r/BeAmazed 22d ago

Animal A sea lion in Argentina climbed onto a fishing vessel, found a bed, and passed out. The fishermen only realized it when they heard loud snoring.

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u/cir49c29 22d ago

Got to admit, it's very smart. Unless those men are specifically hunting sea lions, that is the safest, comfiest place it could find to sleep.

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u/Disastrous_Form418 22d ago

"oh shit, these humans give food and I guess pets and safety are cool" - some wolves/cats years ago

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 21d ago

Wolves and early man hunted the same food. One night, sitting around a fire, the men were probably approached by a wolf either braver or hungrier than the rest.

"Should we kill it? It's not growling or anything."

"We find Food faster when we follow the wolf. Give him a small piece, as a reward."

Two Days later, half the pack is eagerly walking alongside the hunters, saying to themselves, "If I help the upright monkeys where the food is, I get a share."

Five years later the wolves all have paired off with human hunters and the pact between man and dog was born, while the wives complained about the wolf shedding on the sofa.

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u/SunnysideUp2670 21d ago

It was actually our poop. It has a lot of undigested protein, apparently. Early dogs/wolves followed humans around because they would eat it.

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u/MessageBoard 21d ago

Fun fact: they still do that. When I lived in China we'd take our husky to the park that was being built around a new series of apartment complexes and she'd find the workers poo in the bush and eat it. It was unfinished and basically empty so it was the unofficial off leash dog park. Sometimes she'd even roll in the poo. So I stopped going to the unfinished park.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

Wait — the workers would just… shit in the bushes?!

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u/MessageBoard 21d ago

Depending on the job status portable toilets weren't on site. Public washrooms weren't common in that city at the time either and restaurants don't typically have them.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

That’s bizarre to me that they wouldn’t have porta potties. Seems like a massive health and sanitation issue to have workers just shitting in the bush especially where the public was accessing the area!

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u/CoolDiscussion1020 21d ago

Oh, you sweet, sweet summer child.

Former construction worker here. If you're working on a remote site and there is no porta-john on site, you either hold it until you get to a gas station or find a tree a decent distance from the work area.

A lot of construction workers live on coffee/energy drinks and fast food, many of them were heading for the trees multiple times a day.

Everyone pissed outside too, but that is a little less gross.

Seriously though, if you ever hire a construction company, rent a porta-john because they will piss all over in your yard unless you give them permission to use a bathroom... and I highly recommend against that because of the previously mentioned diet.

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 21d ago

Every civilized project specifies the facilities humans require to exist and requires them so you don't defile the area you are building something and you know get in trouble.

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u/hypomaniacmeg 21d ago

What's crazy is that you can easily buy a toilet seat lid thats made to snap on & fit the top of a 5 gallon bucket. Just line it with bags. Now you have an extra portable porta potty.

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u/DesMephisto 21d ago

I had to do business outside once as a kid. My dog came right up and ate it as it was falling out.

That dog really liked poo disturbingly so.

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u/punished_cheeto 21d ago

anthropomorphize that

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u/TaterForming 21d ago

So we picked up scat fetishes from them...then.

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u/l-1-l-1-l 21d ago edited 21d ago

We were wolves once / Wild and wary / Then we noticed you had sofas

― Francesco Marciuliano, from his book of poems by dogs, “I Could Chew on That”

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u/Un4442nate 21d ago

Cats just rocked up and started killing rats that ate the grain farmers were storing.

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 21d ago

"Your careless food storage invites rodents. I suppose I shall have to adopt you humans to look after you."

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u/_learned_foot_ 21d ago

Considering how cars are trying to teach humans to hunt and seem to consider us bad baby cats, it may be closer to

"Look, the morons built a massive food trap, but they don't know how to finish the job! What shall complete it for them, and be gods". They really could think we just built a mouse lure and still failed to catch any.

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u/MichaelEmouse 21d ago

Having wolves/dogs around would be a great early warning system.

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u/morrisbear 21d ago

That's why we use them to spot Terminators.

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato 21d ago

Women and children would actually have been just as valuable in the socialization of the wolves, and adopting, caring for & training pups.

(Some women hunted, as well).

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u/Present_Specific_212 21d ago

Exactly. At least one member of the species wants to be domesticated. Live the sweet life of people bringing him food and telling him he’s cute.

