šæ(under)water
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.
ā Arthur C. Clarke
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šæ(under)water
cosmic tide ā the idea that the whole life of the universeāfrom the big bang to the collapsing of the universeāis just one wave in an āoceanā thatās beyond space time. What if the comedy and tragedy and all possible beautiful and all potential forms of life within our plenum is just the crashing of a single wave? It is a loop, a wave, a heartbeat,
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Photo by SR3.
An animal that can change itself to match its surroundings, just by contracting its skin? That can weigh as many stone as a man and stretch the length of a carriage, and yet fold its body through a crevice? Whose brain is wrapped about its throatāa brain no larger than a peaābut who is clever enough to play actual games? An animal with this much
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āWhat were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Waterā
āOcean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Do sharks taste their food?
Yes, sharks have small bumps in their mouths that contain numerous taste buds. So, they do taste their food and will reject it if it doesnāt meet their standards (which is why great whites are known to bite humans but not typically eat them).
Yes, sharks have small bumps in their mouths that contain numerous taste buds. So, they do taste their food and will reject it if it doesnāt meet their standards (which is why great whites are known to bite humans but not typically eat them).
Paul Richards ā¢ What Do Sharks Eat?
Song of the sea
Notice that before the creation of light, the seas were already there. The Iliad, too, calls Oceanus the father of the gods. The idea may be even older and may have originated prior to the separation of Eurasian and American peoples. Consider the first verse of the Navajo creation myth: āThe One is called āWater Everywhere.ā
Carlo Rovelli ā¢ Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
