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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 01:18:38 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Sperm whales off the southern coast of Western Australia devised a clever, if smelly and gross, strategy to protect themselves from what could have been a fatal attack by 30 killer whales. Scientists were there to witness it, and Live Science tells us more: https://flip.it/U2Oq1_
#Science #MarineLife #Whales #Orcas #Animals
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1. Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack
  
  A pod of sperm whales flung their poop at unsuspecting orcas to avoid a fatal attack.
- Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 02:47:10 JST Flipboard Science Desk
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  - Jay
  @WhiteCatTamer 😆
  
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- Jay (whitecattamer@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 02:47:11 JST Jay
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  @ScienceDesk Oh sure, when THEY do it they’re employing a “clever technique” to deal with mobs, but when I do it it’s “what the fuck are you doing” and “you are RUINING this bat mitzvah”.
  
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