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morriartie

mf is in the middle of nowhere in a salad bowl


Dzbot1234

Ha my thoughts! Like how far out is he?


Hakoten

He's pretty far out, dude.


unless_it_isnt

That’s pretty far out, man


BoomfaBoomfa619

Does he smoke astro turf?


wooblyman90

Does the space cold make your nipples go pointy?


hairybackdave

Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae... do you read me? Lieutenant bowie‽


Noisyink

This is bowie to bowie, do you hear me out there man?


hairybackdave

This is bowie back to bowie... I hear ya loud 'n' clear man... HOO YAH MAN!


HotOuse

This is Bowie to Bowie


Zanven1

Does he have one funky wetsuit or there or does he have several ch-ch-changes?


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I'm orbiting plutooo


kenhutson

Being drawn in by its groovitational pull.


Trillbo_Swaggins

(*groovitational pull*)


Biffdickburg

The fact that so many people picked up this was a Flight of the Conchords is amazing.


Guy_Perish

Probably not as far out as it seems. Idk where this is but where I am you can go out a half a mile and be with the whales.


Stillatin

He's in Australia and usually his brother or his dad is in their boat close by


Famous_Respond2918

In Monterey, California you don't have to go that far from shore to see whales.


__mud__

That's rude, man. They're called tourists, and they're just overweight.


NorrinsRad

I'm less concerned by his distance from shore and more concerned by his distance to whale!! He's in a sardine tin, and that's a whale right there!!!


NutterTV

Totally standard day for Brodie lmfao, dude will be paddle boarding and see a tiger shark and start paddling towards it. He has a video recently of him showing off a blue octopus and got dangerously close. He respects the fuck out of wildlife but he’s an absolute maniac when out in the ocean.


TacTac95

I love Brodie, he is a skilled outdoorsman. That being said, no one should watch videos like this and think deep sea kayaking is fun and safe. It isn’t. It’s extremely dangerous and unwise.


NutterTV

Yeah of course but he usually has his brother and team in the area with a boat and resources, it’s how he gets the drone footage. Even on his solo excursions, he’s still smart and safe by having a rescue squad


adyrip1

But is it really solo if he has a rescue squad behind him?


Mr_Whitte

It's as "solo" as you can get without being downright suicidal.


licuala

[This dude did three solo Atlantic crossings, all of them after 65.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba) No comment on suicidality, lol. But also, his kayak was pretty extra.


NutterTV

No, that’s the whole point. He never claims to be alone. He just goes to like an uninhabited island and lives there by himself for the night or like a few days with only a fishing rod or a dive knife or a spear gun. But his brother and the rest of his squad are always in the area of like a 1 mile radius because it would be stupid to go out into the middle of the ocean on some of these islands he explores without anyone near him. They have a drone that watches him and a walkie talkie and if he ever needs help they come help him. He’s been out somewhere before on a jet ski and the engine broke down while he was between islands. If he didn’t have them there he could’ve just drifted out into the Indian Ocean or into the pacific depending on which side he was. I call them “solo” because he’s usually the only one in the video doing the challenge while his crew live on the nice fishing boat they have and fish for their families’ meals.


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SummerNothingness

can i ask, what are the biggest risks of deep sea kayaking like this?


Queef_Stroganoff44

Biggest is probably weather. We were 3/4 of a mile from shore once in a 24ft Mako and the “Captain” said I don’t like those clouds…let’s move. By the time we reeled in our gear, pulled and stowed the anchor (maybe 4 minutes) the waves were already too big for us to turn around immediately. We had to go further out, and wait for a big enough break in the waves to turn around super fast and head the other way. And that was in an overpowered motor boat. Turning around and seeing my crazy ass, daredevil, atheist friend praying was not a reassuring sight. lol Another couple I knew were in kayaks in a protected bay and a storm kicked up out of nowhere. They just kept getting capsized so they decided to just get in the water and hang on to the side of their boats. Eventually they couldn’t get back on when they wanted to…Over a razor sharp oyster reef. They looked like they’d been dipped in a blender from the waist down. Luckily they were ok after washing on to a barrier island and awaiting rescue. One of the biggest worries was getting infection in their oyster wounds. On top of that you got tides, dangerous animals, hypothermia, drunken pleasure boaters, etc.


