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So I never saw my abuelito's eyes because he always wore shades like 24/7, he also always had a poker face tbh so what I'm saying is: Dave Strider was my grandfather

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Ma’am, this is a family friendly restauraunt.

PAGE 18 PANEL 104 of “Magami Nanasuke” by Junji Ito.

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So are you going to tell us about the giant hyperpredatory sperm whales or do I have to go google some nightmares myself?

we’re all familiar with the Sperm Whale of our modern seas, largest of the Toothed Whales! it’s also completely specialized for eating squid and squid ONLY, a comfort to anyone who’s ever managed to get just a bit too close to those enormous razor jaws.

but this was very much not always the case! the earlier members of the Sperm Whale lineage were much less… discerning.

early Sperm Whales all resembled our friendly modern swimming school bus to some degree, but the main difference was in the jaws- early Sperm Whales like Acrophyseter and Zygophyseter all had wide, powerful jaws with ENORMOUS teeth suitable for snacking on fish, dolphins, aquatic sloths, and pretty much anything else they could fit down their enormous gullets, kind of like a modern Orca.

and from 12 to 7 million years ago, these things RULED the seas. Megalodon who?

but the greatest of these was Livyatan Melvillei, which was the size of our modern Sperm Whale. 

reaching up to 60 feet long and weighing well over 60 tons, it this thing was a Sea Monster in every sense of the word. 

it is so BONKERS huge that they named it after the Hebrew name for the Biblical Leviathan (and also Herman Melville, who would have gotten a real kick out of it). I cannot overstate how unsafe it would be to share an ocean with this thing. Moby Dick would have been an entirely different book if it was still around. 

so what does a 60-feet hyperpredatory whale eat?

*Groucho Marx voice* WHY, ANYTHING IT WANTS. 

(but mostly other whales.)

Livyatan spent most of its time cruising around looking for delicious smaller whales to shove into that nightmare maw up there, a lifestyle choice we call macroraptorial. though in a pinch, anything else would also do. 

(basically, if you were a mid-sized baleen whale in the paleozoic seas you were just SHIT out of luck, between Megalodon and this thing.)

Livyatan may have died out as little as 5 million years ago, meaning it might even have been around to make the early ancestors of Orcas regret their life choices! (Livyatan is the only animal that could possibly make an Orca regret anything, but God, at what cost)

but die out they did, and that’s probably a good thing for us. why don’t we all just take a moment to really appreciate our modern hyperspecialized Sperm Whales, especially the part where they don’t eat us!

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Hi guys! I’m sorry that I’ve been so inactive lately, homework has been a major kick in the bum. I don’t have much else to say, except that I’m going to be posting more horror content!

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Y'all should really follow Overly Sarcastic Productions' twitter

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i’ve only watched like five episodes but i love it

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Tag someone who needs a pupartment!

Credit: lacorgi

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Henry Clerval?

Thanks for the request! Here is one *cough* sassy *cough* ANGELIC lil’ theatre kid! XD (I’m sorry, Mary Shelley)

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"why did you do it? kill a child?!"

"why did you leave me there to die?!"

"so full of promise, full of wonder..."

"have you forgotten, so was i!!"

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what can i say i really love undertale

follow me on insta!!: https://www.instagram.com/suzuvargas/

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😡 well ok

Your sixth most recent emoji is how your guardian angel feels about you

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“you probably won’t die of coronavirus” and “you should try and avoid spreading the virus as much as possible because it has a very high infection rate and no country’s healthcare system can handle that many sick people” are two sentences that are both true and should coexist in this moment

“don’t panic” means please don’t hoard things and remember the vulnerable people, it does not mean “yell #fuckcoronavirus and go clubbing”

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Babybabybabybabybabybaby!!

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Page 3, panels 1/2. “I Don’t Want To Be A Ghost”

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Acclaimed horror mangaka junji ito whipping

Acclaimed horror mangaka junji ito whipping

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Souichi: in this world it’s either yeet or be yeeted

Koichi: I am literally begging you to stop