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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And it lives in fresh water in Lake Baikal! The only exclusively freshwater seal..

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah what a life. The seal is the biggest thing in those waters and probably has no natural predators.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

It has therefore lost its ability to electrocute on contact.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

So, I take it this earns your...seal of approval?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Look at you. Sailing through the water majestically. Like an eagle. Piloting a blimp.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is the ideal seal body. You may not like it, but this is what peak sealiness looks like.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

Blubber blimp.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I miss punctuation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I never thought about if David holds a camera

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He holds my heart.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Check out 'connections' with James Burke and his snazzy 70s suits as well

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

He's 98 years old, so if he did at some point I suspect he doesn't anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Ponder it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Seal of quality

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I'm assuming seals have always been big bois, but do seals look fatter now than in previous generations, and could that be due to an increase food waste in our ocean

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

She thicc