I know people find that trailer scary, to me it's too implausible to instill fear. A fully grown spermwhale is not likely to eat a human or swallow one whole (they also hunt at much deeper depths than we dive). Their throats are barely 2 feet/60 cm wide, so that makes it extremely unlikely to swallow a personwhole WITH with an airtank as in the movie. It would at the very least try to rip you into better bite-size pieces to avoid the risk of choking on our shoulders + airtank.
I didn't say YOU can't enjoy it or find it scary. The book/movie is/might be great, and you're welcome to enjoy it! It was more so to those who express fear and are terrified of going into the sea in case a spermwhale will snack them up, especially after seeing that movie trailer.
A friend of my, an avid amateur photographer, said that the handheld equipment worth thousands he carries around in his bag when hiking are for beautifully composed photos with loads of effort and love. The cheap action camera on his head is for when a bear or some such refuses to pose and they have an artistic conflict resulting in him swiftly vacating the area.
The trailer is 5 minutes of straight of muffled underwater scuba screaming/yelling as a guy literally gets swelled by a whale. Wouldn’t the stomach acid hurt him?
In the book the whale ends up dying so, screw that
The trailer annoys me (had to sit through it multiple times) but at the same time I strongly respect the commitment to the premise. No dialog, and the escalation of events as the divers situation gets worse. You keep thinking SURELY he won’t get swallowed, or if he did surely his story won’t continue in there alive, and yet.
Very easy to picture a producer or editor (it was a book first) saying “what? You can’t do that, that won’t work.” And authors saying o yea? But I still hate it.
There's quite a bit of sexual dimorphism in sperm whales. The females are only half the size of the males when fully grown, so could either be a female or a young male I think.
You know fully well that "size" doesn't refer to mass. If I ask you what size you are, you are not going to tell me your weight. Not going to argue against bad faith, though.
LowlevelRebel
Where is momma and the rest of the pod? Teleporter to standby!
RedCamaro
Jonah, I presume?
DrKonrad
"You won't believe, a whale just wanted to swallow my sperm!
- What?
- Er no, a sperm whale wanted to swallow me!
Loveshead2
“I’ll end you Captain Ahab!”
SpicyGoober
thekadeshi
Are we still doing “phrasing”
iPez
if not food why food shaped
pelicansfightingterrorism
From hell’s heart, I boop at thee!
PassionAggressive
Looks like he’s playing to me. Like that picture of the laughing beluga.
aabcdort
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MmU5Mm1uajg2bTIyMHUxYmdzMm84bzhmMW96cmJmOXFoMnNyNXZnZSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3og0IAHJBZa1zf6UqQ/200w.webp
archon325
The full video is worth a watch! Just google "Sperm Swallow Video"
Skevoid
Looks like it's just playing, as far as I know there aren't any records of sperm whales attacking humans except retaliation on whalers.
Doompug
Yes, but that may be because no attacks have taken place....OR because the whale killed all witnesses.
EveryCyclopsHasAUnibrow
In Soviet Russia, sperm swallows you!
FeIineDisrespectFromBehind
Beat me to it, lol
BodgeandScarper
Damn, that's good!
algoritham
GozerTheGozerian
Goddammit, beat me to it. Take your damn upvote.
ugglorimossen
TheShogunOfSarcasm
Well, maybe if you weren't just floating there looking like a snacc......
HerdOfPotatoes
Movie Whalefall unlocked a new fear here - https://youtu.be/67ho3OxCmmM?si=WuXj_5nEQRxkVGa_
sunfield
I know people find that trailer scary, to me it's too implausible to instill fear. A fully grown spermwhale is not likely to eat a human or swallow one whole (they also hunt at much deeper depths than we dive). Their throats are barely 2 feet/60 cm wide, so that makes it extremely unlikely to swallow a personwhole WITH with an airtank as in the movie. It would at the very least try to rip you into better bite-size pieces to avoid the risk of choking on our shoulders + airtank.
LivingDeadX
sunfield
I didn't say YOU can't enjoy it or find it scary. The book/movie is/might be great, and you're welcome to enjoy it! It was more so to those who express fear and are terrified of going into the sea in case a spermwhale will snack them up, especially after seeing that movie trailer.
EmployedEnglishMajor
Big silly water puppy trying to nibble ya is all
Rkfinecake
Yeah it gives off baby elephant vibes lol.
7hatsBollocks
Is baby.
GordonFreeman59
big bebe
Rkfinecake
Diver is rubber pool toy.
wouldClimbForCash
Yo dawg, I heard you liked reels, so I gave you a headcam and a handcam so you can film while you film.
