#fish of the week two

[3nthyu5]

Fish of the Week #2: The Pilot Fish

The pilot fish (Naucrates ductar) is a member of the trevally, or jackfish, family. It is a widely distributed fish, found in warm/tropical open seas.

It is known to follow ships, and many ancient people believed that it would navigate a ship towards its desired course.

Many are often found near sharks, rays, or sea turtles, eating ectoparasites (parasites that latch onto the skin of a host) and their larger companion’s leftovers.

Despite being seen with many other marine creatures, pilot fish appear to have a more mutualistic relationship with the white-tip reef shark in particular. It benefits them both because the fish is protected and the shark is free from parasites.

Younger or smaller pilot fish in particular are known to swim into sharks’ mouths to clean their teeth.

Fun facts:

It can temporarily change color when excited, with its black bands turning into a lighter blue or silvery shade.

The pilot fish’s name may have come from one of three things. They swam near ships when they were near ports and were believed to guide or “pilot” the captain towards them. They were also believed to lead sharks to their food and ships, whales, or swimmers to safety.

In Greek myth, a sailor named Pompilus helped a nymph Ocyrhoe flee from Apollo. He moved her to Samos and Apollo punished him by turning him into a fish.

Pancrates of Arcadia, a Greek poet, stated that it was a sacred fish to Poseidon and that a fisherman (called Epopeus) ate one and paid for it with his life.

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This was a far more interesting one than the hickory shad. I especially liked the myths I read about it.

[lotus-pear]

SIGHHHH BSD REREAD…................I MISS THEM SO MUCH :(((

[once-and-future-loser]

This Gax drama during the Charlos Divorce Weekend reminds me of when people get into fights at funerals. Like I'm trying to grieve here, can you wait and do this some other time?

[foxsnails]

I'm moving into a flat with my partner soon so I'm gonna need to close my shop during that process! After this shop closure I'll be doing a big reshuffle of my stock so this is your last chance to get a lot of these designs!

I've got a lot on sale, plus 20% discount code to offload some stock and help me afford the move (boosts are super helpful rn!)

Use code LETSMOVE to get 20% off your whole order until August 1st!

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[muffinlance]

That moment when your sensitivity reader okayed your new fanfic story outline and you REALLY WANT TO WRITE THE FIRST CHAPTER

But the preschool application deadline was today and state sales taxes are due Monday and do you or do you not qualify for a small seller exception? This state-given definition is Really Unclear

And you are an adult on Tumblr so here's fanfic and taxes on main

[front-facing-pokemon]

[vampirejuno]

I had a weirdass discworld dream where they had a new distinction for days, idk what else to call it. Like you'd have the usual - day of the week, date of the year etc - but now they also had a third thing, they were called Left Days and Right Days. And the way you could tell if it was a Left Day or a Right Day was, you'd take a small fish, preferably a sardine, you'd throw it in the air, and see how it landed.

At first people in Ankh-Morpork were all throwing their own fish, which of course caused much argument. So eventually Vetinari employed an official* Fish Thrower, who'd go out into Sator Square every morning, throw a sardine, and announce to the populace something like "today is the fourth of May, a Left Sunday" and several hundred people watching would groan** and go about their activities. The Times would print it in their daily paper too. There were rumors that this Fish Thrower was an ex-magician who specialized in sleight of hand and purposefully threw the fish to the patrician's specifications every morning.

Also, CMOT Dibbler started selling his own "Always Right Fish, Guaranteed Day Goes Right, Three For Tuppence And That's Cutting My Own Throat!", which all had the left half cut off and replaced with a glued-on right half of another fish. Incidentally, around the same time he also started selling a shitton of fish n chips.

* offishal?

** Left Days were considered worse than Right Days. The general population of Ankh-Morpork had a very straightforward, and superstitious, understanding of adjectives.

[mintytrifecta]

Stomiidae <33

[0m3n-0f-d3ath]

Otto in my sketchbook

The worst day of fishing beats the best day of court ordered anger management sessions

[jaiette]

ralisse and celune 🔥💧

[spyromancy]

playful // shy

some little things drawn at different times from a pairing that resulted from a panfandom RP with my partner... i wanted to try drawing them after their piece here

[adriartts]

goretober day 6: Transformation

this mermaid concept is not mine!!! it is cool as hell and comes from my homeboy @ch1ck3n-t03s

[frightenedcookie]

Pluto is even more of a menace as an octopus

[a-fuked-up-mess]

so many new characters. and i dunno why but... i kind of have a really bad feeling about the doctor, shoko ieiri. really don't know why but yeah, she seems kind of scary.

also, megumi's the only thing granted to all equally is an unfair reality. what a line, literally.

plus, the second year seems fun so far. and, megumi's shikigami honestly feels like an ultimate pokemon power lolll

p.s. although i do believe in plot armour, it was a bit scary to see sukuna pull out itadori's heart just like that...

[chiquilines]

At it again

[veveisveryuncool]

psa to never use fish bowls, always cycle your tank, check your nitrate levels, do 20% water changes weekly, and PLEASE never put two male cichlids together.