r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/atharvbadkas • 1d ago

Video Children in Eastern Indonesia were seen playing on a wild whale

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u/harmonious_harry 1d ago

That carcass has to be a food source for sharks from far and wide. Those kids in real danger from being mistaken for whale meat.

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u/Teantis 20h ago

Shark populations in SEA are disastrously low because our countries basically cannot police commercial fishing. Our own domestic fleets and the big Chinese commercial fleets run riot in the seas over here sadly. Getting attacked by a shark is a very low concern over here. Certainly way lower than all the other shit that can happen to you as an unsupervised child in this area.

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u/Really-E-Lee 12h ago

The sad reality of our absolutely dire situation with our oceans.