The blowhole in whales and dolphins is really their nose.

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• catharso@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They look really nosey too.

  At least on humpback whales:

  https://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/humpback-whale-blowhole-picture-27041-255410.jpg

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  • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you are ready to uave your kind blown, that is only one nostril. The other nostril is located inside their skull and is how whales and dolphins vocalize and echolocate.

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    • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What the fuck nature

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• Toto@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Favourite word in the English language: snarge.

  If you are whale watching and get the most from a blow hole, know that you are being sneezed on and are covered in millions of bacteria

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  • folkrav@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’re covered in millions of bacteria just standing in the metro or walking in a public bathroom, probably.

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Don’t forget the gut bacteria that are an essential component of what makes you “you” and yet doesn’t share your dna. Still blows my mind

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    • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My belt holds up my pants and my pants have belt loops that hold up the belt. What the fuck’s really goin on down there? Who is the real hero

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    • Toto@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      True! But I’m not under the illusion that I am in magical whale mist.

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    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      youre more bacterial dna that human dna by dna volume

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    • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Psst. There’s bacteria right behind you!

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• jerome@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  lavish.

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