that’s a BABY?

boy howdy are you in for a treat! introducing, the Oarfish!

MA! THERE’S A WEIRD FUCKING FISH!

Not much is known about Oarfish. Their maximum length is debatable, though there are reports of specimen up to 56 ft long. They live at great depths, and are rarely observed alive. Here’s a relatively small one:

Slightly larger one:

aaaaand, little bigger:

Yeah. these children get long.  hold on a mo’, i might have a better photo

yeah. there we go. a few hundred lbs of Oarfish. like i said, length-variable. that one’s only about 28 feet though. so like, imagine that but double. 

look how excited everyone is. well, everyone but the fish. oh, fun fact! they can self-amputate up to 3/4th of their body. lizard style. 

Historically, Oarfish have been described as sea serpents, and are probably responsible for a fair portion of myths. In Japanese folklore, their appearance portends earthquakes. Though rarely seen, Oarfish live in every ocean. All around the world. Everywhere. No matter what coastline you’re on, they’re always there. Just a few thousand feet below water. Waiting.

Watching.

JESUS THAT WAS MORE THAN 1 ANXIETY

I AM A WHOLESALE PROVIDER

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses Gaud how can you talk about oarfish without mentioning that they swim vertically

They go forward with their bodies like this, not like a snake. Just an aggressive pogo stick of fish

the epilogue this post deserved!!!

If I remember correctly, then washing up used to be a portent for disaster because like. It was a kind of early tsunami warning sometimes?

two mimir 😴

There are currently eight works on AO3 tagged Klingon Chef (Deep Space Nine).

I am proud to have contributed one, but there should be many, many more. 

When no one is around to boop his snoot, he boops it himself. 

(Source)

Some kitties need their toe fluff trimmed so they don’t slip on hard floors 

(via)

Garak, employing a blatantly obvious espionage skill: oh this? Just a little something I picked up while innocently tailoring

Everyone else: That doesn’t sound right but i don’t know enough about tailoring to dispute it

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This is how the golden age of piracy ended.

Hello new followers!

I’ve got a few new followers on this blog, which is nice, but basically nothing happens here. I post the same kind of stuff over at apolesen, so you might want to follow that as well. 

Guernica - Brand New

If I could I would shrink myself, and sink through your skin to your blood cells, and remove whatever makes you hurt but I am too weak to be your cure.

Pablo Neruda, Tonight I Can Write (via shatteredbass)

1920-2013

my grandmother left and gave me her tomb it’s nice     i put my pillow where hers used to be on my bed where hers used to be and try not to think of myself as her

living in a tomb has its advantages it’s cool and dark in the summer and cool and dark in the winter and fresh flowers gather at the doorstep all year round

Artist Rob Gonsalves was born in Toronto, Canada in 1959. During his childhood, he developed an interest in drawing from imagination using various media.  By age twelve, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and began to do his first paintings and renderings of imagined buildings.

because the small dark corners have designs on me

Alphonse Mucha

"Alfons Maria Mucha (Ivančice, 24 July 1860 – Prague, 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs."