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    13 months ago

    We jumped off buoys and navigation markers as a kid.

    Sure it was water below but under the water … the supports and ladders of the buoys, mangled barnacle mess.

    And the ospreys.

    Goddamn did an angry osprey make jumping off the buoy that much more exciting, a little bit of “and maybe we’ll get attacked by a raptor” excitement….

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          03 months ago

          Comrade here forgetting that not only do sharks predate dinosaurs, but - unlike birds - have hardly changed.

          Orcas are still kings of the oceans, and it seems they’ve finally decided they’ve had enough of our shenanigans, so maybe we should be more worried about them that either of the others.

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            13 months ago

            not only do sharks predate dinosaurs, but - unlike birds - have hardly changed.

            They at least lost their armor. Imagine a shark with one of these covering its head!

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              13 months ago

              Oooh, what’s best about Dunkleosteus is that modern theory is that this was just their skull, and that they had skin over it:

              Less bizarre looking than earlier renditions, which made them look a bit like turtles, but still… bad ass!