# Carl Safina on Reddit (u/Carl_Safina)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/carl-safina

Carl Safina: Ecologist and author of Beyond Words.

- Reddit account: [u/Carl_Safina](https://www.reddit.com/user/Carl_Safina/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2016 r/science AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/504pou/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/science (138)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2016 to 2016
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Safina

## Moments

### u/Carl_Safina in r/science, Aug 29, 2016 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> I've been very curious about Orcas recently, could you elaborate on their cognitive abilities? Particularly their emotional attachment and self-awareness?

> During the era of captures in the Northwest, when they'd learned that the helicopters would bring the catch boats, one family split with the mothers and little babies going one way and staying underwater a long time and the others staying on the surface to decoy the helicopter. Astonishing but that's them.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/504pou/comment/d71hwkl/ · 21 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Carl_Safina in r/science, Aug 29, 2016 · AMA answer

Replying to a redditor:

> How would you teach children to be concerned?

> I wouldn't. I would teach them to love the living world. I would show them how we act when we love and care for the world. I would let them get wet, dirty, sandy, and happy.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/504pou/comment/d71jquz/ · 16 points as of Nov 7, 2026