#sharks dont infest the ocean

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact🦈:

The epaulette shark is not only a perfectly capable swimmer, but it can also “walk” between coral heads at low tide, along the seafloor, and even on land when needed. For that reason, it is often called the “walking shark.”

[foshi]

Wait what deep sea horror movies are there?? Do u have any recs? Omg

hi i do have recommendations but my taste in most things isnt super refined just a heads up!!! a lot of these movies arent rlly rated well i just see the woter and im like "hm scary and good enough for me!!

also a lot of these arent really deep sea and/or horror. ill take what i can get tho fr fr as long as its vaguely on theme.

theres a movie called 47 meters down which. was good and i liked it!! its abt these two gals who find themselves in a sunken cage at the bottom of the ocean in shark infested waters and um. its very nerve wrecking and i rlly liked the ending tbh? and lots of tense moments. disclaimer tho ik movies that vilify sharks contribute to stinky things and also i understand that sharks r just creatures tryna eat and not starve and i adore them. predators under water just hit different and movies abt them are Sometimes fun. tbh usually i avoid movies where the whole premise is Scary Shark but this one involved them being trapped in a Cage so it intrigued me

theres also a movie called the cave that i rlly enjoyed parts of but i was so let down by other parts!! these lads find an under water cave and go to explore it. idk how much i should spoil but the one aspect of it that i didnt like is that the set up seemed very practical and realistic and then it strayed so far from what is possible/plausible here on this earth and i think they could have avoided doing that by being a little less scifi with their creatures, and it would have made it so much better. but overall i liked it!! the cave is completely uncharted & Not an environment humans have any business surviving in so. yeah i want more movies just like that.

i Sorta have the similar beef with the movie sea fever? but it seems less out of place somehow. but also its more like.,,, boat horror?? less conflict takes place in the Water so it didnt rlly capture my interest the same tbh. but it was still worth watching imo!!

underwater was solid!! i rlly liked the aesthetics of it, i Loved the Creechure sm, plus like. having to travel so far underwater is so scary, the premise of going along the bottom of the ocean.,,, awful and exactly what i am looking for in a scary aquatic movie. thinits a bit more ,,?marvely than the rest almost. that isnt the right word but i hope it translates.

the meg was entertaining enough but overall i think im more interested in movies that explore unwelcoming habitats with unknown threats than movies that are strictly about big scary monsters. also there are ppl on tiktok who still think its possible for a megalodon to exist Currently so it just. bothers me

i was uninterested in jaws tbh? and i refuse to watch piranha bc,, swarms of things freak me out in a Different Way

Now onto the things i Havent seen yet:

ive been meaning to watch leviathan but its .,, Old. same with abyss. ill get to them soon i think!! but i dont rlly have high expectations. same with the reef

also i heard deep rising is rlly good, and its the next movie im gonna watch!! i am. excited >8)

and then i have a list of other movies i will watch at some point but seem much less interesting for various reasons such as:

deep blue sea, eurpoa report, sphere, endless descent

tho there are some books that peak my interest more than these movies, so who knows!! i heard the novel sphere is a lot better than the movie anyways.

[rosethorn-zz]

i dont understand. why do we call it “shark infested waters” when they live there. we dont see a bear in the forest and say “bear infested woods”. sharks are just like the bears of the ocean leave them alone and theyll leave you alone 😞

[obxc0re]

I love the fucking ocean so much it makes me wanna cry. Like swimming in it makes me so happy like why are you damn pretty. The waves just crashing can make to sleep like a baby and I promise you that. “Shark infested waters” fym its there home dumbass. It makes me so happy when I find out I’m going to the beach. If you wanna take me on a date it better be on beach or your a red flag DONT care.

[sharkapology]

Get one thing straight about sharks!

They are predators.

Just like dogs, cats, and a bunch of other fluffy mammals.

But that doesn't mean they're evil.

It just means you need to be careful wherever they inhabit, and just. Not go swimming when they're around, not purposefully hurt them, etc. You know? Like any predator!

But most importantly, unlike a lot of animals that attack us (and sharks don't even do it that much, at all) sharks dont do it to eat us. We aren't even tasty enough for them, or nutritious enough. They bite because they want to taste or out of curiosity.

You know what makes sharks die and starve? Humans polluting their environment, they live there. We use the beach for leisure and fun, but they LIVE there. They breathe, eat, and sleep in the beaches and oceans. They have more rights to be there than we do.

So remember!

