#ocean skate

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s wet beast is: Bowmouth Guitarfish

Olive’s wet beast fact: these absolutely shaped creatures are also known as the Shark Ray. Are they a shark or a ray? Who fuckin knows! (They are rays, not sharks)

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[protectoursharks]

I heard that sharks and rays are super closely related. Are skates an approximate bridging “group” between them? Or are they outside of both groups

They are all really closely related- there in all the same class known as Chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish. Sharks evolved first, approximately 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Skates and ray came around at approximately the same time as each other 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period.

So skates aren't really a "bridging group", they're actually most closely related to rays!

[the-cricket-chirps]

James Ensor, The Skate, 1892.

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, The Ray, 1728

Ken Currie, Tragic Form (Skate), 2014

Ken Currie, Tragic Forms No. 6, 2014

[luxesiren]

hockey player armin and ice skater gf 😻

cw :: modern!au, hockey player!armin, ice/figure skater!reader, fluff, and kissing.

a/n :: hi!! thank you for sending this in, i really love this concept and i’m happy you liked the hockey player!armin headcanons!! anyways, i hope you enjoy this and it’s what you expected!

you've been dating armin for months, deeply infatuated with him since your friends dragged you to that first hockey game and you saw just how attractive he was and how he moved across the ice with such speed and certainty, he knew he would make that shot.

it was something about that he was a hockey player and you just loved everything about it and maybe it was because you shared the same passion about the ice as him but with figure skating.

armin loved watching you skate, he loved it as much as he loved being on the ice. you were so graceful with every spin and trick you did and he was mesmerized by your skill and talent - he just loved watching how you lose yourself in the music and skate not worried about who was watching.

everyone knew about you and armin, the infamous hockey player and the closed-off figure skater. no one understood how he bagged you by it wasn't for them to understand, it was only for you two.

they never saw you without armin, most people had never even seen you smile but when armin was around, it was almost instantaneous. your smile bright and directed toward him.

you always went to armin's games and never missed one. you would be in the stands cheering him on and wearing his jersey making sure he won the game and made every shot that he intended to make.

after every game was over you would always wait for him by the locker rooms waiting for him to come out. once he came out, you were swept off your feet and in his arms making you giggle, "min! put me down, baby."

"but you look so cute and i missed you." he said, placing you down and placing a small kiss on your cheek.

armin did the same for you, he went to every competition you had. watching you in the stands almost being brought to tears from how you so easily glide across the ice.

he watches with rapt attention how you call everyone's eyes toward you with every spin, how everyone can feel your emotions through your set, and how you almost bring everyone to tears once you finish.

armin always whistles when you finish, clapping louder than everyone else which makes you smile and your heart beat faster.

after every competition armin is always waiting for you with a big bouquet of flowers as congrats.

"you did amazing, baby!" he said, handing you the flowers and pulling you closer to him.

"thank you, min." you would respond, taking the flowers from him and kissing his lips. his hands wrapped tightly around you, his lips pressed against yours and his mind in a state of bliss. you both pull away, "i love you."

armin always blushes when you tell him you love him. he'll never get over hearing it, "i love you too, pretty."

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[namnumsart]

Beach Rollout

[calmabeach]

Julia Legocheva.

[oh-sturg-art]

Day 19 of Fishuary!

Prompt: Arctic Ocean

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Ah, the humble arctic skate, amblyraja hyperborea.

So, like… what is the difference between a skate and a ray, anyways? Well, do I have the answer for you!

For one, skates have thicker, fleshier tails. Unlike rays, they do NOT have barbs, but instead have those thorny ridges on their backs that help defend them. But the most blatant difference? Stingrays give birth to live young! Skates lay eggs.

[sereismos]

IG: lena.the.alien

[fitpacs]

ramon really takes no breaks when it comes to getting fit and pac together, what a trooper

[figureskatingcostumes]

Hana Yoshida's ocean-themed free program dress at the 2021 Japanese Nationals.

(Source: sn_figure)

[i-j0s]

[sp00ky-p00ky]

I'm wearing this to the bus stop and school rollerskating event tonight.

It's giving "Don't touch my kid or I'll shank you"

It's giving "My Mom is a Secret Agent"

It's giving "That girl is a witch"

Perfect! 💜🤣😂

[estecore]

🍓 ★ Scarlet Spider stimboard for @pavpunk

with anything !

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[ripep]