These Two Are So Homosexual. You CANNOT Tell Me Otherwise

PLEAAASEEE

Abolish Tesla.

that is incredible

hang on a minute....

palomino blackwing user spotted

i love tumblr sm chat

So, is he Mr. Nice Guy so he can say "No more Mr. Nice Guy" when things get serious?

why is this so real

Not enough people talk about the fact that Quint from Jaws (1975) was suffering from undiagnosed and untreated PTSD. Most soldiers at the end of WW2 didn’t seek treatment because of stigma surrounding therapy and because of the military literally sending out propaganda saying that soldiers with PTSD were either lying or cowards- Patton would give speeches claiming that such soldiers were useless “lying in bed while brave men are dying.” All of Quint’s irrational and destructive behavior makes sense when viewed through these lens:

-why does he destroy the radio? Because his fight response is triggered and he can’t fight the shark but here’s this annoying ass radio, let’s break it

-why does he berate Hooper whenever Hooper has an idea for killing the shark that requires Hooper be in close proximity to the shark? Because that’s how he lost Hobie- his best friend, and former partner: if we allow a queer reading of the subtext of his speech- and he considers Hooper and Brody his friends, literally making statements implying he views Hooper as a kind of son (“he was a young boy, younger than Mr. Hooper here”) so he thinks if he intimidates them he can scare them into being safe

-HE LITERALLY HANDS OUT LIFE JACKETS TO HOOPER AND BRODY BUT DOES NOT WEAR ONE HIMSELF BECAUSE LIFE JACKETS TRIGGER HIM!!!

Quint is a man whose inability to proper treat his trauma due to a lack of access to care and stigma against getting it anyways leads to him being literally consumed by his trauma.

And that’s why Quint is the best character in Jaws.

Chat my school is so... UGHHHHHH wdym someone sprayed fart spray and i had to sit in it for 15 minutes. i finally skedaddled to lunch (sinc i have last lunch) WND SOMEONE SPRAYE IT IN THERE SO EVERU SO OFTEN DUE TO AIR CIRCULATION, IT WOULD WAFT TO ME.

GUYS IM GONNA LOSE IT I NEED TO MEET MARTIN BRODY.

this is malarkey.

TEEHEE UHH idk what it's called but like this phonk thingy but it's in another language (_ _;)

BUT ALSO Time To Pretend by MGMT (σ´∀`)σ

@rowvel

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

yes.

imagine if tumblr was called yumblr and everyone ate dinner together on a very very big table and the dinner was sooo good so everyone was like omg yum

NURSE SHARK AAAAAAA

A Nice Nurse Shark

Requested by @internetdog06

Yes, it’s true! Sharks can be smooth! The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) defies many shark stereotypes, from their appearance to their demeanor and, yes, the texture of their skin. Although they have a bad reputation among divers for their bite, these sharks are more often slow, shy, and skittish. These traits, combined with its distinctive whiskers, give rise to its other common name: the cat shark.

G. cirratum resides in warm shallow waters, including coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, and cliff edges. They can be found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the coasts of North America, Central America, South America, and West Africa. Wherever they live they are bottom dwellers; they spend most of their days swimming slowly along the ocean floor or lounging near the reefs. Another stereotype broken: nurse sharks do not need to move continuously to breathe.

Despite their shy nature, the nurse shark’s size can make it an intimidating threat to any other fish– or people– that happen to spot it. G. cirratum can be between 3 and 4.5m long and can weigh up to 115 kg. And, yes, their skin is smooth, more like a dolphin’s than a shark’s. Their mouths don’t resemble that of other shark either, lacking the distinctive large, triangular teeth. Rather, they have several rows of smaller fan-shaped serrated teeth in a small, round mouth; best for crushing shellfish and coral. They also make for good defense, primarily against other sharks, curious humans, and occasionally American Alligators.

These sharks are suction feeders, and are able to draw invertebrates and small fish into their mouths from up to 3 cm away. They hunt mainly at night, swimmingly slowly along the ocean floor in search of food. During the day return to a home area to rest with other nurse sharks. Within these groups, also called shivers, they communicate mainly using sound, touch, and electroreception. Their distinctive ‘mustaches’ may be used for the latter two senses, forming a similar role to a cat’s whiskers.

Nurse sharks are territorial, both in their daily resting places and their mating sites. Individuals will return every summer to the same area to reproduce. Males and females with both mate with multiple partners, although males are known to ‘flush out’ competing sperm before copulation to ensure their genetics are the ones passed on, although litters with multiple paternities are common. Males also reinforce social hierarchies by biting both other males and females, which they reinforce within their day-to-day groups. G. cirratum is an ovoviviparous species which means the eggs hatch within the mother, and she give slive birth to about 20 pups after a 5 to 6 month pregnancy. Young cat sharks are spotted, and only grow into their brown coloring when they reach sexual maturity, at around 10 to 20 years old.

Conservation status: The IUCN lists the Nurse Shark as Vunerable. Historically they have been captured for their fins, skin and meat, as well as for the aquarium trade. They are also caught as by-catch in fishing nets. However, the species has several protected habitats along the North and Central American Atlantic coast and is currently being evaluated to better protect its migratory pathways.

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