🚿(under)water
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.
— Arthur C. Clarke
collection inspired by sharks 🦈
🚿(under)water
"In ecological terms we can attribute the health and vitality of the whale to the ocean not only to the whale, and we can attribute the strength of the lion to the jungle (or savannah) not only to the lion."
Nora Bateson • Nora Bateson — The Paradox of Agency
‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.’ by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen
Maybe the real value of leaving your pond for the ocean is to access scale.
For years, I had a selfish lens on the fish in the pond metaphor. I thought about how I could’ve stayed the smartest fish in my pond if I had remained in my pond. I debated and discussed the advantages of being a small fish in a large pond - how it widened my horizons and
... See moreThough people often talk about Asian carp as if it were a single species, the term is a catchall for four fish. All four are native to China, where they’re referred to collectively as 四大家鱼, a phrase that translates into English roughly as the “four famous domestic fishes.” The Chinese raise the famous four together in ponds and have been doing so
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
In the three-dimensional world of the deep ocean, above and below matter as much as in front and behind.
Ed Yong • An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Animal - Animal Ink - BBC Sounds
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I'm not sure I would've believed that a blue whales heartbeat can be heard from 3km away, until I saw how big they are 🤯
Amy Pearce