| has gloss | eng: Mister Splashy Pants, or Mr. Splashypants, is the name of a humpback whale in the South Pacific Ocean. It is currently being tracked with a satellite tag by Greenpeace as a part of its Great Whale Trail Expedition, which was working to raise awareness about whales threatened by the Japanese Fisheries Agencys plan to kill 50 humpback whales. The whales name was chosen in an online poll that garnered attention from several websites, including Boing Boing and Reddit, quickly became an internet meme, and later the subject of a TED talk by reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian. |