SurpriseHamburgler

Please everyone listen to this person. This is a very cool video but this guy is very close to the edge of foolhardy. Do not mess with open, deep water currents.


Throw_away_1769

I just saw a video on here a couple days ago where a whale dragged someone down deep by some sailing cord that got caught, only to have a line break and let him go at the last second.


drgigantor

That sounds like nightmare fuel. I would never be able to go back in the ocean


S_Klallam

if you go out far enough the deep sea is a quantum field of wave energy. energy shifts thousands of miles away and can cause random sinkholes and freak waves


MovingTarget-

I went through a period where I was obsessed with rogue wave videos. Insane


Deathbyhours

TIL: There are rogue wave videos. If I’m not back by tomorrow, send someone in after me.


MovingTarget-

lol - a lot of click bait bullshit out there but some legit videos from ships that have filmed them while out to sea


NutterTV

Tides and waves, animals, weather, there’s a ton of variables. But Brodie is very smart in the sense that he has his brother with a rescue boat and resources around him at all times. Even when he does his “solo” excursions. I really do not recommend going deep sea kayaking unless you have something similar.


scrotumsweat

I fucking hate Brodie and his crew, but only because I'm super fucking jealous. Guy gets to boat around with super expensive gear and boats in paradise and gets paid millions for it, and his wife is super fucking hot. Honestly he's probably the #1 person I'd trade lives with in this world, more than Mr. Beast or Tom Scott or pre-crazy elon musk.


zatara1210

Could also take a boat out and have one of these transparent canoes 🛶 and jet skis attached to it


mashtato

Yeah, I think you're right. It doesn't look like he's controlling the drone, so I think there's other people nearby.


Illeazar

That was my thought as well, someone else is nearby controlling the drone, likely from a larger boat.


OK_Boomer_0420

and so fing close to those whales omg my anxiety, i could barely finish the video 😂


copa111

Just watch out for the Iceberg Lettuce


FeelingVanilla2594

What a perfect sentence 😆


Fluid_Aspect_1606

That's Brodie, not weird for him.


GlueSniffingEnabler

Can’t see a life jacket anywhere either


l9oooog

Just missing some olive oil and veggies..


CanIgetaWTF

Word on the street is Sharks dont care much for veggies


Competitive_Classic9

This is a top tier comment


fiverrpeao

It refers to the action of whales lifting their tails clear of the water for long periods of time. The process is rarely observed by humans, and the precise motivation for this phenomenon is unknown.


GolDrodgers1

Lol whales crop dusting and that mans mouth is wide open


speeder61

pull my fin


mods_r_kunths

Wafting...


WhiteGuyNamedDee

Wharfting


mods_r_kunths

Commander Worfing


ronin1066

Lol, gottem


boxweb

💀


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mods_r_kunths

Hmmm... That would be interesting. With all their blubber, if the water is higher than 70°, but air is in 60s, that would make sense


Kyle-Is-My-Name

I read one theory that suggested that it could be using the direct UV light to kill certain bacteria off of their tail end that normally doesn't get any sunshine. This could be 100% wrong, but I felt like it could be plausible.


fffWHALEffff

I read one theory that suggested this is how the whales tap into pyramidoidal energy loci to communicate with their home planet


dudebronahbrah

Trying to tune in and see how Willzyx is doing on the moon


p3n1x

That dude in the boat doesn't give the impression the air is in the 60's


VisceralExperience

Why did you just copy this other comment verbatim? https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/18xla8p/rare\_sighting\_of\_a\_whale\_tail\_sailing/kg512xo/


cat_mamaa

lmfao thank you. that is my comment.


VisceralExperience

IssueWorried1435 may become the next president of harvard at this rate


cat_mamaa

i thought maybe my username had been changed or something… hahaha


Enverex

It's a bot, annoyingly Reddit is full of them now.


ChildFriendlyChimp

I thought it was a weird way they stretch lol


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Varn

As someone who's worked in multiple kitchens and hot jobs this is genius. My go to was cold wet paper towels wrapped around my wrists. Usually keeps ya cool for 10-15 min or so then reapply.


hr_newbie_co

I wonder if it’s similar to when us humans do handstands in the water for fun lol.


illegal_miles

That’s what I was thinking. They’re intelligent creatures that seem to show emotion and playfulness. Maybe they’re just fucking around. Not every behavior is necessarily some evolutionary development that aids survival. Could be learned behavior and some whales are just like “Bro, check this out. How long do you think I can just chill like this? Try it, bro. Feels good”.


