Oklahoma's wildlife department wants people to stop DMing it at 1 a.m. and asking questions like whether there are 'continent size whales' out in the ocean

• Oklahoma's wildlife department got a Twitter DM asking about whales at 1 a.m.
• The Twitter user asked the department whether they've ever been scared of "continent-size whales."

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) wants people to know that they shouldn't be sending in queries about super-sized whales at ungodly hours.

The department published a tweet on June 13, asking their followers to "please stop dming the government at 1am."

"Do you ever think about how deep the ocean is and get worried that there are like, continent size whales down there? Or does being landlocked kind of absolve that fear?" read the message, sent at 12:53 a.m. by an unnamed person.

At press time, the tweet has been viewed over 2.1 million times, and people are weighing in in the replies.

"But, these are the thoughts that happen at 1 am!" a Twitter user named Angie C. Platten wrote.

Another Twitter user named Josh made a reference to Godzilla, saying that he, personally, would be more worried about "moderately sized radioactive lizards."

And the Virginia Department of Transportation joined in the fun, suggesting that the two departments trade Twitter inboxes.

The wildlife agency then asked if their friends in Virginia were sure about that suggestion — attaching another screenshot containing an unsolicited cat picture it received from a user.

"In the two years and some change that I've been with the ODWC, we've seen our fair share of outlandish DMs," Sarah Southerland, the department's social media coordinator, told Insider.

"We get dozens of those kinds of messages a day. Sometimes they can't all be answered, but we do our best as a team to get to as many as possible," Southerland told Insider.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is also on TikTok, where its videos have been liked more than 5.6 million times.

The Oklahoma wildlife department isn't the only government organization that has posted humorous takes on Twitter. In March, the National Park Service amused its audience with a timely reminder, tweeting an advisory to "never "push a slower friend down" to escape from a bear, "even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣"

Meanwhile, the staffers at ODWC are still happy to engage with their followers.

"Bottom line, we're aware of what we've signed up for so we'll happily read through your midnight questions (the next morning)," added Southerland.

Author's note: June 15, 2023 — This story has been updated with a response from a representative of the ODWC.