Comments | wtf_nature: This entry doesn't *strictly* fit the rules. These aren't new or unusual animals.

interactiveleaf in wtf_nature

This entry doesn't strictly fit the rules. These aren't new or unusual animals.

Oct 23, 2009 14:15

But it's awesome enough that I bet it gets posted anyway.

Epic humpback whale battle filmed

It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera.A BBC natural history crew has filmed the "humpback whale heat run", where 15m long, 40 tonne male whales fight it out to mate with even larger females ( Read more... )

whales, sex, whale, conservation, reproduction, behaviour

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jess_izzle October 24 2009, 00:17:59 UTC

Amazing!

evergrey October 24 2009, 00:20:34 UTC

Okay that is really cool!

gemfyre October 24 2009, 00:40:00 UTC

David Attenborough is my hero.

The film crew have my utmost respect too.

Wow.

sarmonster October 24 2009, 00:53:02 UTC

Awesome.

David Attenborough IS the voice of god.

rigbys_face October 24 2009, 07:29:16 UTC

I'm convinced he IS god. Ever see how he just walks around and animals act like, "Oh you. 'Sup man?"

interactiveleaf October 24 2009, 13:12:10 UTC

Well, now that you mention it I've never seen David Attenborough and God together . . .

morbid_curious October 24 2009, 01:18:14 UTC

Strange/rarely-seen animal behaviours should count, I think, even if the animals in question are well-known.

interactiveleaf October 24 2009, 01:57:35 UTC

Clearly I agree, and apparently the mods do too. Yay!

pikku_gen October 24 2009, 08:44:59 UTC

Honestly, I don't think big whales count as "well-known", considering how hard they are to find, film, and follow...

interactiveleaf October 24 2009, 13:13:19 UTC

No? I guess it's a semantics questions. I would expect most people to at least know what they look like, and that is usually the criteria I see used here . . .

I'm glad the mods let this go through, regardless.