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!

does slapping the melon like that hurt it ? like does it affect how it works or anything

@weirdgirlwambsgans @vampire-juicebox you guys are in luck bc it does not! Belugas will squish their melons voluntarily against things like rocks and glass. Think of it like when you squish your butt (but at the same time not, bc they have no nerve endings beyond the skin) they even voluntarily let humans play with it!

This is a strong creature, if that hurt or bothered it, you would know

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

Vi måste återvända till apa

castin spells

Tai chi

Playing an invisible harp

I think Ford speaks for all of us in that.

yep

shane not believing in ghosts despite hearing a disembodied laugh by his bed as a child vs. ryan believing in ghosts because his toothpaste fell over on a boat once

Sorry… Having a Super Mario Depressive Episode

"AOC didn't pay $35,000 for a Met Gala ticket she got invited" that's not the problem babe the problem is accepting an invitation from a capitalist in the first place (and yes a "Black woman immigrant designer" who owns a fashion house is still a capitalist) to model her dress with an extremely milquetoast and uncontroversial statement ("tax the rich" is literally a Biden campaign promise lmfaooo) at one of the most exclusive gatherings of rich people on the planet and exchanging niceties with them and getting your picture taken with them while BLM protestors are being brutalized literally right outside the door all while purporting to be a "socialist" and one of the foremost left-wing lawmakers in the United States. If you can't see why that makes her look like a fucking clown I don't know what else to tell you lol.

The city of Philadelphia will pay $2 million to a Black woman who was pulled from a car, beaten by officers and had her toddler used for social media fodder by the police union, officials said.

Nursing aide Rickia Young was headed home in the early morning hours of Oct. 27, 2020, when she unknowingly drove into a large protest over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

She tried to make a three-point turn to get away from the tense scene when officers smashed out her windows with their batons, according to her attorneys.

Young was handcuffed and separated from her teenage nephew and 2-year-old son for several hours, and no one was ever charged or cited, according to the woman’s lawyer. The hearing-impaired toddler lost his hearing aids during the tussle.

The Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest police labor union, posted a Facebook picture two days later showing Young’s toddler in the arms of a Philadelphia police officer just after the incident.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philadelphia-pay-2m-black-woman-beaten-officers-separated-toddler-during-n1279134?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

me: *flips dogs ear inside out* me: can u..,. hear better like this

so i haven’t kept up with hockey in ages but FLEURY???? THEY SENT FLEURY?????? SENT FLEURY TO THE BL-🤢 TO THE BLA-🤢🤮

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