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rubdown: brsis: lets talk about this fella here a moment this baby is a ribbon eel, part of a group of fish called the moray eels. moray eels are basically hilarious because they are always fucking delighted (they can’t actually close their mouths so basically they’re grinning from ear to ear every moment of their lives). wait i hear you say, if they can’t close their mouths how do they eat. pharyngeal jaws, my friend, pharyngeal jaws. don’t know what those are? have you ever seen alien? i shit you not, moray eels have a second set of teeth in the back of their throats that are spring loaded to jump out and grab things that swim into their mouths. now if that wasn’t awesome enough, the ribbon eel is the only protandric moray. that means that although this little fella is clearly, by his colouring, a young adult male, give him a long enough lifespan and he’ll get bigger, turn yellow-brown, and become female. that’s right, this is a species made entirely of young pretty men and powerful older women. also if you put them into captivity they stop eating and die within about a month. the ribbon eel lives to be free~ EELS MAKE ME CRY BC THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR LIVES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A FRUIT BY THE FOOT

rubdown:

brsis:

lets talk about this fella here a moment

this baby is a ribbon eel, part of a group of fish called the moray eels. moray eels are basically hilarious because they are always fucking delighted (they can’t actually close their mouths so basically they’re grinning from ear to ear every moment of their lives).

wait i hear you say, if they can’t close their mouths how do they eat. pharyngeal jaws, my friend, pharyngeal jaws. don’t know what those are?

have you ever seen alien?

i shit you not, moray eels have a second set of teeth in the back of their throats that are spring loaded to jump out and grab things that swim into their mouths.

now if that wasn’t awesome enough, the ribbon eel is the only protandric moray. that means that although this little fella is clearly, by his colouring, a young adult male, give him a long enough lifespan and he’ll get bigger, turn yellow-brown, and become female.

that’s right, this is a species made entirely of young pretty men and powerful older women.

also if you put them into captivity they stop eating and die within about a month. the ribbon eel lives to be free~

EELS MAKE ME CRY BC THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR LIVES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A FRUIT BY THE FOOT

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pagefright asked: What do you consider Person of Interest's politics are in relation to bears and the rights of bears?

thank you, i very much appreciate this thought-provoking and sensible question. person of interest seems to be very bear-friendly, since one of the main characters (finch and reese’s dog) is actually called Bear. i mean, how often do you hear the word “bear” uttered out loud multiple times in every single episode of a mainstream tv show? Person Of Interest is almost certainly in the lead in that regard.

i think reese would most likely be very humane to a bear, if he ever encountered one. i mean, if a bear was coming at him, he’d probably kill it. but if he’d been sent out to save the life of someone who kept a pet bear in their apartment, he’d probably free the bear and send it to Bear Protective Services before reporting its owner to the proper authorities. and then the episode would end with him and finch cheerfully visiting the bear at its new home in a transitional park for captive bears.

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Why Tumblr just celebrated Fluffy Chicken Day.

Have you ever wanted something so much you’d enlist the help of half a million people to make the wish come true? For Tumblr user thatsmoderatelyraven, a.k.a. Peyton, that desire came in the form of a cute, fluffy chicken.

On Jan. 26, Peyton posted the screenshot to Tumblr—a simple plea that proved quite effective. It immediately went viral and, after nearly three weeks, has garnered the requested 500,000 notes—Tumblr’s equivalent of a Facebook Like—leading some users to proclaim Feb. 17 as Fluffy Chicken Day. [READ MORE]

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