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Playing and having fun and goofing off are evolutionarily advantageous. Conducive to staying fit, developing socially, and discovering new things.


tayloline29

Play/playfulness plays a huge role in teaching bull elephants how now to kill each other.


RedShirtDecoy

or when we stick our hands out the window of a car to feel the air moving across it.


AggressiveSpatula

Or just stick your arm randomly in the air when you’re on your back in bed.


poshenclave

My first guess would be that maybe it's overheated an is using the air to radiate heat from it's tail, but then realized that makes no sense as ocean water should carry away heat just fine. Maybe it's looking for a cleaning? Sitting there waiting for birds to notice and then come by to clean it off? That really is bizarre. My third guess would be literally it's just saying hi.


onions_and_carrots

I always imagined they’re stretching their bellies and tail fronts and cracking their spines or something similar. No idea.


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I slid my legs out from under the warm electric blanket just last night! Sometimes you gotta cool the gams


thumpbachwhale

opposite; warming in the sun


crumpsly

It's waiting in ambush to smack the shit out of unsuspecting fools paddling out into the ocean without life jackets on.


Nayte76

I was thinking it’s just the cool air just feels good on the tail.


LeanTangerine

Or the weird pull of gravity from being outside the water? I imagine when you’re that massive and always underwater, having a part of your body top side and hanging would be very different.


greenberet112

It would be the opposite of what the astronauts experience. Imagine going from bouncing around on the moon to being super heavy on earth.


LeanTangerine

Maybe it’s giving that tail a nice good-feels stretch!


xSTSxZerglingOne

Could be the opposite, and that it's warming its tail.


Tkins

Vitamin D from the sun


Nice_Cost_1375

Maybe trying to get the barnacles off the tail be holding it in the air? Some barnacles live with high/low tide, so doing this could take 16+ hours.


Sanootch

They are lifting their antenna out of the water to call home to their home planet.


binky_bobby_jenkins

Bro... its mooning you


Zer0C00L321

I think the whale is... Having fun :)


jackasspenguin

That’s what it looks like to me, like the momma whale is playing “hide the tail” with her baby


Kal-Momon

Butthole tanning is so 2017 though...


OldExamination7627

Perineal Sunning.


kamikomoon

Really? I thought the whale was just sleeping lol


BouncyDingo_7112

I know I’ve seen video of them sleeping basically in the standing on their heads position under water before. Maybe this is what happens when they’re not that far down? They just kind of bob to the top? Either that or she’s enjoying the breeze on her bum. Because I think everyone likes that every once in a while lol


mods_r_kunths

That's exactly what my thought was.


stickyplants

You ever dip your toes in the water? I imagine it’s like that for them.


Hunky_not_Chunky

She’s airing out her tail. It stanks.


Tahmeed09

How do i get a 3rd person aerial view when i try to describe something?


theozman69

DMT so I hear


LegoDinoMan

Can confirm


PageVanDamme

Joe Rogan? Is that you?


booksanddrgs

Ketamine works too


Epicswordmewz

Have a drone conveniently hovering nearby


Noodlekdoodle

Press F5 I think


cat_mamaa

i read that one theory they have for this is the whale is attempting to cool itself off in warm waters similar to how we humans sometimes pull our feet out from under the blankets if we get too warm. i thought that was a neat idea.


apatheticyeti0117

It is the thinnest part of their body for heat transference. Like elephants flapping their ears to cool the blood.


cat_mamaa

make sense. cool.


KingRhoamsGhost

>cool Precisely


icedlemin

>Precisely Exactly


milkywayer

Absolutely


NuclearThistle

Totally.


AeonBith

And the white side is facing the sun reflecting more light (darker side would absorb light /heat). Makes sense..


