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Nice thread :-). Isn't it that whales have a big fat layer just under their skin to protect from the cold of the water and as a source of energy for bad days? The electric conductivity of fat is very low. So the electricity can't get into the organs of the whale. Thus he can't get killed. Maybe if a whale gets hit directly in the head its different. The blow out hole with its transition directly into the lungs could be vulnerable too?

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08-06-2009 , 06:05 AM

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So fat people are immune to lightning now?

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08-06-2009 , 06:08 AM

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I'm guessing that many people who are hit by lightning and live are still ****ed up for a while. Just because the initial strike doesnt kill the whale it still may drown before it gets its **** back together

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08-06-2009 , 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Vantek

So fat people are immune to lightning now?

they just smell more bacony to the EMTs

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08-06-2009 , 06:20 AM

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Well, some whales have up to a 50cm fat layer which is also more equally distibuted. The average fat person has a lot of belly and hip fat :-p. So they are not quite as well protected...

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02-08-2012 , 07:17 PM

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02-08-2012 , 11:59 PM

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awesome bump

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02-09-2012 , 12:08 AM

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Interesting to see that this thread was apparently the birth of Empire Man. A+ poster IMO

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02-09-2012 , 02:32 AM

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Wow, back in 2009 Suzzer was actually a decent poster

When I saw this I was coming to post that lightning hits land a lot more than the ocean, but whales were bound to be hit. Your post stole the show. Great post!

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02-09-2012 , 02:43 AM

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2p2 >>>>>> yahoo answers http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1155542AAzuwgj

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02-09-2012 , 06:31 AM

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I can't wait until some goofball hiring manager throws this question at me. Thanks to this thread I'm going to blow his mind with my answer, and then when I'm done, I'm going to ask for another $5k in salary.

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02-09-2012 , 06:41 AM

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excellent thread, especially suzzer's analysis.

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02-09-2012 , 07:05 AM

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I googled it and this thread came up so im assuming it'll be hard to find records on it

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02-09-2012 , 12:50 PM

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I googled it and this thread came up so im assuming it'll be hard to find records on it

yep

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me: how many whales do you think have been struck by lightning in all of history
Josh: directly or through the water?
me: ok how about how many whales have died by ilghtning struck
strike
Sent at 11:34 AM on Thursday
Josh: hundreds of thousdands
Sent at 11:37 AM on Thursday
me: haha
i like you
Sent at 11:38 AM on Thursday
Josh: how many is it?
Sent at 11:39 AM on Thursday
me: i dont know
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34/other-other-topics/how-many-whales-have-been-killed-lightning-history-earth-445267/
Sent at 11:40 AM on Thursday
Josh: already there
it was the first result when i googled the question

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02-09-2012 , 12:58 PM

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Wow, back in 2009 Suzzer was actually a decent poster

unsurprisingly, 2012 shoe is still a total cockbag

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02-09-2012 , 01:25 PM

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awesome thread and nice post by suzzer.

I'm surprised no one brought up beached whales that haven't died...seems like a lock that a bunch of those have been struck by lightning over all of whale history.

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02-09-2012 , 01:37 PM

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I saw this was bumped and was really hoping it for was a news story of a whale getting hit by lightning. Damn you tease bumpers.

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02-09-2012 , 01:48 PM

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The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man sending back soup in a deli.

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02-09-2012 , 03:05 PM

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Tsunami type storm including some lightning hits somewhere and there's a beached whale. It's dying...it's almost dead...there's lightning all around. If a lightning strike finishes off said whale then this still qualifies.

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What happens if electric eels are struck by lightning?

Do they become non-electric eels? Do they become SUPER electric eels?

Spoiler:

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That's like getting shot while you're falling off a cliff.

I guess technically it counts.

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I'm surprised no one brought up beached whales that haven't died...seems like a lock that a bunch of those have been struck by lightning over all of whale history.

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02-09-2012 , 10:28 PM

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Whoops, can't read

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02-10-2012 , 04:40 AM

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Imagine if one the whales somehow gain the ability to view our cities and civilization and comprehend. WHOA

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02-10-2012 , 05:06 AM

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Pangea tho

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02-10-2012 , 08:27 AM

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Pangea existed 300-200 million years ago.

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02-10-2012 , 12:11 PM

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Thought america was one of the last to separate much much more recent than 200M yrs....Semantics

How do whales act when storms approach is a more relevant question. Did early ******o whales just surface with not being able to sense weather thus selecting for whales that now swim opposite direction of stormy weather?

Odds a lightning bolt has had a direct hit in a whale's blow hole?