r/ocean

We just had found a humpback whale mother with her very young calf. The dorsal fin was still folded of the litte one. She was playing and dancing around her mother when we saw something different and white floating at the surface. When we approached I was certain that we just found something incredible...leftovers from this baby's lunch!

As whales are mammals they nurse their baby's like all other mammals do! With the mother giving milk so their offspring grows fast and strong.

Whale milk contains up to 50% fat and 15% protein. So with a baby drinking more than 150 liters per day they can grow up to 45 kilos per day and develop a thick blubber insulation, which they need for their long migration up north.

Taken a solid 10+ hours but stoked with the result.

Most people think shrimp are harmless… until they learn about the mantis shrimp.

This animal can punch with the acceleration of a bullet leaving a gun — and it doesn’t just hit its prey.

It creates a cavitation bubble that collapses and produces a second shockwave.

That means:

• one punch = physical impact
  • underwater explosion
  • heat + light flash

Some scientists even say the strike is so fast it temporarily boils water around it.

What’s crazy is that it also has one of the most complex vision systems in the animal kingdom.

So here’s the question:

👉 If humans could replicate this mechanism, would it be useful in engineering… or just completely uncontrollable?

Source + deeper breakdown here (if anyone wants to go deeper):
https://www.anmlzone.com/mantis-shrimp-punch-power/

I’m going to organize a contest that anyone can join.

I want you to send me the best nature photos you’ve taken yourself. You can send them to me through DM.

After that, I’ll upload the photos to a website I’m building, and the community will vote there to choose the best photo. The winner will receive a prize.

This is just the first trial contest. In the future, I’m planning to make the prize bigger.

The reason I’m doing this is that I really love amateur photography, and I think amateur shots deserve more attention.