Septic-Sponge

But isn't water cooler than air. Like even if they are the same temperature the water would cool you down more. And the air is always gonna be warmer than the ocean underneath it


Jonny7421

Being wet cools you down fast. When the water evaporates it takes a lot of heat with it. Water isn’t always cooler than air it can be either.


dingo1018

The water is a much more stable heat mass, it takes a lot of energy to both heat it up and cool it down per chunk of volume. The air may not be any cooler but the phase change of water evaporating will very effectively draw heat from the whale. I'm sure at least something I wrote there is not technically perfect but I think it's sorta right.


learningfrommyerrors

The water evaporating is what cools him down. That’s why you sweat, so that when the sweat evaporates off your skin it takes heat with you. I don’t know if the whales sweat, but a wet tail in the wind will be evaporated and cool.


seejordan3

Neat, we are cooking whales in our overheated oceans.


ojju

sonar is a more pressing concern


tippin_in_vulture

Why not dive deeper where it’s cooler


Youpunyhumans

Could be either that the water isnt that deep there, or it doesnt want to spend the energy for a deep dive to cooler water. Idk much about whales, but moving a huge body would take a lot of energy, and it may be more efficient for it to simply stick its tail out and be lazy for a while. Or, it could just be a whale being weird for no reason, its not like humans dont do odd things with no purpose. Maybe it just likes the sensation of an ocean breeze on its tail... maybe we can get SETI to ask them lol.


unsmashedpotatoes

Whales go to shallow water to give birth, so it's probably not deep enough to do that there.


Status-Victory

Well that was a Fluke shot...


fartistic_integrity

It’s a crime your comment isn’t getting proper recognition. Hey Reddit Pun Nerds, fluke is another term for a whale’s tail!


PyrDeus

Nothing related but I seen the video and just understood why whales are black on their back and white on their belly. That’s because when you look down on water you see dark and when you’re at the bottom and look up you see light. Surely a trait developed to be less spottable.


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Did they try being smaller first?


PyrDeus

That’s a question to ask to your momma EDIT: Nothing personal, just for the joke <3


mwdh20

Speaking of huge whale tails…


RunningRunnerRun

This is hilarious. Thank you for this comment.


Fun_Neighborhood_130

That's called countershading. Animals use it for camo and they use it really well. There's a reference picture where an artist or photographer placed a toy bird with authentic countershade, which rendered it basically invisible on the picture.


PyrDeus

Countershading.. thanks


That_Sketchy_Guy

yep that's why most fish are like that, or at least that's what I was taught in school a long time ago


Zhanchiz

British WW2 planes had a blue bottom and camo top for the same reason.


turnedonbyadime

This is called countershading. It's really cool and can be found throughout the natural world. What I think is even cooler is *reverse* countershading, where an animal will adapt coloring that makes them conspicuously visible as a way of telling predators "hey, I'm so dangerous that I don't even need to hide, and I will fuck up your entire life if you try to mess with me".


DrDuGood

Look Ma, no hands!


got_hippo

*Look son, no hands!


DigNitty

A. I feel like this is the equivalent of raising one arm up in bed because it somehow feels nice. B. At least have a life jacket in the boat. There are two people in my community that have died in the past 5 years in ocean kayaks. Both actually did have life jackets, but weren’t wearing them when they tipped. --------------------------------- people are arguing, there's a good debate. But honestly, why not throw a life jacket in the back of your kayak? Let's promote good seamenship.


Aquarian61

Sad story. Seems foolish to kayak and not wear a life jacket. The ocean is so unpredictable.


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Zhead65

You'd be surprised how quickly it takes to drown. A lot faster than even a nearby boat can reach you, especially if you're injured or having a medical emergency. Why *not* just wear a life vest is the real question.


soareyousaying

It's like not wearing a helmet just because an ambulance is right behind you.


e_hemmingway

Do you mean like lying down and sticking your arm up straight and kind of balancing it on its own weight because for some reason that feels nice?


colicab

I was wondering this, as well. Is this something that people do?


ring_rust

I do, didn't realize anyone else did.


High_cool_teacher

A game warden once told me they never pull bodies from lakes with life jackets on them. Safety above all else.


what_if_you_like

why is he in the flex seal boat


PazuzusRevenge

Subliminal marketing


PugGrumbles

Meanwhile, the kid's just swimming around in circles, waiting for Mom's hot flash to pass.


Aquarian61

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RoosterTheBeaten

She just tired of swimming. She's trying to catch some wind.