🦈fatal shark accidents are extremely rare and more often than not would occur due to blood loss instead of eating a human

🦈sharks live in that beach, you came into their home for fun and now you're kicking them out

🦈sharks and rays are hunted by the millions for food or byproducts from their bodies, or killed on sight (sharks) because of worldwide fear

🦈you can't "replace" anything in nature. The biological imbalances and impacts that causes are catastrophical and the food webs can't be restored without the apex predators.

🦈speaking of which, you are NOT part of a water based food chain at all. Unless by a super rare accident, in this case with sharks, you won't be part of it.

🦈some sharks are indeed hyper violent and territorial. But take the last characteristic in mind: you're in it's territory, you built something for it to live in. They live there. You're playing there. Get out if you know where they live. (I'm talking about the bull/zambezi shark and the tiger shark)

If you want a source, here's one, but you can search abt the other stuff I said here.

Don't go out there claiming to own the beach where other species live. Just because an animal kills a person, it doesn't mean it's bad: it means it's an aggressive predator and you should stay out. But also, I'm not saying anyone who dies in an animal attack deserved it for not following the warnings, of course I'm not.

Just be careful with shark warnings and DONT go anywhere that's notorious for having a large shark gathering.

And remember: sharks don't infest waters, they live there!

[addisin]

10, 23, 80

10 how would you describe your style? I have a style???? Truthfully comfort and colorful? I am usually in hoodies and athletic wear. With colors of blue, yellow, or black. I totally love florals though!!! 23 describe your dream date I dont have a dream date. Anything fun with a person i like and want to get to know more. Something as simple as watching a movie and talking about it. Or something fun like skydiving into a shark infested ocean. As long as we are both enjoying ourselves. But i guess a date with Tom Holland is a dream of mine?? 80 what is your biggest pet peeve? I really had to look into this i have a few pet peeves, like i cant stand people being late, not cleaning up after your dog, BUT recently my top is someone who says something rude or condescending and saying "no offense." YES i am talking about you Daya Betty. Thank you for the questions and stay amazing!!!

[olivieraa]

I keep trying to fix these problems in my life that I see other people not having to struggle with and then it hits me that, the way I’m trying to fix them still proves how difficult shit is

Like when my brother is noisy (as he is right now), but I’m the only one experiencing constant headaches due to gun shots and explosions, and nobody else has to deal with it

I have to figure out a way to get away from it

I cant be in my own room when Aaron is in his. I have to work around his noise. There is no reverse of that. Aaron is allowed to be as loud as he wants, I’m not allowed a moment of peace.

I either go to my parents room (secretly) where its FREEZING cause the radiators are turned off (since it apparently gets really hot up there at night, the only time my parents ever actually use their room), but also sometimes my mam comes up to get something quickly from her room, sees me there, screams at me like I’ve done something terrible and tells me to get out

Or I pray David goes to his girlfriends so I can go in there (also freezing, and it smells, I hate sitting on his bed)

Or I go downstairs and sit uncomfortably at the kitchen table while people constantly invade my privacy to see what I’m looking at, watching or typing

Basically I’m not allowed to be in my own room when Aaron is home.

Another problem is wanting to LEAVE this godforsaken house to get away from him or others. But this house is like being on an island surrounded by shark infested waters and I need a boat to get me to the the small village on the mainland. But I dont have the keys to the boat. The keys will only be given to me if they FEEL like giving them to me, if I pay them or if its in a time that suits them (which is practically never).

Once I get across the ocean to the little village I then have to pay for transport outta there and into civilisation, where THINGS are. An hour away.

There is this constant feeling of being trapped.

And I realised the other day why I love summer so much. Not because I fucking hate the cold, cause I dont particularly like being sweaty either. 

But because summer just radiates good, peaceful vibes. Its like you can do anything in summer. And realisation hit me the other day that... summer is a has been a great source of motivation for me for years.

I think about house 3 and sitting on the shade of the giant tree in front of my house while sucking on a lollipop that cost about 10c and I was able to go buy myself because the shop was 2 minutes away and my friends lived right next to the shop. Then we’d play with our barbies, baby borns or practice dancing in front of our house windows. Or we’d clean up our neighbours gardens.

I think back on living in house 4, when I could walk a few mins to get to my friends houses that I’d made in school that year, and we’d all be wearing cute summer clothes and just walking around eating ice-cream before sitting on the curb somewhere and talking about... whatever. Or I’d go out and play sticky apple with my cousin and the kids on the road and I was leader cause I was the oldest.

