Walleye! They have big reflective eyes that help em see better in deep and murky water. 👀 he is looking
[ID: an illustration of a walleye fish facing to the left, with its mouth slightly open and sharp teeth showing. It is a mottled gold fish with dorsal spines. It is on a dark indigo background with a glowing lunar cycle above it. End.]
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Daily fish fact #395
Walleye!
It is named after its rather opaque eyes, which are adapted to seeing in the dark well; their eyes are equipped with an extremely reflective layer, the tapetum lucidum, which can also be found in the eyes of felines! Walleyes are nocturnal predators, choosing to hide among logs or aquatic plants during the day.
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BURT THE BASHFUL: Oh, there You are.
YOU: I'm not sure we've met.
SWORM: Heh, good one! We've been waiting for You.
YOU: Have you? You seem...
SWORM: Big?
BURT: Yeah, we're Big Boys.
SWORM: Big Boys.
BURT: Big Boys. Try and keep up, mate.
YOU: No, I think I get it. You're quite big.
SWORM: Yeah, and we're so big we don't just sit around and learn about one enemy at a time...
BURT: Yeah, that's for dummies and wimps.
YOU: Really? Okay, great!
BURT: We do two at once.
YOU: ...Right. Uh, well...
SWORM: What's wrong? I thought You were up for pushing the boundaries?
YOU: Yeah, but two at—
WALLEYE: That’s right, boundaries are important!
YOU: No, look-
Name: Walleye
Debut: Super Mario 3D World
Walleye’ll be! This little guy is sort of a spiritual successor to Wallops from Super Mario 3D Land in that it’s an animated wall creature that blocks your path by shuffling back and forth, but it’s actually got quite a bit going on to differentiate it from its relative!
YOU: Look, that’s not what he meant!
BURT: What?
YOU: I said look-
SLAMMER: Look where? Somewhere else?
YOU: What? No! Oh, come on…
Name: Slammer
Debut: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Pleased to meetcha! Today we'll be looking at Slammer, arguably one of the most iconic Mario characters of all-time... unless you look somewhere else! As a minor one-off character from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, he's about as obscure as obscure characters get... but that's what this blog is for, isn't it?
Walleye is constantly moving, regardless of the player’s position, whereas Wallop only activates when you get near enough to it, and tries to mirror your movement to block you off, even jumping up when you do!
Now it might be hard to tell what Slammer is, just by looking at him, but did you know? Slammer is a working man! He's the assistant to Sam Shalam, who sells the finest carpets in all of Cloud Land... if your definition of "the finest carpets" involves being covered in bugs!
Walleye can’t jump, but it does have spikes on its top and sides!
But bugs don't bug me, so I'd be more than happy to buy from them! How can I resist that face?
YOU: Stop it!
SWORM: Shh! We’re about to streamline!
BURT: Try and keep up, mate.
They even have their own temple! That being said, Slammer's irresistible face is slammed against the carpets. Can Wallop say the same? As it unfortunately turns out, it's his job to keep the bugs out! I didn’t think so! So unfortunately, as long as Slammer's around, you'll never find bugs in your carpets... Well, it probably wasn’t built for them but maybe they were animated from its walls or something. Unless you look somewhere else!
You look somewhere else...
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