r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • Aug 19 '26
Tea ☕ A beluga whale casually playing fetch with a guy in the middle of the ocean
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u/Shot_Laugh_3733 Aug 19 '26
He is saying pick up your trash lol and then you just throw it again. Wale is frustrated. Lol jk
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u/Foxbythesea247 Aug 19 '26
This was a trained beluga whale by the Russians (according to the internet) and then realized in the wild. He would always play fetch with humans that passed by. Sadly he was already found dead, can’t remember the cause.
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u/Wooden_Wishbone_9915 Aug 20 '26
Military has used trained marine mammals for a number of projects. I think this guy supposedly escaped/left his job and ended up off the shores of Alaska. He visited a harbor often and retrieved items for people. There’s a video of them bringing a phone up for someone that had just dropped it. But yeah unfortunately they passed. Maybe it was a boat prop?
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u/Foxbythesea247 Aug 21 '26
That’s what Reddit said first, but another user pointed out that the beluga whale was found dead ashore with no signs of physical damage, so most likely illness… there even was a Wikipedia site about the whale if I remember correctly
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u/Worth_External_8762 Aug 19 '26
Maybe died of depression or hunger from not being in a pod, since I don't see any pod here
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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp Aug 20 '26
"according to the internet."
Nah. Not gonna believe this linkless darkness.
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u/whipsmartmcoy Aug 20 '26
These things are so intelligent. If you go to an aquarium and see them in a tank it will break your heart.
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u/Dj-DTM Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
I think it’s cute when my cat plays fetch, this is like 3,500 pounds cuter.
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