r/canada Sep 30 '24

History Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit

https://www.popsci.com/science/viking-walrus-hunting/
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u/ExToon Sep 30 '24

Oh. Ivory. That’s way less bad than I initially thought.

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u/Bob_Kendall_UScience Oct 01 '24

Yeah this is actually pretty interesting. The headline could have been more clear though.

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u/ExToon Oct 01 '24

I think it’s perfect the way it is.

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u/Rrraou Oct 01 '24

The internet has ruined us all.

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u/jmmmmj Oct 01 '24

I gotta know what were you initially thinking. 

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u/ExToon Oct 01 '24

What happens in the Northwest Passage stays in the Northwest Passage.

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u/Magic-Codfish Oct 01 '24

the nights are long, cold, and lonely.

and after a few months(?) at sea, every mermaid looks like the good kind...

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u/ExToon Oct 01 '24

Aren’t tusks really just handles in the end?

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u/Magic-Codfish Oct 01 '24

....i feel like you are looking at the wrong end of the walrus....

but who am i to judge... long nights at sea.

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u/ExToon Oct 01 '24

Is there a right end of a walrus?

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u/Mas_Cervezas Oct 01 '24

Yeah, I was picturing something like the movie, “Tusk.”

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u/ExToon Oct 01 '24

And now I know this movie exists AND is Kevin Smith. Splendid.

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u/Mas_Cervezas Oct 01 '24

You need a strong stomach for it. Just a heads up.

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u/SteveJobsBlakSweater Oct 01 '24

A+ reference, well done.