I have a new theme

Picasso never saw Bey coming 

A Blonde and a Great White Shark

10 Cool Sharks You Probably Don’t Hear Much About During Shark Week

Since Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” is anything but educational now, I wanted to end the week with a post that actually contains information about some less frequently mentioned sharks.

Cookiecutter Shark (Isistius brasiliensis) A dogfish shark; only 20 in (50 cm) long, yet they have the largest teeth, compared with their size, of any living shark. They feed by gouging round plugs of flesh from their victims. Read more about this shark

Dwarf Shark (Etmopterus perryi) A dogfish shark; only around 6 in (15 cm) long. The smallest known living shark. It lives in deep water, in the Pacific Ocean. It seems likely that it makes vertical migrations, as it has also been caught in shallow seas. Like many deep-sea fish, it has light organs on its underside. It is protected by a spine on its first dorsal fin. Read more about this shark

Gray Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) A requiem shark; measures 8 ft (2.5 m) in length. Divers may encounter gray reef sharks since they are often found in lagoons and on the outer edges of reefs. They are not usually dangerous, but may be territorial. If it feels threatened, a gray reef shark will warn intruders by arching its back into an aggressive posture. Read more about this shark

Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) A sleeper shark. One of the largest living species of shark, of dimensions comparable to those of the Great White; grow to 21 ft (6.4 m) long, and possibly up to 24 ft (7.3 m) long, but most Greenland sharks observed have been around 8-16 ft (2.44-4.8 m) long. Greenland sharks are sometimes called “sleepers” because they are sluggish sharks. They live in cold, northern waters — under the ice during winters. They eat carrion, and large numbers may gather to gorge on a whale carcass. One has been found with a reindeer and a polar bear jaw in its stomach. Read more about this shark

Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) A bullhead shark; maximum total length is 4 ft (122 cm), with most adults reaching lengths of 3.2 ft (97 cm). The horn shark rests during the day, often in groups of several individuals. It hunts at night, using its sense of smell to find food. Though not closely related to the extinct Hybodus, it has large spines on the leading edge of its dorsal fins. Read more about this shark

Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciataI) A houndshark; grows to about 5 ft (1.5 m) in length. The leopard shark gets its name from its golden, blotched skin. Like some other carpet sharks, it has a flexible body that allows it to turn around in small spaces. It feeds mainly on clams, using its flat-topped teeth. Most of its time is spent cruising on the seabed, searching for food. Read more about this shark

Starry Smoothhound (Mustelus asterias) A houndshark; reaches a length of up to 4.59 ft (1.4 m). Starry smoothhounds are sluggish sharks that live in shallow seas in many parts of the world. They are so named because of the small, white spots that break the dark shade of their sides and back. One species that lives off the US coast is able to change its color from gray to pearly white, taking about two days to complete the transition. They have large pectoral fins and feed on bottom-living invertebrates. Females give birth to up to 40 pups at a time. Some species emit an unpleasant smell. Read more about this shark

Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) A catshark; the maximum reported length of the swell shark is 43 inches (110 cm) total length. However, this species is more commonly observed at lengths of approximately 35 inches (90 cm). The swell shark is nocturnal. It rests in crevices or among giant kelp during the day. If disturbed, it swallows water or air, and swells out its body to about twice its size. This makes it almost impossible to pull from its hiding place. Groups sometimes rest lying on top of one another. Read more about this shark

Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) A lamniform shark; can grow up to 20 ft (6 m) long. The upper lobe of its tail may make up half of the body length. The common thresher is a surface swimmer, hunting small fish such as herring or sardines. Common thresher pups may be 5 ft (1.5 m) long at birth. They are thought to work in pairs, lashing their tails to frighten groups of fish into a tight pack that can be caught easily. Threshers are sought after by game fisherman, as they are exciting prey. However, they can inflict severe injuries with their powerful tails. Read more about this shark

Tasseled Wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) A carpet shark; The maximum size of the tasselled wobbegong is believed to be 4 feet (1.25 m) total length. Wobbegongs lie half buried in the sand, camouflaged by their speckled colors. Their front teeth are sharp and daggerlike. If food is scarce, these sharks are able to clamber out of the water and cross a reef, from one rock pool to another. Read more about this shark

[Sources used: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/bioprofile.htm and Pope, J. (1997). Sharks. New York, N.Y.: DK Pub..]

Pictures from The Resurrectionistby E.B. Hudspeth.

I recommend it wholeheartedly! It’s full of pictures like these!

Yes hello I need all of this.

Anatomically correct mythological creatures? Hell yes!

Welp, I made a thing.  Virginal Blingee experience.  Also photoshop I guess.

No, come back you guys!  Come back, I love you!

(original, less terrible version)

holy fuck is this like bird parkour

Majestic motherfucker. 

When he opened his eyes the Other’s armor was running down its legs in rivulets as pale blue blood hissed and steamed around the black dragonglass dagger in its throat. It reached down with two bone-white hands to pull out the knife, but where its fingers touched the obsidian they smoked.

Sam rolled onto his side, eyes wide as the Other shrank and puddled, dissolving away. In twenty heartbeats its flesh was gone, swirling away in a fine white mist. Beneath were bones like milkglass, pale and shiny, and they were melting too.Finally only the dragonglass dagger remained, wreathed in steam as if it were alive and sweating.

The Storyboarding of Sam slaying the White Walker

CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS A KIDS TV SHOW WHERE THE ENTIRE MORAL OF AN EPISODE WAS THAT BEING FEMININE DOES NOT MAKE YOU WEAK

How relevant to the discussions of the last couple of weeks

Enterprising Young Men - Michael Giacchino, Star Trek.

Game of Women - Season Three

This is Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. She worked for UNIVAC in 1949 who made some of the first computers ever. In 1951 she discovered the first computer “bug.”. In 1952 she had an operational compiler. “Nobody believed that,” she said. “I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.” You might not know what a compiler is, but it’s the reason you have an Operating System with programs on or a phone with apps. There would be no Windows or Apple or facebook or twitter or tumblr without her. Today 14% of engineers are female. Some thing when wrong. Grace Hopper is a BAMF and more people should know.

GRACE HOOPER ROCKS!!!

personality tests were developed in the 60s in response to widespread unease in academia and the research industry with how many programmers and computer operators were women; the modern image of the programmer as having male-leaning antisocial traits was basically developed by HR managers during the johnson administration

when grace hopper was young she was basically typical of her profession and now people like her are systematically excluded

*____*

chess → asoiaf women

(sand snakes, val, meera, chataya, etc. not included because we don’t have footage of them yet)

(many of the characters play as more than one piece and many of the pieces fit more than one character so please don’t insult my choices. also, the moves+storylines are not perfect matches, sorry.)