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I know it's unfair vilification and stuff but it's also a lot of fun to see old media and stuff where people were SO scared of big animals like lions, sharks, crocodiles and wolves were fully expected to just come and eat you the moment you stepped into their territory. In older media we also made that assumption about gorillas and in still older we thought it'd be whales. But some animals that will actually fuck you up got left behind. Boars will kill you and eat you. They're way more likely to do so than any of those other things actually. Hippos, obviously, got off like bandits always being depicted as cute and dopey. And then there's the squids. Not giant kraken size squids. The eight foot squids that hunt in packs and will fuck you up if you fall in the water at night. I can't BELIEVE people slept on that. It's like all they cared about were the huge deep sea ones we never see. The medium size wolf pack squids were right there.

bogleech

Oh some of you don't know about the squids. I talked about them in another thread that went kinda viral somewhere or other but one of the reasons you should not swim in the open ocean at night in many parts of the world is that the water starts teeming with these:

And as you can see it is not like instant death, they too are just animals and they are often just gently curious about the presence of humans! But people who study and dive with sharks will tell you you're safe as long as you stay calm and know what you're doing. The world's leading professional night divers and experts on these squids, specifically??? Stress in every interview and article and paper they write in that you simply do not fuck around with these squids. They know what they're doing and they still all have at least one story of being attacked, in some cases having to be hospitalized. Considering just how rarely anybody puts themselves in the pitch dark nighttime ocean on purpose, let alone during a squid feeding frenzy, it sounds like they're quite a bit more likely to consider you potential food than other marine predators. We also don't know how many fatal attacks might have ever happened, because what humboldt squid like to do with large prey is just drag it away into the darkness forever. The two worst attacks ever proven involved two or three squid at a time latching on to a diver (in BOTH cases they were professionals and knew the risk!) and jetting straight downward with enough force that both divers suffered injury from the sudden pressure change alone, including burst eardrums, nearly passed out and they probably would have died if they hadn't broken free. In general, people who die drowning in the dark open ocean are either never found, or they're found in pieces picked over by enough scavengers that the precise cause of death can only be narrowed down to "the sea." But now you know ONE of "the sea's" possible murder weapons :)

There's a short section on Humboldt squid in Wikipedia's entry for Cephalopod attacks on humans:

And if you can get past some of Animal Planet's hokey presentation style, this video includes a bit of interview with one of those professional experts who still got nearly squidded from existence:

There is of course some debate about all this, with some arguing that all proven documented attacks occurred on people with reflective diving equipment, which they say the squid must have mistaken for the shine of fish. However, there are lots and lots of people who have to fish around these squids to survive, who do not have access to that kind of equipment, and also have a consensus that if you fall in the water when big squids are out hunting you might disappear without a trace or perhaps just get your head bitten open. With many modern science guys agreeing with this sentiment, this is one case where the "they're just misunderstood sea friends" crowd is kind of outnumbered. The sea at night is theirs and not ours is all. It's not ours during the day either but since we are neither marine nor nocturnal animals we are double fools in the eyes of the squids, which by the way are these eyes:

No for real:

my-ants-are-anxious

Absolutely! Also, the Humboldt squid will hunt in packs, sometimes with one flashing brightly to draw attention while the others approach in near unseeable camoflage!

bogleech

Beautiful footage of the nefarious sea demons also :)

Also because I can't reblog every addition together:

Okay where's the other 1199

spiralshellsreblogs

I absolutely adore Humboldt squid. I saw a doc once where a scientist was cage diving to study them, and one of the squid squeezed it's entire massive body through the cage bars, bit the guy and squeezed right back out.

bogleech

Why isnt this an animal that's already long gone viral like honey badgers once did. This is the animal that actually gives no fucks. People really are just that obsessed with bigger squids I guess? But the bigger ones frankly come across as big softies in comparison. One big sea monster can never be as intimidating as a thousand coordinated man sized sea monsters.