I think about house 5 and how my next door neighbour was one of my close friends and it took 10 seconds to walk to her, and then we’d either go up to her parents room and watch a new Avatar ep together, we’d go out the bakc andjump on the trampoline, or we’d walk to the shop, get some wispas and sit at the benches by the fountain as the sun glared down on us, or we’d bring a blanket and lie in the grass (Aaron has been loud SINCE but at least I could ESCAPE from it very easily). I was also able to get a bus that took 10 mins to go down to where my other friends lived and hang with them but ALSO it was withing walking distance as well, but it was during a time when bus fares were cheap af and I took the lazy route.

I think about house 6, the first house I had in Cavan, and that time I went to a 21st bday party, stayed over and then walked back to my house (took 5 mins) on this BEAUTIFUL summer Sunday morning at 10am, in this gorgeous countryside village where the only people awake where the cows and sheep, and I walked down to my house and there was my lil baby Nico, just sitting in the garden enjoying the sun, before seeing me and sprinting towards me cause he missed me

I think about house 7, THE Cavan house, what I considered “our mansion” and we spent a year there, from our very snowy winter to our hot summer and I was in my own part of the house AWAY from all the noise, I had my own bathroom, the sun would shine in and warm up the freezing tiles and keep me warm as I got out of the shower. I may not have been able to leave the house to go places, but staying inside the house wasn’t torture.

I think about house 9, the rented house I moved to temporarily for 4 months back in Dublin. It was next to ALL MY FRIENDS. It was 5 mins from a shop, 20 seconds from a park, 15 min walk to the centre (less than 5 mins by bus). I moved there in June so it was summer and again, I could leave when people were loud and friends were always available and it was a quiet but lively area

And then I think about this house, house 8/10 since I moved in here twice.

No. Escape. Whatsoever. 

No room to escape to. No friend to escape to. No park. No shopping centre. No... anything. At all.

Summer comes and I dont... care anymore. Its of no benefit to me. Ive nowhere to go. Its the same as winter. In one season I’m hot and the other I’m cold. Im still constantly surrounded by loudness, total isolation and completele unfairness

When I went out with Sammy and her mates on her bday to this seaside town during the summer, I didnt wanna come home. I savoured every single moment. I enjoyed the brief peaceful feeling I got. A feeling I could get all the time in any OTHER house I lived in just by walking to the shop 5 mins away with a friend before sitting in the grass to chill

This feeling most people can get just by walking otuside their house, I CANT anymore  because that’s the limit. I can’t go fuck all past my own housing estate. They can.

The only motivation THIS summer gave me was buying a bike and using it a few times.

The bike works in summer, and its still tough as shit to do. Again that’s me trying to work around things that are so simple for others. Trying to bring back that motivation I used to have. 

I was PROMISED before we moved to this shithole that the bus stop may be far, but I will be DROPPED there whenever I want to if I just ask

It was a complete and utter lie, and they never added in that needing to go to my friends (a place the bus does not go to) will cost me money. So I see my friends monthly. According to my mam tho I “never leave the house” but I’m “always out”. Apparently both are true.

I havent used my bike since summer, its been TOO cold. Its 1 degrees celcius outside. It was snowing just yesterday. 

So the bike IS only useful for summer but still not easy to use

And mind you, I tell myself constantly “be lucky you live in a house, you have a bed, you (from time to time) have food readily available” cause I know people have it worse

But when I am SURROUNDED by people casually doing things I cant anymore, its gets me down so much

To always look forward to summer ever year to have that feeling completely disappear from my life

Summer??

Ima be home with the blinds down as I do argue with misogynists online while listening to my brother make things explode from 9am to 4am before he’s back up again at 9am

Its really hard to be someone with OCD trying to get through life with nothing giving me motivation other than things that might happen a few years from now

Im 5 years in this house now, I am jobless and I am struggling to get into a higher college

I am mentally ill and I am drained

I have no motivation whatsoever

I’m just so fucking tired

[aquatic-hybrid]

Meanwhile in Bilgewater...

Skin Selected: Cutpurse Akio

“Barrel!!” 

Was the last words that could be heard before Akio kicked a barrel half-filled with black explosive powder at a handful of bandits who tried to assault his father’s workshop. Just as the barrel hit one of the three bandits, Akio took aim with his white flintlock pistol and with a quick accurate shot, the barrel exploded.

“Three with just one...No wonder the Captain always does this” Akio commented before blowing air towards the smocking tip of his flintlock pistol as he then placed it back on his holster. “Blue, red, and white...Where they Miss Fortune’s men? What business would she have against my father?” Placing his left hand on his chin as he continued. “Father had fixed Miss Fortune’s ships before, at gun point but he still got the job done” Akio kept murmuring to himself while turning back and decided to walk towards the workshop.

