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I really do think that it’s good for the soul to be unironically pretentious about something. Not in a gatekeeping kind of way but in a “yes, it really is that deep and I would love to enthusiastically and passionately explain why” kind of way.

#finally. a post for Me.

weepingwitch

sounds can be bad or good, depending

fuckhugeoctopus

For years, sci-fi has asked, what if aliens were wetter than us. Project Hail Mary posits a new, daring question. What if we are the wet aliens

undying-princess

they're executing the count from sesame street for violating the masquerade

jungwildeandfree

(suspicious that Venser of Dominaria has once again tried to sneak a clever replica into my horde of devoted slivers) what's not clicking

romanceyourdemons

really weird how receptionists are expected to be the gentlest most submissive people in the office but are also, in terms of practical function, the security guard

#[nods as if i understand] we must heavily arm the receptionists

listen i will not deny it feels good as fuck to go "aha, i know just the thing!", pull an enormous book off the shelf, and open it to exactly the right page

ruinedchildhood

supersoftly

fishenjoyer1

Fish of the Day

Happy Monday, everybody! Today's fish of the day is the gummy shark!

The gummy shark, also known as the Australian smooth hound, smooth dog shark, sweet William, or scientific name Mustelus antarcticus, are a common catshark around Australia. Found in and around the Southern seas, along the shallow continental shelf, from the depths of 80-350 meters along the sea bed. Although female shark groups spend their days in deeper waters than male shark groups. These sharks are named due to the pavement shaped teeth, made up of many flat plate-like teeth that make them appear toothless, and the more regional name of sweet William coming from the rank smell these sharks emit once removed from water. However, recent research surrounding these sharks shows they may be a subpopulation of the nearby Eastern spotted gummy shark (Mustelus walkeri).

The flat teeth of these sharks are perfectly adapted to grab and crush shelled and unshelled prey, such as cephalopods, crustaceans, and bony fish. This prey allows these sharks to get as large as 176cm (70in) in females, and 157cm (62) in males! However, this size allows predation from other sharks, particularly broadnose and sevengill sharks. To evade predation, these sharks are colored to blend into the sandy sea bed, and travel close to the shore to eat at night, spending the day hidden in caves, or under sand.

These sharks aggregate into groups based on sex and size, where female shark groups are found further to the West and Southwestern coast of Australia in prime breeding and feeding areas. Males will remain in the Southeastern territories, migrating west for the summer breeding season. After successful breeding occurs, female sharks can incubate litters of anywhere from 14-57 pups at a time, which they will gestate 11-12 months before birth, as the gummy shark is ovoviviparous. These pups will then be cared for by the female sharks, using the Southwestern slope of Australia as a nursery, where the male pups will depart only at sexual maturity in 4-5 years. After this, these sharks will live upwards of 16 years, with female sharks going their entire lives, where amle sharks stop gaining length at around 10 years of age. These sharks are currently facing very minimal threats, and have healthy populations, being considered a least concern animal to conservation.

That's the gummy shark everybody! I hope everyone enjoyed learning about today's fish, and be ready for more soon!

Sources:

“Mustelus Antarcticus.” Fishes of Australia, fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3260.

“Gummy Shark.” Gummy Shark | Australian Fisheries Management Authority, www.afma.gov.au/species/gummy-shark#referenced-section-1.

“Mustelus Antarcticus.” Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions, 6 Feb. 2023, rodneyfox.com.au/mustelus-antarcticus/.

McGrouther, Mark “Gummy Shark, Mustelus Antarcticus Günther, 1870.” The Australian Museum, 21 Mar. 2023, australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/gummy-shark-mustelus-antarcticus/.

#Carcharhiniformes has gotta be one of my all time favorite taxonomic names #it has teeth in it <- DEEP WIZARDRY REFERENCE

soreheadinamblemood

crazy-brazilian

bermuda-n-drangle

speedrun

#mothers instinctively grasp what anime fans need years to master #yet another win for moms #huge W as well for OPs mom since she can now avoid having to see the rest of NGE

unconventiononthelawofthesea

basically you should read Judith butler and probably also foucault before you start having any sex imo

helldevilsfromsatanland-deactiv

this plus bataille/henry corbin/zhuangzi/nag hammadi/left ginza/vimalamitra's commentary on pith instructions/sefer yetzirah/huainanzi & practice shamanic cosmic orbit qigong for 40 years in a mountain cave

cryptotheism

DONT do this it makes mustard gas

sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog

the only future of the internet is the following tab of tumblr. death to "for you." Death to algorithmically generated content that exists not to spread humane values or accurate information but only to monetize your attention.

In the future the internet will be dead except for the weirdos who hang out in the post-algorithmic, cratered-out ghost towns, and then and only then will the social internet finally achieve its potential.

americans love to keep their expensive vehicle in a big dumb square