#shark things

[squidsinashirt]

Thanks to the drone for catching this absolutely awesome start to the morning 😍 right out next to our reef too!!

This big guy is a whale shark, and (despite the name) they’re not whales at all. They’re actually the largest species of fish in the world! These gentle giants can grow up to 40 feet long, sometimes even bigger. And, get this, they’re filter feeders, which means they don’t hunt like other sharks. Instead, they swim around with their huge mouths wide open, filtering plankton, small fish, and squid from the 🌊

One of the coolest things about whale sharks is their unique pattern of spots and stripes. It’s like a fingerprint, totally unique to each individual 🦈 Scientists use these patterns to identify and track them over time, which helps us learn about their migration routes and behavior. They’re very secretive - we still don’t know a huge amount about their breeding behaviours or their young! 🥹

Besides being amazing creatures to see, whale sharks play a pretty important role in the ocean ecosystem 🌱 Since they feed on plankton, they help keep plankton populations balanced. That’s crucial because plankton forms the base of the marine food web; supporting everything from tiny fish to big predators!

[aquariies]

Honestly? I do think George Russell's symbolic animal is definitely a shark 🦈🦈🦈

[confettieparfait]

shark cookies ! 🦈

[sinscrivener]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I COULDN'T with @messinwitheddie comment with a whole thing of novelty ducks-

'Roman winds up with a collection of novelty duckies. Every time Troy comes across a different one, he buys it and hides it for Roman to find later ^^.'

Got my spirits up like fireworks~

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Etta collects I believe Elf dolls? (Something Elf/Troll like?)

Troy with his Asylum game I'm positive would collect what he could from its franchise~

Now Ro has Ducklings~

Trager and his sharks is now a full on headcanon, thanks @messinwitheddie

Eddie himself seems like a very romantic man and would collect little wedding based things, 'Mr. And Mrs.' Cups/mugs, towels (but that's my own stupid thing)

[asknitoririn]

"This is how senpai try's to impress me I told him to make it romantic and this is what I get.. I love it!!"

[squidsinashirt]

Mr Gordon

I have an addition to my number one shark fact.

Whilst they are older than trees, they may also be older than the rings on Saturn.

:)

Haha!!

SHARKS > SPACE

take that @starman-john-tracy 😏 🦈

As always, your kind contribution to the shark cause is most appreciated 🫶🏻

[dakotabone1213]

there used to be a shark like being with a buzzsaw like jaw, called helicoprion

This little fella. Scientists were confused for a while as they assumed the fossil they found would attach to their dorsal fin and/or tail, which was disproven some time later where they figured out by the remains that the fossil of teeth (because a lot of shark scales are also made of the same thing as their teeth) were meant to be inside of the mouth and not on their outer body.

the teeth have been assumed to have been for breaking hard bodied prey

they also technically weren’t sharks

Guys this is cool look

[aquatic-hybrid]

"You've mentioned once or twice that you like how I smell like herbs---are there any scents you particularly hate?"

As Akio leaned against the nearest wall, he considered what Robin was asking with a small hum. "Scents that I hate...I was never a fond of the scent of blood. Ironic, knowing my birthplace, but something about that scent messes with my head. Makes things fuzzy and hard to focus, sure when it's the heat of battle and someone is trying to mess you up, blood is a thing one would smell. But even with my level of mental focus, it still attracts an odd itch from within."