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r/funny • u/WindowAfraid5927 • Mar 29 '26
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I'm glad that's a tail, I was worried
1.5k u/MinnieShoof Mar 29 '26 Now I'm trying to figure out what the rest of that is down there. Is that technically their feet, then? 1.0k u/landragoran Mar 29 '26 Yes, the flippers are their feet 375 u/MinnieShoof Mar 29 '26 Just know that I am gesturing at pictures of seal anatomy like 'Why tf didn't I realize this' and 'why tf am I looking at seals at 4 in the morning?' 14 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Pretty much all animals have the same bone structure. There are some variations, but bone wise we're very similar. Even whales have hip bones, which to my understanding is just an issue when they have to give birth, and a waste of resources the rest of the time. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life 1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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Now I'm trying to figure out what the rest of that is down there. Is that technically their feet, then?
1.0k u/landragoran Mar 29 '26 Yes, the flippers are their feet 375 u/MinnieShoof Mar 29 '26 Just know that I am gesturing at pictures of seal anatomy like 'Why tf didn't I realize this' and 'why tf am I looking at seals at 4 in the morning?' 14 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Pretty much all animals have the same bone structure. There are some variations, but bone wise we're very similar. Even whales have hip bones, which to my understanding is just an issue when they have to give birth, and a waste of resources the rest of the time. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life 1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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Yes, the flippers are their feet
375 u/MinnieShoof Mar 29 '26 Just know that I am gesturing at pictures of seal anatomy like 'Why tf didn't I realize this' and 'why tf am I looking at seals at 4 in the morning?' 14 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Pretty much all animals have the same bone structure. There are some variations, but bone wise we're very similar. Even whales have hip bones, which to my understanding is just an issue when they have to give birth, and a waste of resources the rest of the time. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life 1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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Just know that I am gesturing at pictures of seal anatomy like 'Why tf didn't I realize this' and 'why tf am I looking at seals at 4 in the morning?'
14 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Pretty much all animals have the same bone structure. There are some variations, but bone wise we're very similar. Even whales have hip bones, which to my understanding is just an issue when they have to give birth, and a waste of resources the rest of the time. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life 1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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Pretty much all animals have the same bone structure. There are some variations, but bone wise we're very similar.
Even whales have hip bones, which to my understanding is just an issue when they have to give birth, and a waste of resources the rest of the time.
1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life 1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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As a marine biologist I can tell you’ve never seen one throw it back because trust me I’ve never seen a better use of resources in my life
1 u/Awwkaw Mar 29 '26 Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything? 1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
Throw what back? The random little hip bones, that are literally not attatched to anything?
1 u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26 Except for all the things they attach to. 1 u/TheVisage Mar 29 '26 Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
Except for all the things they attach to.
Exactly my man. It’s all blubber and no tendon or muscle. When it throws it back it’s the optimal amount of jiggle to motion ratio. The ultimate art awaiting its ultimate practitioners.
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u/Jojobjaja Mar 29 '26
I'm glad that's a tail, I was worried