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🤸 Welcome to marine facts with Bagel: part 5
Sperm whales, which are one of the loudest animals in the world, can produce sounds waves so powerful that it can cause your eardrums to burst as well as vibrate your body to death
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🤸 Welcome to marine facts with Bagel: part 4
Filter feeders like blue whales and whale sharks are incapable of swallowing us because their throats are too small
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🤸 Welcome to marine facts with Bagel: part 3
Unlike us humans whose hearts accelerate when we panic or get scared a narwhal's heart does the opposite and slows down. When panicked narwhals can essentially become so scared that their heart slows down enough to the point that it stops. When scientists are trying to help narwhals that are stuck under ice they have to be extra careful because of the consequences scaring a narwal has.
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🤸 Welcome to marine facts with Bagel: part 2
Wolf eels (which are not eels at all despite the name) have life long mates
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🤸Welcome to marine facts with Bagel: part 1
The placement of a hammerhead’s eyes allow it 360 vision
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Imma use this as an opportunity to talk about one of my favorite creatures from Celtic mythology: the kelpie
(All of this is copied and pasted from my notes app 😇)
Now the kelpie is a shapeshifting water spirit that is usually found near like streams and rivers and I think other bodies of fresh water; it usually takes the form of a horse but is capable of taking on other shapes such as that of an old woman or a man. The thing that gives the kelpie’s identity away is the fact that the kelpie is perpetually wet and cold with waterweeds in its hair or mane. When in horse form the kelpie is known for luring weary travelers to ride it; once they get on its back the kelpie then takes off into the nearest body of water, the rider, who is now stuck to the kelpie, is forced underwater by the kelpie and eventually end up drowning, after the victim is dead the kelpie eats them. If a victim ends up on the back of a kelpie one way they can prevent their death is to grab its bridle, this essentially gives the rider control.
I may or may not add more stuff to this though not specifically kelpie or folklore based, that or I might just do so on my page in general
Please info dump on this post!!
I know a lot of times people autistic/neurodivergent people feel like they have to apologize for their interests and I want to help change that.
I genuinely want to hear about your interests! I want to hear the "fun facts" and the lore of really specific media. Don't shy away from including details, you can write out a whole essay and I'll read every word. Just share about something you like unapologetically!