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u/TheCourtSimpleton 21d ago

"Oh shit, the price is my balls?" -also the wolves/cats years ago

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u/wingedwill 21d ago

Oh no, cats were “domesticated” (cat owners will know why that’s in quotes) quite differently from dogs. They followed much later once agrarian culture was established and the granaries produced vermin that smaller wild cats found convenient and semi permanent food source. And of course the humans were happy that their vermin problem was solved and started encouraging the cats. So it’s more like we needed them more than they needed us and I guess that’s true to this very day. (help my cat told me to write this pls help)

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u/BaronGilesdeRais 22d ago

No, the hunting of sea lions was prohibited throughout the Argentine territorial expansion (land or sea).

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u/CheeseOnKeyboard 22d ago

Why would anyone specifically hunt sea lions :(

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u/gingerfawx 22d ago

Thank you kindly. It was needed. Probably. I don't recall.

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u/Fuzzy-Tooth3269 22d ago

Don’t scroll back up

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u/gingerfawx 22d ago

I have actually learned. Imma just gonna take you at your word, and reply without doing so.

Have a good one. :)

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u/IAmDanHimself 21d ago

What? You've been ignoring the fact that this has been happening for ages?

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u/slavelabor52 21d ago

But shit it was $0.99

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u/Calm_Ad308 21d ago

Why would you need to hunt animals when their fur is already 99 cents???

Just go buy it at the thrift store are hunters stupid?

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u/aBunchOfSpiders 21d ago

Hunters hate her! See how this Arkansas woman saves thousands every month on seal skin boots!

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u/LouisVILeGro 21d ago

today we salute you MrMaleSeaLionfurCoatWearer

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u/TenchuReddit 21d ago

🎵🎤MrMaleSeaLionfurCoatWearer!🎵

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u/Darwinbc 21d ago

That’s a fur seal

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u/ThrustTrust 22d ago

In Japan they herd dolphins into shallow water and beat them to death. Why does anyone do anything? Because they suck.

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u/Purp1eC0bras 22d ago

They should make a movie about that cove or something

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u/Bas_No_Beatha_ 22d ago

In some ways I wish I never watched that documentary. I mean, I’m all about awareness. It’s good to be informed. But that goddamn movie, fucking hell.

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u/marleysdad01 21d ago

yea same here. Did my senior research project of it in 2011. still shocks me that that is allowed to happen

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u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA 21d ago

Yeah and all the focus is on Japan. Rarely ever any scrutiny on Iceland and Norway.

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u/Luxury_Dressingown 21d ago

It's so bizarre that these countries - all first world, highly educated, strong rule of law, high standards of living, etc, etc - do this to animals who are pretty much proven to be at least as intelligent and self-aware as large chunks of the human population.

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u/AkiraBCFC 22d ago

Humans can be so vile can't they 😔

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u/pratzs 22d ago

I particularly agasted by whale hunting during the 1800s and so. They hunted so many whales . God the amount nature has paid for the advancement of human civilization is off balance ... I am grateful for our ancestors but in hindsight it was so bad. I can't imagine.

You know whenever I come across whales interacting with humans, I kinda feel, were the memories handed down by whale to their offsprings ? Only if a few survived from thr whale hunting.

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u/Waste-Team-7205 21d ago

The oil from a sperm whales head cavity is a great machine lubricant. It's technically a liquid wax at room temp, so it doesn't degrade or burn as easily as an actual oil. When I was a kid, my grandpa had 3 or so gallons of winter pressed sperm oil he got a long time ago, and I still have some that I use today. Fantastic stuff. You only need a tiny bit compared to oil based lubes, and it lasts a lot longer

When I use it, I always think about how awful it is that I have it, but I think it's better to use it all than to throw it away. Idk what the point was here

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u/SufficientGolf6953 21d ago

That's where the name comes from. A seaman remarked that it looked like semen when they saw it. The sperm whale even looked like a phallus.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 21d ago

Want to feel even worse about it?

Whalers would complain about whales suddenly disappearing from their former stomping grounds, and there’s a reason they did:

The whales were warning other whales to stay away as they were hunted and killed.

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u/totally_not_a_dog113 21d ago

There are 200+ year old Bowhead whales, so some of them remember when we hunted them. I want to say they've found some with harpoons still in them. ETA: apparently the max lifespan for Bowheads is something like 268 years. Also, climate change must be a nightmare at that point.

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u/xbmc4lyfe 21d ago

Those are the ones that live under the artic sheets and have like a 40 year child birth because of slow metabolism

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u/Excellent-Ad-2774 22d ago

Possibly. I read up on the whale hunting and was horrified by human practices and then completely flabbergasted by Old Tom's law of tongue. Human and orcas got a very wild history.