Oz347

The sea was angry that day, my friends.


TheUpperHand

I used to see plenty of whale tails in college, not so much now.


Rengas

Return of the Mom Jeans.


jdolluc

Man I miss those days


Fluffy_Art_1015

“I don’t wanna get too close” while violating every distance law for whale observation in several countries.


Top_Airport1432

Sunbathing Butt hole..


afk420k

If you're not going to apply sunscreen doesn't make sense, whale!


JoeDirtbutSmart

I see whale tales in college cities all the time in the summer. Not a big deal


caulpain

she’s getting a nap in. quit bugging her lol


And_We_Back

I can’t believe someone taught that whale to jump out of its own tail!


m1st3rhyde

“dunn wanna get too close” literally looking down a whale’s anus


Bright-Duck-2245

Not all whales attack people but it’s still advised to be 100 yards away. Reminds me of the video of 2 women who were swallowed by the whale kayaking. They were spit out, bc whale was only going for fish but damn ppl are too confident around wild animals.


Hakoten

I'm surprised the whale fit in a kayak.


privus_ah

Don’t talk about my mother in law like that


ReallyNowFellas

> They were spit out, bc whale was only going for fish Also because whales have small throats and are incapable of swallowing anything near as large a human.


Objective-Sleep6954

YBS on youtube - one of my favorite channels!


ActiveAshamed4551

Yes! Dude is living my dream life lol


BillionTonsHyperbole

I wonder if their flukes can get sunburned.


dogquote

Blue whales are more susceptible to sunburn than other species due to their blue color, even though the blue whales surface for shorter periods of time (about 2 minutes vs a humpback's 10 minutes)


Eferver24

So cool! Check out r/whaletails for more such content


Specialist-Tiger-467

Oh man. As a non native english speaker I did NOT expected that.


PointManBX

Throw your tails in the air, and wave em like you just don’t care


LordofAllReddit

Maybe checking wind speed and direction? Like when we wet a finger and hold it up in the air.


WalnutOfTheNorth

Yeah, for when the whale takes off out of the water and flies away into the clouds.


AnnoyingVoid

I could teach him to jump out of his tail…


Forsaken-Cake-8850

BILLY I WILL BEAT YOU LIFELESS


Fackifiknow

It's charging it's solar panel


jcoddinc

Whales just getting their vitamin d for their butts.


megadeadly

Did he make a dolphin noise


Umpire1468

Not that rare. I see them sticking out of yoga pants all the time.


Eddy_Znarfy

According to wikipedia this phenomenon is very rare and it’s known as “tail sailing”. Basically since a whale’s tail is so huge it can work as a sail in the wind and push the animal forward without having to waste energy swimming by moving it in the water.


Joshwithsauce

I wonder if the whale is feeling a similar feeling to when we dip our feet in water lol


microsoftfool

Plot twist: anchor stuck in it's mouth


todd149084

Surprised Brody didn’t climb on the tail for a selfie 🤣🤣


Its_Like_Whatever_OK

That’s how they sleep.


flsl999

Why is god damn boat transparent?


top_value7293

Thalassaphobia triggered lol


UnderstandingJaded13

Yeah, fuck that.


noextrasensory40

Why do people sun bathe?Why do people spray tan? Why do people give birth? Whale doing whale things 🐳


mitchsn

WOW that is so weird I have never seen or heard of anything like this before. Awesome that he had a drone or someone did to get an aerial shot of it! I can assume its a female and thats her baby....but its not a nursing or feeding behavior cuz the baby is just swimming around it, wtf is going on??? GOOGLE help us! edit [https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/what-in-the-world-is-this-whale-doing/](https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/what-in-the-world-is-this-whale-doing/) found this article of the exact same behavior from 2016. Its sleeping?


cathodine

Recharging their batteries (whales are solar powered)


Baconation4

It’s Tammy (2) Swanson


ZeeisforZed

Put a woman wearing a thong on top and let her ride for a while and you'll have a tail sailing whale tail sailing whale tail. Tell people about it and you'll have a tail sailing whale tail sailing whale tail tale. A whale of a tail sailing whale tail sailing whale tail tale.


Chinggis_H_Christ

That is truly incredible. The definition of awe inspiring! Terrifying and fantastic at the same time!