#Giant Clam Shell

[maclanahan--mermaid-comics]

Half-shell Hideaway

[graveyardrabbit]

Well guess what I just found while cleaning out one of my cupboards

that’s right, another box of acrylic teeth

[memoryaqua]

"The Little Mermaid" picture book, 1981

Illustrations by Shinya Takahashi

[inundatae]

i am a neuvillette popping into existence as a full grown adult like he's trying to reenact the birth of venus truther

and probably pulls it off successfully too

[cascadianights]

I ran out of tags

-riding 4 wheelers

-sandboarding

-read a book

-do some art

-kayak or canoe

-surfing

-gathering little mollusks and snails and crabs and putting them on your boogie board to watch crawl around

-catch or frisbee or volleyball

-Bob in the water and just exist

-snorkel

-kick sand up so little fish come and circle you

-find a sand bar to stand on way out in the water

-sand messages

-rolling down the dunes

-driving along to different beach outlets

Are you going to the wrong beach?!?!

[nary-a-care]

SO WHEN APHRODITE LIES NAKED ON A GIANT CLAM SHELL SHE'S A "GODDESS" BUT WHEN I DO IT I'M "DRUNK", "CAUSING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE" AND "NO LONGER WELCOME IN THE AQUARIUM"

[yuri-is-online]

""No you can't get the ability to breathe underwater from kissing a mermaid Floyd is making that up.-" i can actually picture regular floyd and even jade telling you that to get a kiss.

Now that you mention it I can too.

Floyd says it with a giant grin, all up in your face making sure you can see his teeth. "What, clam got your tongue?" His voice has that high pitch giggle tone that betrays the violent level of his excitement. "C'mon little shrimpy, ya ain't got much time left." You're not even going underwater really, just a bit further into the seascape surrounding Octavinelle but still. You really are running out of something as your eyes flutter shut and he moves to kiss you, surprisingly slow and gentle at first before pulling you flush to his chest and knocking the air from your lungs like he's determined to breathe for you.

Jade words it like a secret. His smile is deceptively placid, hand over his heart for he's certainly sincere about something, not that you know quite what. "I'd imagine you'd find that a much more... pleasant experience than how you managed last time?" You break eye contact for a brief moment only to have it directed back by the firm guidance of a gloved hand. His grin is much more familiar now, as he guides you closer, just up to his lips making sure your focus is on his eyes. "No need to beg this time, I live to serve after all." There's a brief pause as you stutter and Jade downs the liquid in the familiar shell shaped bottle, letting breath freely flow from his tongue down into your lungs.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

The first two seem rather likely to me! When I inevitably put the BBX into the sirpaverse I think I’ll have the animal purposely attempt to influence you to pop its eye through magic. For what purpose, hmm, I like both the breeding angle and the feeding angle! The reproduction angle could be like those mussels which have a part of their mantle look like a fish, and when a real fish goes to catch the lure, the mussel squirts its larvae into the gills of the real fish, where they then develop! Meanwhile the feeding angle, well, you know the BBX is extremely venomous. Perhaps it intends to lure in smaller animals to pop its eye (via the uneasy feeling), only for the unsuspecting animal to be paralysed, killed and eaten! An unforeseen consequence of the luring just happens to be that any bigger animal feels uneasy too, and would like to go for the eyes. Jellyfish sometimes like to go overkill with their toxins, this wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.

Although…. The third option is very intriguing in its own right, too. What was this animal that you had to pop the eyes of. What could it do. Why couldn’t you harm it in another way. And what is this other animal that you should never pop the eyes of, what happened. What happened to humans when they did it. So interesting!!!!

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK. I JUST REMEMBERED THAT LAST NIGHT I DREAMT A JELLYFISH-LIKE EXTREMELY VENOMOUS SEA CREATURE THAT HAD LIKE A HUMAN FACE OR EYES AND THE SPECIES NAME— the species name was something along the lines of “baeve balsamied xerox” (LIKE THE FUCKING PRINTER COMPANY?????), “baeve” was like another word for brackish. I’m now kind of unsure if the middle word was balsamied but it was something like it and the name was comprised of three words and the middle one had the same letter as the first one which we’ve established was baeve.

