me thinking about how it’s almost autumn and how im gonna be thriving and baking pumpkin bread for all my friends and wearing cozy socks with ghosts on them
closely related to sharks but with long, flat bodies and wing-like pectoral fins, mobula rays are ideally suited to swooping through the water - here off the gulf of california - yet seem equally at home in the air, so much so that they have earned the name “flying rays”. mobula rays can reach heights of more than two metres, remaining airborne for several seconds.
mobula rays are quite elusive and difficult to study, so biologists are not quite sure why they jump out of the water. theories vary from a means of communication, to a mating ritual (though both males and females jump), or as a way to shed themselves of parasites. they could also be jumping as a way of better corralling their pray, as seen with them swimming in a circular formation.
what is known about mobula rays is that they reach sexual maturity late and their investment in their offspring is more akin to mammals than other fishes, usually producing just a single pup after long pregnancies, all of which makes them extremely vulnerable to commercial fishing, especially as a species that likes to come together in large groups.
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse also happy halloween
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
This is like one of those public service announcements that ruin my ability to pretend the world isn’t on fire. Thanks
you’re welcome.
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
Thank you I need this I almost forgot
that’s why i’m here.
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the middle stages of the apocalypse
weekly reminder we’re in the middle stages of the apocalypse
Scrolling past this without really reading it and realizing that the last two are “middle” rather than “early” and scrolling back up to do a double take was one of the most haunting experiences of my life thank you
