RESIDENT SNAIL NERD

when a baby is crying in the background and you use slow it down on snapchat

FUCK

why does this always make me hysterical oh my fucking god

slorp

Pale white stingray at the Aquarium of the Pacific

i know its a stingray but it looks like cthulhu popped his head up to say hi

I thought it was a giant squid.

holy shit they get this big?

They do get this big! They also tame relatively easily and are surprisingly docile animals. Its popular to swim with them in many beachy areas. As long as you’re not stupid and mean to them, your odds of being hurt by them are very low.

I had the opportunity to swim with a school of them on a sandbar once and I must say they are very aggreeable animals, though they do have the tendency to mob you if you have food, and they can be quite heavy. Still very pleasant animals.

ha cthulhu

Humans will pet anything. If aliens come, that might be what distinguishes us from the rest of the galaxy.

“we were going to blow them up, but they engaged in an oddly pleasing patting ritual and, well, it was nice.”

PSA

That’s a really cute eldritch void horror right there, I want to meet one

that’s a really cute eldritch void horror right there i want to meet one

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 Giant freshwater stingray

(Himantura chaophraya)

is a giant species of stingray native to rivers in southeast Asia such as the Mekong and Chao Phraya rivers. there are reports of individuals weighing 1000+ pounds, 16 ft long and 7 ft across. as with other stingrays (not skates) they have a toxic barb that can grow up to 15 in long and is capable of piercing bone (god that is scary). their diet consists of fish and invertebrates that live on the bottom of the river. due to over-fishing and habitat loss they are currently listed as endangered by the IUCN.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Chondricthyes-Elasmobranchii-Myliobatiformes-Dasyatidae-Himantura

damn!

FUN FACT:

During the filming of the episode of River Monsters where the host catches one of these behemoths, she actually GIVES BIRTH while in the net.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7QuwVlJgWw

that video was so cool aaaa the babies are so cute ;v; wow I love water dwelling creatures <3