This sea creature would cause uneasy feelings in people and would often give them the strong urge to pop one of the BBX’s eyes. But you shouldn’t, for an unspecified reason. This would make people even more uneasy.

[simdertalia]

🫧🐚 ACNH Tidepool Set 🦐🫧

Here is the winner of July's poll, the tidepool set! There are lots and lots of creatures, some rocks, plants, and other items to add even more to your aquariums!

Sims 4, Base game compatible | 59 items | As always, extra swatches added by me! hope you enjoy! 💗

Set contains: -Abalone | 1 swatch | 600 poly -Acorn Barnacle 1 | 6 swatches | 600 poly -Acorn Barnacle 2 (on rocks) | 6 swatches | 816 poly -Chambered Nautilus | 5 swatches | 816 poly -Clam 1-3 (3 items) | 2 swatches each | 402, & 338 poly -Flatworm | 3 swatches | 600 poly -Giant Isopod Decor | 2 swatches | 1014 poly -Hermit Crab 1 & 2 (2 items) | 4 swatches each | 804 poly each -Hermit Crab Pet | 8 swatches for lid color | 1380 poly -Hermit Crab Shell | 4 swatches | 200 poly -Horseshoe Crab | 2 swatches | 1000 poly each -Mantis Shrimp | 1 swatch | 882 poly -Mussel (single) | 3 swatches | 140 poly -Mussels (in a bunch) | 3 swatches | 830 poly -Oyster | 1 swatches | 300 poly -Oyster Knife | 6 swatches | 74 poly -Pearl Diving Pool Bars | 2 swatches | 1256 poly -Pearl Diving Sign | 8 swatches for frame color | 170 poly -Pearl Diving Table | 6 swatches | 138 poly -Pearl Oyster 1 (partial open) | 1 swatch | 602 poly -Pearl Oyster 2 (open more) | 1 swatch | 602 poly -Pearl Oyster 3 (open more, pearl inside) | 4 swatches | 644 poly -Pearl Oyster 4 (shucked, bottom half) | 1 swatch | 322 poly -Pearl Oyster 5 (shucked, bottom half with pearl) | 4 swatches | 364 poly -Pearl Oyster 6 (shucked, top half upside down) | 1 swatch | 294 poly -Pearl Oyster 7 (shucked, top half) | 4 swatches | 294 poly -Pearl Oyster 8 (shucked top half with collected pearls) | 4 swatches | 420 poly -Plant 1 | 1 swatch | 72 poly -Rocks 1-7 | 5, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, & 3 swatches | 141, 258, 114, 218, 74, 283, & 118 poly -Scallops 1 & 2 (2 items, lying down and swimming) | 5 swatches | 604 poly -Sea Cucumber | 5 swatches | 596 poly -Sea Grapes | 2 swatches | 969 poly -Sea Pig | 3 swatches | 862 poly -Sea Pineapple 1 & 2 (2 items, #2 is on rocks) | 2 swatches | 662 & 878 poly -Sea Slug | 5 swatches | 590 poly -Sea Star 1 & 2 (2 items) | 5 swatches each | 402 poly each -Sea Urchin | 4 swatches | 602 poly -Seaweed 1 (growing) | 1 swatch | 602 poly each -Seaweed 2 (pile) | 1 swatch | 778 poly each -Sea Anemone | 5 swatches | 868 poly each -Shrimp) | 1 swatch | 598 poly each -Slate Pencil Urchin | 6 swatches | 799 poly each -Small Pool (lots of slots!) | 6 swatches | 2360 poly each -Tiger Prawn | 5 swatches | 608 poly each -Turban Shell | 1 swatch | 702 poly each -Whelk | 6 swatches | 798 poly each -Wood and Plants | 1 swatch | 4255 poly each

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[bestanimal]

Round 1 - Phylum Mollusca

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

The second largest phylum, Mollusca contains over 76,000 living species and somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000 extinct species, including the ammonites and helcionelloids. Living groups include the chitons, solenogasters, caudofoveates, cephalopods (octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, nautiloids, etc.), scaphopods, gastropods (slugs and snails), and bivalves.

