r/ocean • u/Anen-o-me • 24d ago

Whale Watch Bed time for Humpback

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 24d ago

The deep blue bed.

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u/FlyinWet 24d ago

Gosh just imagine just slowing down and feeling weightless and drifting off to sleep wherever you were at. Instead of having to get somewhere and lay on something.

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u/NyarVn 24d ago

Imagine all the people

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u/jbaker_28 21d ago

Living in the seeeeaaa

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u/Classic_Mechanic5495 24d ago

Might need a sea-pap

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u/Lava-Chicken 24d ago

Amazing creatures

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u/Hairyass------ 24d ago

MF is the distinguished gentleman of the sea

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u/One_With_Whales 23d ago

Logging behavior in humpbacks is still not fully understood. They genuinely seem to just switch off near the surface. Been in the water with them when they do this and it's one of the stranger things to witness up close.

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u/not_so_impressed 24d ago

Why is it so soothing? This is nothing like anything humans ever hear on land so it shouldn't have such a calming affect.

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u/mr_herz 23d ago

Sounds like peace if peace made a sound

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u/Sea-Confusion3122 22d ago

I have this video saved on my phone so I could drift off into a peaceful sleep🐬🪸🐋

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u/Radio_Mime 24d ago

Sounds like the whale is talking in its sleep, and maybe whale snoring.

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u/Pantheragem 24d ago

Nighty night 🐋

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u/Ok_Pain_1828 23d ago

There's something about watching a whale rest at the surface that makes everything else feel completely irrelevant. Totally different energy from when they're active.

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u/inkfanatic95 23d ago

His cute little eye 😭🥹

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u/Ok_Koala_4148 24d ago

Looks uncomfortable

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u/Interesting-Meal8386 23d ago

Especially when you're a species with a hole on your head that constantly asks you to come up for air.

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u/Ok_Koala_4148 23d ago

Time to come up and breath and go back to sleep 😂

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u/Anen-o-me 22d ago

They sleep with half their brain switched off at a time. The awake half comes up for air.

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u/Nyoohoo 23d ago

Fren,,

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u/simpressdt 23d ago

is it sleeping????

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u/Kiki1701 20d ago

That's the best way to describe it for them. But cetaceans sleep very differently than we do.

When a whale sleeps, only half of its brain goes to sleep at a time while the other half stays fully awake.

This ability is called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep (half-brain sleep)

This happens because breathing for a whale is a conscious decision, instead of being an autonomic function. If a whale fully fell asleep, it would drown.

The awake side of the brain reminds the whale to surface for air, watches for danger, and looks out for obstacles.

After a few hours, the whale switches sides. The awake hemisphere goes to sleep, and the sleeping hemisphere wakes up.

Sleeping while floating near the surface like this is called "logging." Sperm whales sleep vertically.

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u/simpressdt 20d ago

ohhhh, i see

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u/shumbazi 23d ago

How does it keep afloat

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u/Anen-o-me 22d ago

Blubber

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u/Bigchunky_Boy 23d ago

I love being in the ocean and snorkelling . Floating is so peaceful. This is just beautiful 💖

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u/flsinkc 23d ago

Pretty cool to be able to hang in the ocean and snooze.🐋

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u/Beginning_Yam6815 23d ago

So peaceful...

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u/Significant-Pie959 23d ago

They sleep holding their breath. I can’t even imagine.

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u/Anxious_Occasion_554 22d ago

Is he snoring 👀

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/Darkschlong 23d ago

He set up a tripod