aaronwcampbell t1_iuq3uud wrote
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The only dinosaurs adults seem to get excited about these days are political figures! š„š„šļø
Seriously though, I get what you mean. My friend's son has been obsessed with cephalopods since he was a little boy. He been certain of what he wants to do since then, and this year he's graduating with a degree in marine biology. He got me hooked (pun unintended) and now I get excited about the wonderfully strange world of our oceans. Did you know that sharks are older that the rings of Saturn? That just blows my mind.
kvossera t1_iuq65oc wrote
Yassssssssss sharks are older than trees. Iām also pretty into ocean life as well
I was also really into orca whales in Jr High. Thereās some pods with only a few members living next to pods with dozens and theyāre separated by culture or the very few members of one pod of orcas that strategically beach themselves to catch seals. That behavior is taught to younger orcas and not all those who try stick with it and continue to practice / actually hunt that way. itās beautiful to watch
this kinda goes into how they teach each other.
And gah!!!!!! Ask your friendās son if he knows why thereās more fossil evidence of octopuses than of squidā¦. Itās because squid have higher levels of uric acid in their body to help them be buoyant, whereas octopuses āwalkā along the sea floor. So if conditions werenāt just right the bodies of squid break down faster than octopuses bodies do so a smaller window to even have conditions to create a fossil never mind that the fossil could be destroyed during any of the millions of years between then and now.
Iām autistic so Iāve been a ravenous information sponge for so many different topics
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