Molluscs are highly diverse, living on land, in freshwater, and in saltwater, where they comprise over 23% of all named marine organisms. The most diverse molluscs are the gastropods which comprise over 80% of known molluscs. Due to their high diversity, the only things most molluscs have in common are a soft body composed almost entirely of muscle, a mantle with a significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (bivalves excluded), and the structure of their nervous system.

Many molluscs are endangered due to collecting and killing individuals for their meat and/or decorative shells.

Propaganda under the cut:

Cephalopods are one of the (if not the) most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates and are capable of using tools, solving puzzles, and play.

Masters of camouflage, many cephalopods can change color, shape, and texture to hide from predators, sneak up on prey, and communicate with each other

The largest molluscs are the Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux), with 12–13 m (39–43 ft) long females and 10 m (33 ft) long males, and the Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) which is estimated between 10 m (33 ft) and 14 m (46 ft) long. The Giant Squid has much longer tentacles, but the Colossal Squid is heavier, reaching a mass of at least 495 kilograms (1,091 lb). The largest specimens of Colossal Squid, known only from beaks found in sperm whale stomachs, may perhaps weigh as much as 600–700 kg (1,300–1,500 lb).

Mollusc shells make up most of the “seashells” washed ashore, and are created by the animal via secretions of chitin and conchiolin from its mantle edge. Not all molluscs have shells (ex: nudibranchs) and for some, the shell is internal (ex: cuttlefish). Mollusc shells come in many beautiful colors, shapes, and sizes.

Most molluscs have eyes, and all have sensors to detect chemicals, vibrations, and touch. Of the phyla we have covered so far, their senses are the most developed.

Conchs can look at you like this:

(Source)

All cone snails are venomous, and some of the larger species are some of the most venomous animals in the world. Even though some species’ stings are fatal to humans, their sophisticated venom has saved lives through its use in neurological research.

Humans don’t just use mollusk meat and shells, but also luxuries like pearls, mother of pearl, Tyrian purple dye, and sea silk. As stated above, many species are now endangered due to human use, but some are farmed for their meat, pearls, and shells. The farming of bivalves is more ecologically-friendly than the farming of chordates as, rather than create waste, bivalves like mussels and oysters actually clean the water.

As filter-feeders, bivalves are natural water filters. A single 5.08 cm (2 inch) clam can filter up to 10-12 gallons of seawater a day. They can even filter microplastics out of polluted water.

The largest bivalve is the Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas) which can weigh over 200 kilograms (440 lb), measure as much as 120 cm (3.11 ft) across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of more than 100 years.

Cover your ears, kids. Terrestrial slugs, which are hermaphroditic, have some of the most intimate sex on the planet. A pair of slugs will suspend from a chord of mucus, heads down, and intertwine their bodies in a tight spiral. They will then evert their penuses and entwine them as well, exchanging sperm while hanging in midair. Slug porn, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, for your viewing pleasure.

[vampirtulpe]

Aran: "Oh sure, when Aphrodite lies 'round naked in a giant clam shell she's a 'goddess', but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'no longer welcome at the aquarium'."

[passionpeachy]

every time you post a fullbody selfie i am disturbed by the reminder that you have legs. your face tells me that you should have a tail, like a mermaid or perhaps a naga. don't ask me how i know this

nah you're right I should be sleeping in a giant clam shell rn

[memoryaqua]

Neptune's Palace

[miguel-manbemel]

Aphrodite or not Aphrodite

Inspired by an incorrect quote by @dikdikpronouncedxylophone .

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

Remus: Sure, when Aphrodite lies around naked in a giant clam shell she's a "goddess," but when I do it I'm "drunk" and "no longer welcome at the aquarium."

[ananxiousgenz]

listening to worlds beyond number is so fun because it goes from like studio ghibli levels of charm and beauty with ink demons and giant clam shells filled with seafood chowder and beautiful cottages to the absolutely GUT WRENCHING characters living in it. in a world where the starshine illuminates the night and a glass tower looms over a desert of white sand and great spirits live in the oceans and forests and foxes can speak and magic is real, people still make bad choices. people are still afraid. people are still hurt. people are still so wonderfully, amazingly, painfully human.