This is why I thought that if mermaids had a cultural equivalent to lycanthropy it'd be weresquids. Fun fact nocturnal marine life increases activity on the brightest nights ie the full moon.

lasrina

This is all fascinating but I'm reblogging it exclusively for the phrase "got nearly squidded from existence."

potatoesdauphinoise

Potatoesdauphinoise's Potatoes dauphinoise

Ingredients:

Approx. 1/4 cup of milk, cream if feeling fancy.

Approx. 1/2 cup of salted butter

Six large potatoes

salt

pepper

1/2 cup of grated cheese.

Directions:

Wash and peel Potatoes. Using a mandolin, slice potatoes very finely.

In a large, oven-safe dish, evenly place five very thin pats of butter, spaced evenly. On top of these, place a layer of potatoes, interlocking just a little. Add a few grinds of salt and pepper.

Place the butter again, in a different configuration to the first. Thin, thin slices, evenly distributed. Layer potatoes, then salt and pepper, then butter again.

Repeat until dish is full, or you are out of potatoes. Pour in a splash of milk (or cream), making sure a little gets everywhere. On top, grate a layer of cheddar cheese. You can also put a little between the layers if cheese isn't 20 dollars a block where you live.

Bake at 180 for about 40 minutes, or until top is golden and crispy and potatoes are cooked through. Serve immediately.

horrifyingsludge

i'm just posting this to flex that i followed her before she went private but this really is an all timer

lesblizzard-ultradyke

God i hate how often people bring up modern ai situation when talking about Detroit become human. This game has like. Nothing in common with gen ai. The "robots took our jobs" problem in the game is only similar in one way that is big ass companies like that they can spend less money on work power. But even the whole like reasoning for why companies do that is very different. With gen ai its about faster and cheaper results even if its bullshit because people will eat it up as long as its slightly entertaining and in dbh it's about having the machines that can do everything that humans can but faster better and while abused physically and psychologically aka the perfect employee who is not scared not hungry not tired and doesn't feel anything... the whole human against robots situation in the game is very different i dont wanna see everyone go oooo gen ai booooo i dont thinj i like androids after the whole gen ai thing. Are u stupid.

virtual-artifacts

Child’s amulet / talisman; gold, tiger’s claw

Chinese Peranakan people, Indonesia- Java,

Late 19th - early 20th century

i-love-my-blorbo-polls

is your blorbo an artist

Yes, they write music

Yes, they draw

Yes, they write stories

Yes, they sculpt/make statues

Yes, but not one of the above

Yes, multiple of the above

Kinda?

( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )

Remaining time: 6 days 18 hours

Made bc I just started school back today and I’m in AP art this year

#improv artist on the battlefield

riverjaneway

One thing that's so underrated about PHM is Eva Stratt's appearance. She doesn't have the lipstick, sleek bun, pencil skirt (or even pantsuit), and heels look that is so often the uniform of female characters in similar roles. She doesn't wear makeup (as much as any other actor). She wears her hair down or in the simplest ten-second buns. She wears softs, easy to move in clothes that are weather appropriate. Why would she spend extra time making her physical body less efficient?

feyspeaker

💫🪐no Shepard without Vakarian (this is the mini for this month's print club!)

the1920sinpictures

1927 Kodak Petite Cameras. From Art Deco 1920, FB.

hunny-and-haycorns

Wow, apparently the bellows were also colored to match the housing, and they came with accessories like matching compacts.

avatarofthewriting

found what they look like with the bellows open!!

credit u/deepsky_wonders on reddit

thesurestthing

Badass thai woman catching durian fruits being harvested

gendiebrainrotreceipts

Tf do you mean ‘you weren’t born in your body’?? Where else could you have been born??

rexuality

hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)

activityenjoyer

Hi, it’s me, your Flix Bus driver. I heard some of you back there asking why we’re on this dirt road in the middle of a cow pasture if this is supposed to be a direct line from Berlin to Munich. To that I say: you all need to mind your own damn business and look at the fucking moo cows.

activityenjoyer

To all the folks in the notes saying things like “genau so und er ist immer noch zuverlässiger als der ICE” hang in there babes you’ll get to your destination eventually probably ✊😔

anik

i love this guy

gammaraydeath

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