Killer Whale Leaps 15 Feet Out of Water to Capture Fleeing Dolphin In Its Maw,
And the Middle Class

I know this seems like a blow-off post but you have to see the pictures before you render judgment. Genuinely spectacular.

And it's not a sad story, either. While dolphins have their virtues -- they like humans and have even saved them from drowning -- there's a few little secrets about dolphins that most nature documentaries don't tell you about.

They try to rape and drown people; they gang rape their females and sometimes hold them hostage for weeks; they murder baby porpoises for fun; they kill the babies of rival male dolphins, because as soon as her child dies, a female dolphin is ready to be raped and impregnated immediately.

Not only that, but dolphins may like humans a little too much -- they sometimes attempt to rape humans, too, and I'm not just making that up for a gag; it's a documented phenomenon; it's on video. (Although some people do use dolphins' predilection for rape as the jumping off point for parody.)

@adambaldwin, who is on a multiyear quest to Expose the Truth About Dolphins, celebrated this dolphin-kill by stating that "Orcas are the only admirable cetaceans."

Via @anthropocon.

Headline Joke: "And the Middle Class" is a gag I'm trying to get off the ground, explained here.

posted by Ace at 06:34 PM

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