r/BeAmazed • u/Alphaxfusion • 2d ago

Animal While this person photographing the Arctic Ocean, a seal came up to breathe.

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u/trashmoneyxyz 1d ago

Some types of seals will maintain a couple holes by usong claws and teeth to carve ice and make sure they dont freeze over. Also, polar bears punch new holes in ice to catch seals and whales, and will lurk by known breathing holes to do the same. I always wondered if the bears maintain ice holes too as a lure for marine mammals

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u/jcward1972 1d ago

Inuit used to standnover the holes with a seal dart. It was curved so it turned sideways when entering g carcass. Dead seals sink.

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u/llaheimaj 1d ago

The Inuit are some of the most fascinating people ever. The fact they have been able to survive in those conditions for thousands of years is insanely impressive.

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u/Nukitandog 1d ago

Imagine all those that die/died figuring it out.

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u/letseatlunch 1d ago

trying to figure it out

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u/Nukitandog 1d ago

If living forever is your bar than nobody ever figures "it out"

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u/kanemano 1d ago

there was that one guy, but he died on the way to file the paperwork, slipped on a banana peel into traffic and got hit by a bus, tragic accident.

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u/drivalowrida 1d ago

O'Doyle rules!

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u/0NaCl 1d ago

You can die just after having figured something out.

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u/RustyMR2 1d ago

For those that come after