He still had to make quite the walk back, since his father had the brilliant idea to separate the group of bandits. His father dealt with two while Akio managed to lure out the other three far enough so they wont become an issue for his father. ‘You better have kicked their ass old man, two bandits are nothing for you’ Akio thought to himself, knowing full-well how strong his father was and even more so ever since he started working for Gangplank as one of his main shipmen when it came to repairing and building ships. 

~~A few minutes later~~ 

Akio finally made his way back to the workshop, seeing how there was a rather big red splatter on the side of the wall, he chuckled knowing that his father finally got to use his old shotgun once again. “Father? I am back, are you still ali-” His words were cut short as one of the bandits was thrown threw the window on the side of the workshop which made the bandit go straight into the ocean...the shark infested ocean...ouch.

“Akio! How did it go with those three bandits?” A loud voice was heard, shortly followed by the even louder noise of his father kicking the door of the workshop open. Revealing a tall, bearded figure, strong arms with a rather big belly to add up to it. His father being 6′5, he towered over Akio before placing an arm around him. “Come on son! Dont tell me those dirtrags were a problem!” His father laughed as he ruffled Akio’s hair before he managed to free himself from his father’s grip. “I am tellin ya’ father, Ionia isnt making me ‘soft’ like you think!” Akio complained while he re-arranged his hair back t normal.

“One thing is to be able to do all that wooshy fire magic of yours, but nothing beats a good’ol sword ‘n gun combo!” His father kept saying while walking back to his workshop. “Also, hows the new gun son? Better not lose this one, do you have any idea how hard it is to find someone who makes high-quality pistols?” Turning back to his son before poking Akio’s chest hard enough to make the boy stumble back a few steps. 

“I wont lose it this time” Akio said with a small laugh while slowly taking out the white flintlock pistols from his back holster to inspect the details even further. “I will make sure to put it to good use father” After a quick spin with his fingers, Akio even made a small pose which made his father laugh loudly at his son’s pose. “Keep doing that and they might mistake you from one of Fortune’s lackies! Haha!!” With that, his father went back into the workshop before Akio followed shortly after.

New weapon acquired: White Flintlock pistol. [ Link ]

//Just a short-story involving Akio’s adventures back in his homeland, and an explanation of how he got a new weapon. Nothing much, but i felt like writing somethin.//

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact🦈:

The Frilled Shark's common name comes from its gills: Unlike all other sharks, which have separate gills, a frilled shark's first pair of gills go all the way across its throat; each pair is lined at the edges with red “fringe.” accompanying its 'fringe' this species has a mouth that is lined with 25 rows of backward-facing, trident-shaped teeth—300 in all. This is the shark that is believed to be the origin behind stories of sea monsters.

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact🦈:

Thresher sharks are named after their exceptionally long thresher-shaped tail (‘thresher’ is more commonly known as a scythe), which can be as long as their body length, and is used like a 'whip' to stun their prey while hunting. They can whip their tail as fast as 80mph!

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact:🦈

Tiger sharks (one of my absolute favorite sharks😍) have been held in high reverence by generations of Hawaiians as family guardians. By natives, it is considered sacred, believing that the shark’s eyeballs have special powers of visual perception.

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact:🦈

Whale sharks have tiny teeth on their eyes! It was recently discovered that whale sharks even have dermal denticals on their eyeballs! The research found that the denticals on the eye are different than those on the body and performed suited specifically to abrasion resistance. (Denticals are V-shaped 'scales' that make up a shark's skin and they vary in shape from species to species)

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈Daily Shark Fact:🦈

Traveling back into the deep sea! Goblin Sharks, also known as living fossils, has been living in the deep ocean, relatively unchanged for over 125 million years. A goblin shark’s top and bottom teeth are attached to ligaments, tucked into its mouth. When prey is just out of reach, the shark can thrust their 'elastic' jaws 3in outside of their mouth to catch prey in .023 seconds, giving it the fastest bite of any shark.

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

Friendly Reminder 🦈

Please stop demonizing sharks 🙏

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

The Brown Shyshark is a sedentary, bottom-dwelling species, endemic to a relatively small stretch of the South African coastline. When frightened or captured the shark curls up with its tail over its eyes.

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

Silky Shark skin has more densely packed denticles than most other sharks, giving them a more silky-smooth appearance and texture.

They have a particularly good sense of hearing, which they use alongside their other senses to track down large aggregations of feeding tuna. If there’s lots of noise, there’s usually lots of fish to eat.

(I've had the opportunity to touch one before and it truly feels so 'soft')