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Does anyone else find baleen whales to be creepy as hell? Is this just me being odd again?
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Seriously, these things are the closest we have to an eldrich abomination in mammal form. They're so bizarre, probably because they're mammals, so familiar yet alien enough that it turns into uncanny valley.
Their weird upside down mouths give me the heebie jeebies. Who the hell has hair for teeth? That is the stuff of nightmares. Imagine getting tangled up in that gross stuff. I bet they wouldn't even notice because they're terryingly huge.
The way they float in the deep blue void of the ocean reminds me of some kind of alien creature floating through space. How can a giant air breathing mammal live like that?
Dude gives me the willies.
Nah whales have always scared me just from size alone. Like the idea of a blue whale below me in the ocean is terrifying. Cool animals but not near me thanks.
Mind you I'm scared of the ocean in general because it's so huge, powerful and I suck at swimming. The blue whale is much like the sea itself.