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devildog2067 t1_j4wfabp wrote

Reply to comment by beargrease_sandwich in 4-year-old whale of one of the world's rarest species is "likely to die" after becoming heavily entangled, NOAA says - CBS News by Simple_Opossum

So there’s this thing called the sun, it lights up the sky, but only during the daytime. When it goes down below the horizon we call that nighttime, and it’s dark — especially out in the ocean.

Some things are too dangerous to try and do at night, like try and wrestle with a large marine mammal, because it’s dark.

They’re going to go in the morning when it gets light out. It’s not like they clocked out and went home because their shifts were over.

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realoctopod t1_j4wgy2a wrote

Who are you that are so wise in the ways of science.

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Zombie_Harambe t1_j4whp6m wrote

A duck

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InfiNorth t1_j4wsjw8 wrote

Are you suggesting that ducks migrate?

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realoctopod t1_j4xd2po wrote

What is is the air speed velocity of an unladen duck?

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echaa t1_j4xpx7u wrote

Not at all, they could be carried by a coconut.

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bogeyed5 t1_j4wij8c wrote

This person forgot that search Parties often call off searches when it gets dark, because you can’t see Jack shit

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BiNumber3 t1_j4wk5mu wrote

High risk of the rescuers endangering themselves, both in the water and for land rescues.

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j4yd8wr wrote

You are correct. But in attion.... For any given search, there are only so many folks available for a search party. So what are you going to do... Put half on the day shift when they can see well and the chances of rescue are higher and half on the night shift when chances are lower? Of course not... Put them all on the day shift when chances are higher, further boosting your chances of finding. And humans are humans, they can't work 24 hours for multiple days in a row... They gotta sleep. So let them sleep when the chances of discovery are diminished.

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The_Legend_of_Xeno t1_j4wj45g wrote

Not only that, but there are things in the ocean that are much bigger than you, and they like to feed at night.

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Sirgolfs t1_j4wttof wrote

If there’s such thing, then the earth is round. I call bullshit.

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The-loon t1_j4xk9xz wrote

Can you ELI5, this was too science-y to follow

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