wobblegong

Thinkin' about animals....

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*tiny furry cheeps*


A furry friend asked me which shark I think they are, which is a fun question to pose because sharks as a group suffer from the delightful problem of "all of them are exactly the same except none of them are the same at all" which makes choosing 'sonas rather tricky. Like, if you ask someone which bird you are, there's so much obvious variety to pick over that you'll probably consider and discard whole orders without conscious thought. With sharks you really gotta think of an aspect to start drilling for– shape? behavior? biological quirks? There's relatively few stand-out options my mind volunteers and most people aren't gonna be those, because frankly most people do not have the swag to be a thresher shark or the sheer cinnamon roll vibes to be a whale shark or so on.

This does amplify the comedy that personally I glommed on to wobbegongs (Orectolobidae) pretty much as soon as I found out about them. Brown invisible thing that sits motionless on the reef floor until something swims too close to its mouth? Done. Picked. No further questions.


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