Minsi
A friend of my, an avid amateur photographer, said that the handheld equipment worth thousands he carries around in his bag when hiking are for beautifully composed photos with loads of effort and love. The cheap action camera on his head is for when a bear or some such refuses to pose and they have an artistic conflict resulting in him swiftly vacating the area.
wouldClimbForCash
Fair point.
baldbear
Cool story bro!
madmax17
Hardcore porn this.
Barjack
Awww it’s just a curious baby
MrFancyPanzer
NotTheActualCharlieDay
Always upvote Mastodon.
MrFancyPanzer
Fitting that i just got a Mastodon t shirt today
algoritham
An ancient meme arises.
BillBarian
Kateness
Just a playful lil guy. Anyway, Whalefall, in theatres October 2026.
vurcease
Has anyone else seen the whole season of Mrs. Davis? Cuz that's right outta that show. Wow.
leaderofmars
Amateur...
organiclife3
Y'all ever read the book Whalefall?
TheMoonBnuuy
terrifying to think what could happen if that was an adult
mormonbatman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalefall_(film)
SMarkt
even the little one can hold your arm in his mouth and dive 3 kilometers with you. and wonder down there , why you dont move any longer
SalmonTheWise
At that point you have to immediately stop running away from God's plan and agree to be a prophet.
TheMoonBnuuy
?
SalmonTheWise
Jonah and the Whale
TheMoonBnuuy
Ooooh.
Hey fun fact, did you know that if you die while reading the bible, you die in real life?
BrontoDan
There is a movie trailer about exactly that!!
sarzaya
https://youtu.be/NNCl_AQYKxg?is=VQk0LJXOSbzr04V2 I’m surprised not to see it yet. Maybe I haven’t scrolled thru enough comments yet.
PantlessThunderGoose42
Whale: “here’s a switch! Specs gonna swallow you!
CaptnRobAnybody
that is just a baby one its just trying to figure out what the strange two finned fish was
qui9
I was wondering why he didn’t have any teeth.
thekadeshi
“My food is problematic” - Whale to Mommy Whale
CaptnRobAnybody
jfalconic0
That baby's mouth is all gums! The way their calves feed, it's possible this one thought the diver was a milk chunk
spookyu
Even still I'd be worried it'd be able to latch on and descend a few hundred feet in a matter of moments. The diver definitely would not survive that.
FartsSmellBad
There's a movie about that
baldbear
You mingle with squid, you get the monch...
FrolickingFrolicking
The trailer is 5 minutes of straight of muffled underwater scuba screaming/yelling as a guy literally gets swelled by a whale. Wouldn’t the stomach acid hurt him?
In the book the whale ends up dying so, screw that
crashmat
The trailer was 5 minutes of me going "fuck that" and "there's a reason I won't go in the sea"
FrolickingFrolicking
The trailer annoys me (had to sit through it multiple times) but at the same time I strongly respect the commitment to the premise. No dialog, and the escalation of events as the divers situation gets worse. You keep thinking SURELY he won’t get swallowed, or if he did surely his story won’t continue in there alive, and yet.
Very easy to picture a producer or editor (it was a book first) saying “what? You can’t do that, that won’t work.” And authors saying o yea?
But I still hate it.
Bobdole010
Just a little guy wanting to play. They get much much bigger
MagnumRadhard
And when they sleep they turn into nightmares
anderlan
They're also big brained, according to the name.
IliveIdyeIliveagain
The human in the video might be 13 feet tall IMO
GordonFreeman59
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
With teeth
KoalaOnTheJuice
There's quite a bit of sexual dimorphism in sperm whales. The females are only half the size of the males when fully grown, so could either be a female or a young male I think.
Gorzag
That's an exaggeration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale#External_appearance
torisenblack
Um, might want to take another look at your link, bud.
Male - 45 to
Female - 15 ton
If I remember basic division, that's "less than half"
Gorzag
You know fully well that "size" doesn't refer to mass. If I ask you what size you are, you are not going to tell me your weight. Not going to argue against bad faith, though.
Male - 16 metres (52 ft)
Female - 11 metres (36 ft)
torisenblack
Didn't say length, bud. Size is mass.
rajyeruh
TIL that 'plus size' is actually a term to describe a very tall person in modern day. Who would have thought. /s
torisenblack
You forgot for a minute there that you dont buy clothes by length, didnt you?
If you see a 400 pound guy that's 5'10" standing next to guy that's 200 lbs and 5'10", are they the same size?
Don't be so sure you're always right that you dismiss anything you dont agree with as bad faith, maybe you'll learn things. ❤️