orcagirl3895:

A disabled killer whale that is missing two fins is able to survive in the wild with the help of its family, who hunt for its food. 

The young killer whale has no dorsal fin or right-side pectoral fin, leaving it unable to hunt for itself.

But rather than be left to fend for itself or die, the whale appears to be cared for by members of its pod, which share their food with the youngster.  

Underwater photographer Rainer Schimpf came face to face with the pod while the members hunted in waters off Port Elizabeth in South Africa. 

He said: ‘Incapable of fast hunting and ambushing prey it has to be dependent on the pod which, one assumes, looks after it very well.

‘It shows these mammals are not really just ruthless killing machines but they also have complex, caring social-structures in which they and care for their own disabled members.’

Mr Schimpf had been tracking the pod of seven as they hunted a Bryde’s whale - measuring 50ft (15m) in length and weighing a massive 15 tonnes.

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Source: orcagirl3895

nievie:

arachnis-deathicus:

Gonna quickly throw in an epic quote I found on this article.

KJKJ: Gene Roddenberry, with balls of brass, got up on national tv and said, “hey people, if a geneticist took all the best DNA from planet Earth and put it together to make the best human the world has ever seen - he wouldn’t be a white guy.”

This is why I find the casting of a white actor in this role to be so repugnant. They are not whitewashing an Asian role, they are saying that the best genetic material that the entirety of this world and it’s diversity has to offer….still comes from a white guy.

Reblogging again for that

Yeahhhh that’s super shitty. India has one if the largest film industries in the world, and there are tons of great South Asian actors, there must have been one man of color they could have found for the role if they looked hard enough.

(via queersforfearz)

Source: anneboleyns

Before Sadie came along, smug parents would tell me that you can only really know love when you have a child. I interpreted this to mean the love you feel for your child, which I now know is vast and indefinable. But I wonder if they meant it in a greater sense. It is the love we receive that astounds me. You never know how much people care about you until you fall apart a little and everyone picks you up, piece by piece, and puts you back together again.
Emily Urquhart, The Meaning of White (via nogreatillusion)

But what do you do when you fall apart and you don’t have anyone to help you pick up your pieces?

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