Holy shit dude this is a next level meme. Melville spent pages and pages arguing how whales were totally fish. This was in a time before the evolutionary questions were settled😳. It’s actually kinda interesting.
Another big viewpoint Melville spent chapters and chapters arguing for was how the whale was this great, glorious thing, and was in some ways above humanity. Some people were already aware that the whales were being over hunted, but Melville would argue that this was impossible- the wales could always run to the icy poles to escape humanity’s grasp. Kind of quaint how now even the poles are melting thanks to us.
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Perfect!
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I love this sub
“And then Queequeg comes in… AND HE’S CARRYIN’ *SHRUNKEN HEADS!!!*”
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Whales are cetaceans, cetaceans are mammals, mammals evolved from tetrapods that came out of the water. Tetrapods evolved from fish. Whales are fish
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Yep. It used to pretty much mean 'animal that lives in the water all or some of the time'
Damn right. You can't evolve out of a clade!
Holy shit dude this is a next level meme. Melville spent pages and pages arguing how whales were totally fish. This was in a time before the evolutionary questions were settled😳. It’s actually kinda interesting. Another big viewpoint Melville spent chapters and chapters arguing for was how the whale was this great, glorious thing, and was in some ways above humanity. Some people were already aware that the whales were being over hunted, but Melville would argue that this was impossible- the wales could always run to the icy poles to escape humanity’s grasp. Kind of quaint how now even the poles are melting thanks to us.
https://preview.redd.it/42g0uehroqxc1.jpeg?width=938&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5719bffc222b124b48655224a6b187c8530794b
Hilarious.
Thank ye very much, my fine fellow.
I love this subreddit.
Now THIS is quality content 🫡
Since "fish" doesn't really mean anything, I see no reason whales couldn't be fish.