Photo: Santiago Urquijo (Getty)
Let’s be honest: this generation is obsessed with selfies; they take some anytime they can, regardless of how inappropriate the situation is. As long as they capture it on a camera folks in this day and age are happy. Well, a 66-foot beached whale was found on the shore in Chile and people decided to take selfies with it.
According to Gabriela Garrido, a researcher at the Museum of Natural History Río Seco, about 50 people were spotted taking photos on and around the dead whale. Including these two women who need to be reminded they are not at Universal Studios and that is not a fake whale.
Una ballena azul de 21 Mts varo en el sector de Punta Delgada, a 117 kms de Punta Arenas, el cetáceo estaba rayado con dedicatorias, cortes profundos en su piel y dos mujeres fotografiándose encima de su cuerpo #RespetoAnimal pic.twitter.com/l3GoWuSShq
— Rodrigo Saavedra (@rodrigo_sm) February 18, 2018
Holy hell. After the outcry, the Chilean Navy constructed a perimeter to prevent people from continuing to vandalize the body. People were even carving graffiti on the poor whale. And let’s just say people weren’t happy about everything that went down.
I feel terrible for that poor animal. https://t.co/eFDWaC3Ee9
— Best Funny Vines (@BestVines24) February 21, 2018
A pitiful end for a titan of the sea: Blue whale carcass is stomped on by people taking selfies and covered in GRAFFITI saying ‘Ana I love you’ after washing up on a beach https://t.co/XWFnGc67Ag #OpWhales#RacingExtinction
— Amazing Poppy (@AlbiDeak) February 21, 2018
Blue whale carcass is stomped on and covered with GRAFFITI in Chile. The more I see the news, the more I’m convinced the human race is definitely going backwards #morons #pondlife https://t.co/9mOFi6ahrV
— Philip Morris (@phil500) February 20, 2018
They won’t respect the living. They won’t respect the dead. https://t.co/hRsBNRXYsj
-via @inshorts— Shreya Nath (@The_WriterGirl) February 21, 2018
All a bit sad really. For the #BlueWhale and us. https://t.co/sv2OyiCqUD
— Glerk (@ShiftStuff_LDN) February 21, 2018
Don’t know if people needed more proof, but folks taking selfies on a dead whale just shows you how screwed up we are. And to think that most of these selfies were taken in order to get a handful of Instagram likes.
I think it’s pretty clear the selfie era has crossed the line big time.
h/t Someecards
