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As someone who studied marine mammals the cetology chapter cracked me up. Imagine you're from the 1850s and have no clue about whales and you pick up this book to a real "old man yells at cloud" moment where the narrator asserts that, nuh uh Lamarck, whales are fish, and also dugongs are not whales (spoiler alert: they are) bc they have a bad attitude. Priceless literature
— May 12, 2026 01:47PM
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Nina
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Melville really said here is a tragicomedy about hubris :) Also none of yall "scientists" know how to draw a whale
— May 19, 2026 04:10PM