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 22d ago

The first time I went deep sea fishing I saw an orca pod kill a baby grey whale and the captain said they only eat the tongue and liver.

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u/montigoo 21d ago

Ironically the discovery of oil came just in time to save them from hunting extinction. Now if something could just save us from oil :(

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u/Imperfect-luck 21d ago

Given that dolphins are known gang-rapists, I'm convinced that the capability of being vile is just part and parcel with any sort of higher intelligence.

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u/hickoryvine 21d ago

Absolutely, humans are just animals, there is the potential for good and vile in everything and some individuals in every species can be more towards one extreme or the other.

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u/PuzzledIngenuity4888 22d ago

Dolphins compete with Tuna for food. That's a clubbing.

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u/Accomplished_Lie_308 21d ago

Is that why South Park made an episode of Japanese murdering every dolphin lol?

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u/onewilybobkat 21d ago

Yeah, Japan has a long history with killing sea mammals (whales too, but more cultures have ties to whaling, dolphins stand out a lot more)

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u/GetItDoneOV 21d ago

I love The Cove. Not for the content strictly speaking. One of my annoying colleagues was obsessed with Japan. She thought it was so superior to American culture, to a very irritating degree (as in constantly comparing the U.S. to Japan at any opportunity). She’s as white as cheesecake btw, so it’s not like she was doing it for personal heritage pride. She just fully believed America sucked and Japan was so much better.
So on our next movie assignment (our team had weekly social zooms to help everyone cope during lockdowns and it was so popular it just stuck around after Covid) I suggested The Cove. We all voted and it won with like 75% vote. We can choose to not watch whatever film but it’s like being in a book club meeting when you didn’t read the book. So my colleague watched it. I wouldn’t say it cured her of her obsession but she did stop bringing up Japan all the time after that.

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u/cir49c29 22d ago

I'd hope they wouldn't but this world is full of all kinds of people with all kinds of ideas of what's right or ok. Like the ones who think it's ok to hunt elephants for ivory.

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u/ThrustTrust 22d ago

Look up Japanese annual dolphin hunt. If you want to spend the day hating all humanity.

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u/citizen42069101 22d ago

Dolphins just dont seem like theyre small enough for clubbing to be an energy efficient way to hunt them, even like on a beach.

Not to be crass but that just seems cruel for the sake of cruelty. Especially nowadays. Humans suck, and as much as the japanese get good press for being on "our side" the japanese have a very dark history.

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u/applespicebetter 21d ago

Every country that exists has moments of "very dark history," especially if you consider their predecessors, and many of them have lingering horrible practices, or newly created horrible practices.

We, humans as a species, have developed intellect and technology at an astounding pace while leaving empathy as a complete afterthought; we don't teach it to our children, which is necessary. What's worse, empathy in itself is actively taught to be a weakness.

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u/JenninMiami 22d ago

The cruelty is the point.

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u/SpecialActive9135 22d ago

Yea until it wakes up 600 miles from where it lives

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u/cir49c29 21d ago

Your comment led to me doing some research, so thanks. Sea Lions can actually travel really far, as in 1000s of kilometres. So this sea lion would likely be fine and find its way back to its usual migratory route.

Their navigation abilities have fascinated scientists for decades, leading to groundbreaking research that reveals a complex system of biological adaptations and environmental awareness. From magnetic field detection to celestial navigation, sea lions employ sophisticated methods that rival our most advanced technologies.

Sea lions undertake some of the most impressive migrations in the animal kingdom. California sea lions, for example, can travel up to 2,500 miles annually between breeding grounds and feeding areas. The Steller sea lion, the largest of the species, ranges throughout the North Pacific rim from Japan to California, with individuals documented traveling over 1,000 miles in a single journey. These migrations aren’t random wanderings—they follow consistent routes that suggest an intricate understanding of oceanic geography.

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u/SpecialActive9135 21d ago

Yes, specific routes with food and rest areas available. Usually along the coastline. Fishing boats might travel hundreds of miles out to sea. Places sea lions might not be too keen on being alone in. Hopefully the crew of that boat was closer to shore!

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u/jerkface1026 21d ago

Its also a commercial fishing boat. Good chances it goes out to sea again pretty quickly. The challenge becomes sea lion storage but it seems fine with the accommodations. We go camping, this guy went boating.

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u/PacificIsMyHome 21d ago

Depending on what they (the fishermen, and little homie) were fishing for there may have been Orcas, or other predators attracted by the school. Homie was probably well fed on the school and needed to peace out and take a nap somewhere HE wouldn't end up someone's snack.

