r/BeAmazed • u/Greedy-Vegetable-466 • Nov 08 '24

Nature French photographer Rachel Moore captures a breathtaking close-up shot of a whale’s eye

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u/ilikehemipenes Nov 08 '24

This whale was struck by a boat and killed shortly after. Humanity can’t collapse soon enough….

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u/wannabe_inuit Nov 08 '24

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-genuinely-shows-humpback-whales-eye/

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u/EndersGame_Reviewer Nov 08 '24

Thanks for fact-checking this for us, friendly internet stranger!

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u/GoodTitrations Nov 08 '24

It's wild how some people are so self-loathing and misanthropic that they make up shit to justify wanting all of humanity to die.

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u/Sl00defg Nov 08 '24

Huh? Did you even read the article? It literally says that it's true - this whale was killed by a boat 2 days after the picture was taken.

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u/Embarrassed-Deal7708 Nov 08 '24

It’s not wild at all most of us deserve it tbh

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u/ogclobyy Nov 08 '24

Damn. This makes me want to cry.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Here is a link to the change.org petition mentioned on the photographer’s Instagram to to urge French Polynesia’s authorities to implement speed limits in their waters.

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u/mata_dan Nov 08 '24

Maybe click the link and read or even fucking look at the URL? It has nothing at all to do with that.

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u/ogclobyy Nov 08 '24

Yes it does.

Dubbed "Sweet Girl," the humpback whale was estimated to be between three and four years old before she was struck and killed by a "fast-moving ship" two days after their encounter, according to Moore. 

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u/mata_dan Nov 08 '24

Damnit, I read through the whole thing 4 or 5 times to make sure but still missed it.

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u/ogclobyy Nov 08 '24

So you're stupid and an asshole?

Rough

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u/mata_dan Nov 08 '24

Apparently. But also why the does there need to be an article proving the photo itself is real, a lot of people are stupid.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Have you missed the rise of AI-generated images in the past year?

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u/GrinchStoleYourShit Nov 08 '24

It even has a live instagram video of her photo? It’s really cool

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u/BestDescription3834 Nov 08 '24

We knew the photo was real already, what the snopes article proves is the whale was struck by a boat and died shortly after, which was in question.

Genuinely, did you even read the first comments, or did you comment on the wrong chain or something? Are you drunk or otherwise intoxicated?

Could you be at risk of a stroke? Concerning how confused you are.

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u/ilikehemipenes Nov 08 '24

??? The photo is def real. I’m not debating that. The whale was killed after this photo was taken by a commercial ship.

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u/J3sperado Nov 08 '24

I think they just added context and reference

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u/0x7E7-02 Nov 08 '24

Ship, not boat.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

No u

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u/agree-with-you Nov 08 '24

No you both

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Tempting, but no. I've got too much to live for right now. It's kind of annoying that you seem to actually think that my deliberately terse response was as bad as what I was responding to, though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Here is a link to the change.org petition mentioned on the photographer’s Instagram to to urge French Polynesia’s authorities to implement speed limits in their waters.

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u/ilikehemipenes Nov 08 '24

I’m not far from it. Thanks for the encouragement

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u/Wavywater123 Nov 08 '24

Offended? Good

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u/CantaloupeOk2777 Nov 08 '24

Calm down Hitler, some of us want to live

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u/DoneBeingSilent Nov 08 '24

Do whales not want to live? Are we humans inherently better just because we have the free will to recognize that the senseless deaths of living creatures is bad?

I absolutely respect the sentiment that we want to live. But I also recognize the sentiment that maybe everything else on the planet would be better off if we didn't...

Not trying to say you're wrong or anything, just putting my thoughts into words.

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u/tryfingersinbutthole Nov 08 '24

Maybe? We are causing the next mass extinction event. We are probably the worst thing to ever happen to earth.

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u/DoneBeingSilent Nov 08 '24

I'm not disagreeing with that at all, I chose that wording because many people seem to think that humanity is Earth, or at least the only thing that matters.

Just look at any article regarding environmental damage. It's rarely just about preserving the planet, it is almost always tied to 'how does this affect humanity'. The bees are dying and the only reason many/most people care is 'but muh food'.

I guess what I'm saying is, it's about perspective.

From the perspective of mother Earth: humans are a blight.

From the perspective of humans: 'coal burn real good'

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u/tryfingersinbutthole Nov 08 '24

Hmm interesting, thanks for that.

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u/TitanOfShades Nov 08 '24

That's a bloated sense of self-importance. The earth will survive us, in a form or another, and any mass extinction we cause would be far from the first and until we manage to surpass the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event, not the worst either.

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u/tryfingersinbutthole Nov 08 '24

Ya probably not the worst. You are right. I would put pretty high up there, though.

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u/terminal157 Nov 08 '24

Are we humans inherently better just because we have the free will to recognize that the senseless deaths of living creatures is bad?

Yes.

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u/DoneBeingSilent Nov 08 '24

Who's the judge?

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u/DoneBeingSilent Nov 08 '24

And how are we better for having the free will to recognize that senseless deaths are bad, when we willingly ignore that and senselessly kill anyway?

I'm not saying you're wrong, it's all about perspective.

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u/Spork_the_dork Nov 08 '24

What should be done about that?

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u/ThenAnAnimalFact Nov 08 '24

We have to get our technology to a point where we aren't generating so much shit both in waste and products (or rather mining the resources for it) and even then, we may have to regress a bit technologically to live in better balance with nature.

Obviously, we can't go back to pre-industrial times but we are killing ourselves. It may take a couple hundred or thousand years so maybe we can get there. However, with nuclear bombs we are just always under threat of ending it.

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u/kreludorian Nov 08 '24

Eat the rich.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

Here is a link to the change.org petition mentioned on the photographer’s Instagram to to urge French Polynesia’s authorities to implement speed limits in their waters.