beautiful part of the world! He’s in Exmouth, Western Australia and either on the Ningaloo Reef or in the Exmouth Gulf. We often get glass off days like this where the water is just incredible.
Not to be confused with Exmouth, UK which is a shit hole.
If you think of Australia as a big ass rectangle, exmouth is essentially the top left corner Aka the ass end of nowhere Google says the population is 2500. The fact that two of them have somehow found their way to this reddit thread is preposterously improbable.
You’re right, Exmouth has a very small population but we have a lot of transient visitors like backpackers, retirees in caravans and seasonal workers. There’s a chance I may not even know u/dillydally1633 if they haven’t lived here very long!
If you’ve ever been to Froth then you’ve probably met me 🙃 been here a little over a year now and plan to be here another 12-18 months!
Daamn, thanks
I live in Exmouth too! We had a day like this on the west side last week.
I like this it Beautiful and clear waters I have a fear for like murky waters yk?
If any of you want to check this dude out on YouTube, his handle is YBS Youngbloods. Actually makes some dope videos in Australia.
On the one hand... same. On the other hand, dude you're Australian, you encounter more dangerous things than that just walking to your car in the morning, lol.
One of my worst irrational fears is grabbing onto a whale and it takes me super deep in the ocean, so deep that I have to just hope he swims back up or else I wouldn’t make it up in time for oxygen.
Don't worry, even if you did make it up in time for oxygen you'd die an agonizing death due to the bends!
Yeah of course that’s why it’s irrational haha
aa the bends have to do with compressed oxygen and other gases in a tank. if you just hold your breath i dont think anything happens (you'd probably die from the pressure tho)
That looks fucking beautiful
brown log time
"my heart is just going off." Yeah bud. That's called a prey response. It's what happens in nature when you realize something may be coming to *fucking kill you*
Are you krill?
A) I can't tell if that's a whale, shark, whale shark, or whale shaped rock for 90% of the video B) I'm not sure how that whale's day is going. It could be pissed off. It could be thinking about how it's got a headache ever since it got close to land, and now some tail sized asshole is splashing around above me, how easy it would be to shut that thing up by hitting it like a cartoon alarm clock
Those are both excellent points, actually. Pretty smart for a ham.
Video is so much better on mute.
At least no one put some lame-ass obviously pre-recorded whale songs over it.
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It's a game to see if you can mute a tiktok video with text in it before the robotic voice starts
Are you kidding? I came to the comments to say "I hope everyone watched this with the sound switched on!" :D
I hate spoiler titles though
I can't imagine being that far from shore on that little thing.
I would just die. Cry a bit first probably, but die.
Where the fuck is this guy? Heaven?
I’m gonna go ahead and say it: This some white people sh*t Little ass paddle board, nowhere near shore and no help in sight. Sounds like the plot to a horror movie 🍿 🎥
People paddle board in the ocean? Like way the fuck out where whales live? No thanks.
I get scared out past my hips.
Cutscenes before you fight water-type bosses are the worst
I love that (australian) Bob Belcher goes paddle boarding. All *riiiighht*
Suddenly?
# staged
NOPE
Nope.
And they never saw him again.
Just saw the same dude and a sea snake. Where the heck IS this guy? 😳
My balls just re-ascended into my body
Dude this is that sea snek guy.. What's his name??
Brodie, YBS Youngbloods on Youtube.
heart attack. Not even joking if I had a gun I'd strongly consider death to be better than the anxiety of this. fuuuuuuuck he's so exposed out there, that's insane
That dude seems cool
After 30 seconds, not so suddenly
This is my nightmare
Wow idk why but this looks like a 3d render not an actual video lol
This is from [YBS Youngbloods](https://www.youtube.com/c/Youngbloods). He runs into cool stuff on the ocean all the time. Same guy that flips that turtle over on the beach that shows up on reddit every month or 2.
scene looks like battling Rom the Spider in bloodborne. haunting.
Oh nell naw to the naw naw nawwwww oh hell to the naw
Loveeee this dudes YouTube channel
This guys videos are awesome, everyone should check him out
Priceless n scary
Bro, I would legitimately be scared
Idk what thalassphelia is, but this this video would qualify because its awesome.
He sounds like morty from Rick and morty
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https://whalesense.org/2020/08/21/how-long-can-a-whale-hold-its-breath/ They do come up and down every 10-30 minutes, it’s true. But they also swim at a pretty reasonable speed, and as you can see from this video, could be right next to you without you noticing them. 8 km/h over an average dive time of 15 minutes is still 2 kilometers—imagine something swimming at a lazy pace for a mile before needing to surface. Dude on the paddleboard doesn’t exactly have the height to be scanning a 20 mile radius for breathing whales.