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red dog 1

(30,562 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:21 PM Monday

Man removes lice from head of a whale

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Man removes lice from head of a whale (Original Post) red dog 1 Monday OP

Oh, my goodness, that makes me want to cry. Biophilic Monday #1

Isn't this just an advance in computer generated images? Frasier Balzov Monday #2

Likely real CloudWatcher Monday #3

Biophilic

(5,448 posts)

1. Oh, my goodness, that makes me want to cry.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:31 PM

Monday

That is so amazingly cool.

Frasier Balzov

(4,185 posts)

2. Isn't this just an advance in computer generated images?

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:11 PM

Monday

There are a ton of videos employing artificial intelligence to depict incidents of various creatures seeking and receiving human help to clean them of parasites.

This one looks more realistic, but I don't trust my eyes anymore given the speed at which AI creators are developing tools to trick me.

That being said, You're Just A Flightless Bird!

CloudWatcher

(1,966 posts)

3. Likely real

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:33 PM

Monday

Here's a news article on the same video, looks like it could be real and not deep fake.

https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-as-a-gray-whale-seeks-out-an-unlikely-source-of-help-for-its-lice-problem

Edit to add link to original article:

https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/whale-approaches-boat-captain-to-ask-him-to-do-her-a-helpful-favor

And the instagram profile of the boat captain:

https://www.instagram.com/pacojimenezfranco/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=36318a7b-3749-4317-88e5-5f2692ad8ac9

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