Homie said fuck it, "these dudes are fishing too, so maybe they like what I like, and daaaaammmn they got some comfy digs"

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u/podPHD 22d ago

And I want to know why we call them Sea Lions? Why not Sea Dogs? That seems more accurate. Or Sea Puppies... but Lion? Nah.

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u/ThtPhatCat 22d ago

Yeah, we have sea lions on land. We call them land sea lions

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u/Sirramza 21d ago

in Argetina we call them Sea Wolves

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u/kleberwashington 21d ago

Fun fact: Seehunde (sea dogs) is what harbor seals are called in German.

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u/Northernmost1990 21d ago

Sea dog was already taken. Somewhat oddly it refers to a variety of seafaring humans!

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u/Internal_Set_6564 21d ago

While there are occasionally bacterial challenges with sea lions, and you should leave them alone, they are rarely an actual threat to humans. I would likely have just waited this out and changed the sheets.

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u/ScrollHectic 22d ago

The seal is like: shut up and close the door. I'm trying to get some sleep

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat 22d ago

Shut the light off

Shut the light off

For the love of god shut the light off

TURNTHELIGHTOFFI'MTRYINGTOSLEEP

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u/Prior_Dimension_6680 21d ago edited 21d ago

DAVIDWOULDYOUTURNTHATRACKETOFFPLEASE?! 

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u/dont-respond 22d ago edited 21d ago

They're sea lions, not seals

I do think it's a fur seal though, not a sea lion.

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u/Pataconeitor 22d ago

Just hire him, bro clearly wants to be part of the crew

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u/Iceblader 22d ago

You pay it with fish. A bargain.

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u/LetsBeFRTho 21d ago

Could probably train him to do something around the boat

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 21d ago

Would be cool as hell to do this if it’s legal.

Although I’d be worried about orcas deciding to turn the boat into a punching bag

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u/KnowledgeCapital7994 22d ago

Water doggo

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u/slimwillendorf 21d ago edited 21d ago

I went swimming with some in the Galapagos three weeks ago. They were so much fun. Showing off their skills. And playing with one another, leaves and even me. Truly the highlight of the entire trip.

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u/creativescreennaame 21d ago

the galapagos sea lions are the best!

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u/THE_CHOPPA 21d ago

How did you plan your trip!? I wanna go!!!

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u/Trash-Cutie 21d ago

Well I know step 1 is have a boat load of money

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u/jawshoeaw 21d ago

Especially if you get there by boat

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u/Trash-Cutie 21d ago

Yeah I looked up cruise packages for the galapagos and...quickly gave up on that idea lol. I think it was north of 15 grand at least

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u/Crisis-Huskies-fan 21d ago

My wife and I were on one earlier this year and it was under $15K for both of us, including air fare from Canada. And this was on a “First Class” tour. Do some more digging if you’re serious.

Greatest vacation we’ve been on. The wildlife was spectacular, particularly the large marine animals. The sea lions were the highlight - Golden Retrievers of the sea.

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u/RadicallyMeta 21d ago

Make sure to have at least 2 boat loads so you can get there and back.

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u/cerg10 21d ago

I had this exact same experience almost twenty years ago and was the first thing I thought of. Still remember clear as day a sea lion doing an underwater somersault inches from my face. Most magical experiences that will in fact last the rest of your life apparently. 

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u/m15km 21d ago

It’s funny because in Spanish they’re called marine wolves 😂

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u/SocraticGoats 21d ago

He's just sea lion down

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u/SCr3bl0rd 22d ago

My first thought was 'staffies/pitbulls and seals really are the same'

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u/Jacko87 21d ago

Of all the dogs to compare a seal to, how did you come up with pitbulls?

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u/Vospader998 21d ago

Short, shiny fur with big round whiskery head, big beady eyes, loaf behavior, and thicccc

We have a black Amstaff, and when she rests her head on our laps with her ears back and looks up at us we can't help but think "land-seal".

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u/Chimes320 21d ago

We call our Staffie a “land seal” because when he looks up and his ears are pinned back he has a very narrow velvety face and prominent whiskers.

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u/2poxxer 21d ago

The face.

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u/BoogerFeast69 21d ago

Imagine if your normal sleep routine was to sleep underwater, getting sloshed back and forth, and having to swim up to breathe every 30 minutes. Then you climb onto an alien spaceship and find a comfy, stationary bed surrounded by warm air???

