Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world Wolf Link 🐺 @lemmy.world 2y ago

The awkwardly adorable way seals move on land is called "galumphing"

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/blogs/comments/galumphing_how_seals_move_on_land

32 comments

Imagine how stupid we look to water dwellers with our methods of self propelled moving trough water.

I bet the water fauna doesn't consider it swimming either and probably would have some funny name for it if they used a universal language.
- It's just sinking with style
One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.
- The second coming of u/poem_for_your_sprog?
  
  Alas, not original like Sprog, just an individual with quite refined tastes quoting from the excellent classic poem by Lewis Carroll https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky
Well if the physicists can steal "quark" from James Joyce, the sealologists can steal "galumph" from Lewis Carroll.

("Quark" rhymes with "Mark" in the original, though; not with "dork".)
- Do people actually pronounce it qork?
  
  Murray Gell-Mann did (the guy who named them for anyone unaware). The general opinion seems to have been similar to that of the guy who invented the gif however: just because he named it doesn't mean he wasn't wrong about how it is pronounced.
So I just started galumphing...
You should see how mattresses move
- https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Sqornshellous_Zeta
  
  Yes, that's what I was referencing. 😊
I'm reporting this post. I didn't consent to being recorded getting outta bed in the morning.
Pretty sure its boing-boing-boing-ing.
https://youtu.be/-SjPVVeNdKY?si=t5SxYNrLFd0z6Ope
- I expected this
  
  https://youtube.com/shorts/-OK8IpxR3s8?feature=shared
  
  This one always gets me, hahhahaha
- There it is!
I didn't get a galumph outta that guy!
So there I was, gallantly triumphing
Life uhh finds a way
I wish I were a seal so I could galumph and poop at the same time.
- I mean, nothing is stopping you now. Live your dream!
The one bucking the curve riding side saddle is way ahead of the game.
- It looks like he's missing a flipper. I bet that really wreaks havoc on his balance / equilibrium.
Why does this sound like an incorrect spelling of galloping?
I'm in this post, and actually, I'm ok with it... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

32 comments