33 Aquatic Animal Memes for a Deep Breath and a Deeper Scroll

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 22, 2026 10:45 AM EDT

A deep dive is more than a literal experience - a deep dive into humor can actually relax you. And that's exactly why the diving-type memes are the best for the job.

Imagine a whale. This whale holds your current Monday troubles, and all the hardships you're about to face during this next week. But it's not an erratic animal that lets anxiety pull the strings of its existence. A whale is a big mountain of chill, of large inhales before diving in, and even larger exhales when they're out again. Basically, this is the whale of troubles - you inhale a deep, calming breath before diving into everything you'll need to do today, but the whale makes all the trouble drown out, while all you're left with is the vast quiet of the ocean.

But this is not just about sinking all your troubles away, and dealing with the rest of this week in a more relaxed and healthy way (although this is definitely a big part of it). It's also about the deep breath, full of air, that makes you feel like you're a fish floating with no worries. That's the Monday we want to swim into. One where it's okay to smile and relax during the day, even while still working, on missions, doing tasks, and whatnot.

And by the end of it, you get out and let out the biggest exhale of relief, just like a whale that swims up above water level and pretends their nosetrills are a geyser erupting. This is such an animalistic way to finish off a Monday, but what can we do - we're all about the animalistic way here. But you have to admit it - after a deep dive into this day, which is quite the start for a week, we all have to exhale and relax even further.

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Regarding dophons taking over after we're gone - we won't be surprised if that happens. Granted, we're part of the last surviving humans who managed to stay alive and watch the dolphion takeover. Dolphins are actually highly intelligent, with an intelligence roughly matching that of chimpanzees in terms of complex cognitive abilities. They possess massive brains, demonstrate high self-awareness, use tools, and communicate using sophisticated "signature whistles" that act as names (basically using language). If whatever happens - a third world war, a rogue AI overhaul, global warming finally catching up - the next super-beings of this Earth are definitely going to be dolphins.
But there's also The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy case, where the dolphins really tried to warn humans from the planet's impending doom, and when they couldn't, they skedaddled away from here. They used highly advanced technology and probability mechanics to leave Earth entirely, successfully migrating to another alternate dimension or watery world. Well, but they were the second most intelligent species on Earth… after mice. Humans came only third in line.
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