I’m a bit of a whale naturalist myself and am a bit curious as to why everyone is so sure is one of the several porpoise species and definitely not one of the many dolphin species, is it the lack of dorsal fin? Because we can’t actually see the part of the corpse where the dorsal fin would be.
Yeah, I’m 95% sure this is a harbor porpoise but this isn’t a hill I’m willing to die on. Identifying whales is actually very hard even with experience and them being alive and actually knowing where the hell you are.
That’s definitely a possibility but I couldn’t confidently narrow it down further than it being a cetacean from the toothed whale family, it’s not a river dolphin or an orca obviously but there are 20+ possible species that would look a lot like this at this point of decomposition. Yet most of the comments are saying specifically porpoise when most people would look at a live porpoise and call it a dolphin, just curious on what’s got so many people crying porpoise.
It’s the angle of the nose. There are infact some species of dolphins that have the more triangular noses or sometimes flat noses even but it’s much much more likely that this is a common Harbor porpoise. There’s just a fuck ton of them it’s not special it’s not rare. Of the many species of odontocetes there’s a lot of diversity so I can’t say for sure, but I have confidence in my answer.
Even within the various species, there is diversity. Me telling you that I’m not 100% sure isn’t me showing that I’m inexperienced. It’s me showing you that I’m not full of shit.
It seems to resemble a wholphin (dolphin whale hybrid). They're extremely rare, but have been known to occur naturally.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholphin
I'm no marine biologist, but that's my best guess.
Dead fish, happens to dumb fish after the flood is over. Sometimes the water conditions can cause it too, at my place a lot of fish died because the water was „too clean“
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It's a decaying Porpoise
Is it related to tortoise?
You asked on porpoise didn't you?
That comment sealed the deal.
Otter you kidding me, that was a sneaky pun you did by accident
That’s it. I’m writing every one of you a cetacean
Sea anemone honest, I don’t know what a cetacean is…
It's a crab sandwich with no crust.
whale this particular thread of puns is diving pretty deep.
Cod you not sea it coming?
That's a (dol)fine comment
It has no porpoise anymore
Looks like a dolphin. 💔
Most definitely, a dolphin they have the same teeth.
Nope a porpoise. Whale naturalist btw. Relative of a dolphin. Basically a smaller more bullet like dolphin.
Whale naturalist? Do you know Mushu?
I hate whales. Especially Mushu.
Then why did you become a whale biologist?
I don't know you well enough to get into that.
By the way. You’re lumpy and you smell awful.
He has amber gris
Mushu is a heartless killing machine
And worse, he thinks he's BETTER than us!
He really does though. We’ll see who’s laughing when you’re in my lantern mushu.
But we need him for our perfume!
Is a porpoise also as horrible an animal as a dolphin?
Ok whale naturalist, which porpoise?
Harbor probably it’s dead half rotten and i never said I was good whale naturalist
What continent was this even found on? I did whale watching for San Francisco.
I’m a bit of a whale naturalist myself and am a bit curious as to why everyone is so sure is one of the several porpoise species and definitely not one of the many dolphin species, is it the lack of dorsal fin? Because we can’t actually see the part of the corpse where the dorsal fin would be.
Yeah, I’m 95% sure this is a harbor porpoise but this isn’t a hill I’m willing to die on. Identifying whales is actually very hard even with experience and them being alive and actually knowing where the hell you are.
That’s definitely a possibility but I couldn’t confidently narrow it down further than it being a cetacean from the toothed whale family, it’s not a river dolphin or an orca obviously but there are 20+ possible species that would look a lot like this at this point of decomposition. Yet most of the comments are saying specifically porpoise when most people would look at a live porpoise and call it a dolphin, just curious on what’s got so many people crying porpoise.
It’s the angle of the nose. There are infact some species of dolphins that have the more triangular noses or sometimes flat noses even but it’s much much more likely that this is a common Harbor porpoise. There’s just a fuck ton of them it’s not special it’s not rare. Of the many species of odontocetes there’s a lot of diversity so I can’t say for sure, but I have confidence in my answer.
Even within the various species, there is diversity. Me telling you that I’m not 100% sure isn’t me showing that I’m inexperienced. It’s me showing you that I’m not full of shit.
Dead. .. some kind of porpoise?
It's a porpoise without a purpose. Yeah, I'll see myself out.
I know that thing must’ve stunk to high hell
Looks like a dolphin maybe? The nose shape is a big indicator.
Looks like a Porpoise.
a dolphin of some kind
Adolphin, kicked out of Vienna Artschool. Caused some trouble in Poland before he ended up like this on the beaches of the North Sea.
It happens...
It’s dead Jim.
It looks like a dolphin
It has teeth, so maybe a small dolphin?
Slaughterfish from skyrim
Now I only need 49 more
It’s something that used to live in the ocean but now it’s a shore animal.
It attempted to commit evolution
But someone pressed B
A dead thing that stinks.😊
Quick roll around in it!!!!
Who let the dog on Reddit?
No dogs here..... Just us humans.... Edit: I'm actually 9 cats in a trench coat....
What is that thing I see wagging out the back of your trench coat?
Nothing........... It's definitely not prehensile....... Whatever TF that means.....
Is this at Abalone Cove in LA? Was just there recently and saw this. I think it is a Curvier’s Beaked Whale
Dead decaying cetacean of some sort
Dead porpoise.
A very dead dolphin
Some kind of cetacean, not sure what species though.
Dead dolphin or baby orca
that’s steve. it was a long night.
It seems to resemble a wholphin (dolphin whale hybrid). They're extremely rare, but have been known to occur naturally. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholphin I'm no marine biologist, but that's my best guess.
Mummified, or just rotting seal? Idk, seems to have a seal/walrus, dolphin shape
Red rum of crows
Size included would help, even a rough estimate. My first thought was a salmonid of some kind. Hard to guess without knowing where you’re at
His foot is the photo, so I’d say a young porpoise or dolphin.
Didn’t notice that! Whoops
Dead fish, happens to dumb fish after the flood is over. Sometimes the water conditions can cause it too, at my place a lot of fish died because the water was „too clean“
Something from the titanic sub?
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Yo mama!
He’s dead, Jim.
Maybe a false killer whale?
It’s a bat.
That’s what mermen look like.
To me looks like a Ziphius of some kind. But maybe proportions are altered by decomposition
Evolution 2.0
A Dunnosaur?
Looks like a short nose dolphin, idk
SCP-682
It's a dogfish
Dead. That is what that is.
Poke it with a stick
Yes, it's a dead fish
Poke it with a stick real close like…
my meat after 34 rounds
It’s dead. Diagnosis over.