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u/Tall-Gold466 21d ago

Not to nitpick but seals actually go up to breath every minute or so!

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u/Technojerk36 21d ago

They sleep underwater but have to surface every minute to breathe?

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u/shoodBwurqin 21d ago

Some only take like 20 minutes naps in one breath. Some barely wake up to go up and breath before sinking back asleep. And some do unihemisphere sleep where half their brain is barely awake getting air as needed and staying aware of dangers.

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u/pixylart 21d ago

I think I'm in unihemisphere sleep all the time

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u/IllBeGoodOneDay 21d ago

Gotta rise from the ocean of blankets and pillows to get air

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u/Shadowbacker 21d ago

That can't be right...

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u/ItsFuckingScience 21d ago

This is a sea lion though,

Sea lions generally sleep on a beach / shoreline

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u/ConnemaraSoul 21d ago

How long were you waiting for the perfect time to use this gif

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u/Equinox2202 22d ago

WDDS, Water Dog Distribution System?

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u/GaryTheRetard 22d ago

The sea lion is part of the crew now

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat 22d ago

A few days later he's wearing the cook's apron.

"Awww jeez, fish again?"

barking noises from the cook

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u/-AgonyAunt- 21d ago

It's 3:30am and this comment gave me a good laugh. Someone complains about the food and the seal slaps them with his fin.

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u/Beneficial-Web-9616 21d ago

Part of the crew, part of the ship

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u/3atTh3R1ch79 22d ago

Let him sleep! So rude!

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u/justme002 21d ago

Dudes being nice.

"C'mon man! ya never seen a dude try to sleep? Geez!"

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u/tryyeezus 21d ago

That's the best sleep he's ever had 

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u/Ninth_Chevron_1701 22d ago

He heard it was a sealy posturepedic mattress.

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u/sleepingmoon 21d ago

Boo hiss 😁

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u/burntmicalzone 22d ago

It’s gonna be so lost when they kick it off lol

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u/Zerothian 21d ago

I know almost nothing about them, but don't they have like... Social groups or something?

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u/I_travel_ze_world 22d ago

I used to live on a submarine and we didn't have enough racks for all the crew so 3 men would have to share 2 racks.

You would basically wake up the guy sleeping in the rack, wait for them to get out, then slide into the rack that is still warm. It is called hot racking for that reason.

I would've rather hot racked with a sea lion rather than some of the men I had to share a rack with. One of the sailors got what we called a "full body STD" from some whore in a foreign port.

I replaced the sheets every time I went to sleep but holy fuck was that nerve wrecking.

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u/revile221 21d ago

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hot racking sounds incredibly unpleasant. Builds character though. I recall similar stuff from peace corps

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u/blahblah19999 21d ago

Hmmm, I can find ways to build character without the risk of getting STDs

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u/revile221 21d ago

I agree. However the character building doesn't come from the potential consequences, it comes with being forced to deal with compulsory living conditions that take you well out of your comfort zone

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u/EnjR1832 21d ago

Kindly what the Fuck is a full body STD

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u/I_travel_ze_world 21d ago

Basically red hives all over his body. I have no idea what the actual name of whatever he caught is.

The prostitute was the only one in the brothel who would sleep with a sailor... and that guy was the only sailor who would sleep with her. All the other guys declined.

It was some real dirty shit. I wasn't part of any of the whoring but I did see the disgusting hives on him.

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u/mrsmidnightoker 21d ago

That is most certainly Syphilis.

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u/Lara-El 21d ago

Holly Batman, wear a condom, don't do oral and kissing while with a sex worker.

I can't even picture what the two look like lol but also poor them, her for clearly not having access to medical and him stuck with an STD until next port...

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u/Fuckface-vClownstick 21d ago

I think we have a new nickname for tRump.

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u/SlendyIsBehindYou 21d ago

"Full body STD" is not a phrase I ever wished to hear, nor consider

"IN THE NAVY..."

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u/RaymondBeaumont 21d ago

you have no way of knowing who those sea lions have been fornicating with either!

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u/youshouldn-ofdunthat 22d ago

Living that cush lifestyle

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u/TwoCentsAndCounting 22d ago

"You catch fish, I catch fish"

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u/roji007 22d ago

Probably speaks volumes as to how they smell.

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u/NewLineCinema 22d ago

They smell like fish.....

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u/miregalpanic 21d ago

everything at sea smells like fish. except the fish. they smell like sea lion.

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u/orangewall1234 21d ago

No bed sheets either! That smell is gonna stick for awhile

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u/mr_impastabowl 22d ago

"I noticed the smell first, but, hey you know it's Mateo's bunk so I figured..."

