bunjywunjyAnonymous asked:
OHHH so THAT'S why the fuckers were so scary in Warrior Cats
yeah lol the only thing a domestic cat can do to a badger is “be moderately irritating”
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bunjywunjy
Do they not have skulls!? Why is it mushy there!?!? @bunjywunjy
well of course beluga has a skull!! that's just not where it is.
see, you wouldn't necessarily pick up on this, but beluga skulls (and most cetacean skulls in general) are pretty much
flat...
so what's going on up there? well, most of the beluga's head is taken up by soft tissue and a large organ called the melon, which is basically a big ol waterballoon of semiliquid fat!
(boob. it's a head boob.)
this organ is found in every toothed whale and dolphin species on the planet and it's INCREDIBLY important, because the melon is what lets them echolocate!
the actual sound-producing organ is inside their nasal passage of all places, which sits up behind there, but the melon is what's actually used to fine-tune the soundwaves into the laser-accurate pinpoints that dolphins and toothed whales are so famous for.
tldr: without their head boob, belugas and their relatives would be literally flying blind!
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bunjywunjy
Anonymous asked:
WHY is the sperm whales head full of junk. What is the junk. Why is the junk.
bunjywunjy answered:
[junk] and [melon] are two different words for the same organ- it takes up a HUGE portion of the sperm whale’s head and focuses and amplifies sound waves to let the whales shout real good!
cleowho
supermodelcats
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bunjywunjy
Beautiful koi, soliciting food! They get very big, so you have to keep them in a good sized pond. These are very healthy and well kept!
vgadvisor
autistic-bashir
the differences between crew dynamics on star trek is so funny like on ds9 and tng everyone’s super tight and always looking out for each other and on voyager you’ll get your ass beat for looking at someone the wrong way in the corridor
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