“Scientists have discovered a shark that glows in the deep ocean and is so tiny that it might even fit in your hand.
Named Etmopterus benchleyi in honor of shark conservationist and “Jaws” author Peter Benchley, the jet-black lanternshark with glass-like teeth and emerald eyes was caught in 2010 as part of an expedition off the Central American coastline on the Pacific Ocean side.
With only eight specimens to go by, very little is known about this shark which spends most its time in the darkest parts of the ocean at depths ranging from 2,742 feet to as much as 4,734 feet. Scientists still don’t know what it eats, what threats it faces and even how widespread it is.
“It is probably living in an environment where it might, even though it is really small compared to other sharks, be one of the larger things there,” said Victoria Elena Vasquez, a grad student at the Pacific Shark Research Center in California and part of the team that made the discovery.”
mmzzmp
what’s that
that’s my glowing sound
mmmmmzzzmp
sound i make when i start glowing
oh ok
dont make fun of me
i’m not making fun of you!
ok good
because im very big for my size
for where i am i mean
my size is big where i live
i bet
are you joking at me?
no
i mean it
i bet it is
it’s something else down there, tell you what
they call me fiercerocious
because im fierce and ferocious both
i can see that
fierce and ferocious both
first i light up, then blammo
there i am
blammo
mmzzmp
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Monk 2: There should also be a turd joke. Academics love turd jokes.
"Does this tiny bioluminescent lamp make my partially absorbed mate look big?"
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ALSO YES PRETTY DEADLY YESSSSSS
I'm so, so pleased with the second arc. I've been very impressed with how smoothly Kelly Sue has tied WWI into the mythology of the series — in the hands of a lesser writer, the transition from Wild West to European Theatre could have been clunky, illogical, or stylistically incongruous. I also feel like Emma's art has gotten even more sophisticated — in #7, her cross section of the trenches and tunnels is so atmospheric, and then her narrowing the perspective to the lenses of the gas mask is masterful.
I was thinking it looks exactly like one of those shoddy hand-painted rubber animal toys that are, like, two for a dollar, and some cheap relative always got you a box of them for Christmas and it was *so* disappointing.
Uuuuuuuuugh the best time the internet cried over a phone ghost <3 <3 <3
Lol… Rolling on the (sea) floor.
isn't Jaws credited with having started a massive killing off of harmless sherks by humans? it must be hard to be a shark conservationist and know that =|
Yes, the book (and more so the movie) gave sharks the reputation as man-killers and caused a lot of shark-killing in response. Benchley wasn't a shark conservationist when he wrote it, but became one later in life and worked to use his celebrity to reverse the effects. Thumbs up, Benchley!
'tis not every day I get to use my ridiculous store of Jaws-related knowledge on The Toast. Thanks for the opportunity.
mmzzmp
the sequel album to mmmbp
(sorry I had to)