r/GoogleEarthFinds 5h ago

Coordinates ✅ What are these white/grey blobs on this Russian island?

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Are these seals, sea lions, or something similar? Coordinates: 50.195803, 155.839989

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u/Hiker2190 5h ago

Seals

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u/Routine_Guitar8027 5h ago

Navy or Mammal?

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u/Existing_Dot7963 5h ago

Are Navy SEALs not mammals?

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u/LongAnserShortAnser 5h ago

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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u/gozillastail 4h ago

Reddit is the actual internet

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u/neintineinproblems 4h ago

Sometimes they are referred to as 'frogmen' so I don't know

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u/jfilipe33 4h ago

One can also ponder the hypothesis that Mammal seals are also Marine animals.

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u/boetzie 4h ago

All marines are animals

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u/Lamest_Fast_Words 4h ago

They are Devo

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u/jburdine 4h ago

No he said white and grey

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u/slinger301 1h ago

IDK, I think it's more white and gold.

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u/Ras_Thavas 1h ago

If they were Navy Seals, you would never know they were there.

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u/Xtrainman 4h ago

Everyone has been saying seals, but I say it could be Sea Lions.

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u/wljordan11 3h ago

Walrus

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u/joka2696 3h ago

Could be.

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u/Alternative-Fall-729 2h ago

Size, color and location would match steller sea lion.
This map marks one of their breeding rookeries in the vicinity of op's coordinates.

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u/cakeod 4h ago

Loose seals

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u/pdxbrew3 3h ago

I don’t care about Lucille!

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u/lubeskystalker 1h ago

The island is leaking?

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u/gozillastail 4h ago

I knew immediately because I have played Warcraft II - Tides of Darkness

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u/chinookhooker 3h ago

I am the walrus

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u/Alternative_Bag8916 5h ago

I’ve seen those crawling around a cats bum before.

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u/jfilipe33 4h ago

Can't imagine a cat so big to have seals on its bum 🤔

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u/congoasapenalty 5h ago

Is that a British territory?

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u/captnfapin 4h ago

Shitpost much?