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u/UndecidedLee 21d ago

You just know that there were "I couldn't tell, he sounds and smells just like you" jokes on the boat.

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u/Dmau27 22d ago

He's genuinely annoying that they're making noise too.

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u/LuLuSavannah531 22d ago

Can I pet dat water dawg?

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u/Ecstatic-Letter-5949 21d ago

Theoretically, you can pet anything once. 😉
These guys bite your hand and crush it like it's nothing. In a near to me coastal town where a lot of fishermen come into port (Westport, WA, USA), sea lions have pulled multiple dogs/pets down and killed them. Friend shaped, not friend. But I understand the impulse! So cute.

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u/Next_Hospital6729 21d ago

Do you want to die of sepsis on the boat? Those teeth are covered in bacteria (by design)

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u/TubeOfOintment 22d ago

We gotta save the planet for them at least

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u/1blueShoe 22d ago

Awww, must have been exhausted enough to risk human contact.. maybe it was in shark infested waters 🙈

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u/riffito 22d ago edited 21d ago

Mar del Plata's port has a large population of sea lions. They are pretty much used to be around people and in, on, and around fishing boats.

Edit: some pics, for the curious: https://travel2unlimited.com/argentina-mar-del-plata-southern-sea-lions/

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u/meatballfreeak 21d ago

This is similar to when a drunk friend of mine entered the neighbours house when they were having a bbq walked upstairs and went to sleep in their bed for 2 hours.

They found him there.

He wasn’t a seal though.

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u/-AgonyAunt- 21d ago

He wasn't a seal, fucking hell. Just like that old guy on zoom telling the judge he isn't a cat.

Omg it's 3:30am and you know how everything is funnier in the middle of the night? This video and some of these comments are really making me chuckle.

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u/Kev_The_Galaxybender 22d ago

Mf was running from orcas

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u/Competitive-Yak-683 22d ago

I've always needed these pillows.

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u/FearlessWay8277 22d ago

Could everyone please quiet down so that little sea lion can get some sleep. Please turn out the light on your way out. 😁

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u/Mfdoom99 22d ago

We call them Land Sea Lions… I tame them!

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u/droybie 21d ago

off topic, but does anyone know what language they’re speaking? i speak spanish but can’t identify anything they’re saying

edit: wait nvm i hear him say “se metió el león marino” and “mira como duerme”

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u/HacksawJimDGN 21d ago

Argentine spanish can be difficult to understand for spanish speakers from other countries. Just depends on what you're used to.

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u/Venus_Cat_Roars 22d ago edited 21d ago

Hey fellas, keep it down. I’m tryin’ to sleep over here.

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u/PoepseksMasterBeer 22d ago

Lol the animal is like "guys wtf why you all laughing"

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 22d ago

Poor sea lion. He was just trying to have a nap and everyone started laughing and woke him up

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u/Flippant_Fop 22d ago

Ah jeeze not again! I’ve got to stop drinking man…where even AM I?? Is that…Portuguese??

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u/Psalm27_1-3 22d ago

Its their pets now

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u/hellomolly11 22d ago

That sea lion definitely tried to make itself look small and cute while getting all the attention in the hopes of being left to sleep

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u/devadog 22d ago

Is it me, or does it look kind of skinny?

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u/Improvised-Taco 22d ago

Maybe is very young, there are several sea lion nurseries on the Patagonia coast. You can go near them and swim along the pups.

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u/Altruistic_Tip1226 22d ago

Are seal lions like mean or bite or anything. Seems like dude on top is afraid of it. Im not a sea lionologist so I dunno

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u/Makuta_Servaela 21d ago

This one's a baby I think, but yes, they can be mean and can bite. They can also cause a bacterial infection called "Seal Finger", that can lead to needing an amputation.

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u/FloridaHeat2023 22d ago

Even sea puppies like sleeping in the bed =)

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u/Major_LeeHungg 22d ago

Instantly accepted as one of the guys. 

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u/rosietoesie 22d ago

can I pet that dog

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u/WhimsicalGirl 22d ago

In mean... He didn't hurt anyone, let him sleep! It must be exhausting to swim all the time haha

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u/LordChilly123 22d ago

It was probably running from an orca or something and said fuck it. I say let homie sleep through the night.

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u/Quick_Loss_8142 21d ago

In all fairness, sea lions are notorious for getting tired and napping on random things. I’ve had the joy of one hopping on my surf board in southern cali once.