đż(under)water
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.
â Arthur C. Clarke
collection inspired by sharks đŚ
đż(under)water
Sharks are essentially living fossils, having glided through the Earthâs oceans for over 400 million years already. They have outlasted the dinosaurs and have survived mass extinction events to become one of the most successful and enduring groups of animals on the planet.
Amie Pearce ⢠The evolution of sharks
âIt is easier to swim in the sea than in a bathtub.â
Tom Segev ⢠A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion
âHow inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.â
â Arthur C. Clarke
Amie Pearce ⢠A canvas of blue
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 đ¤Ż
Amy Pearce
âwhether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goalâ
The very same qualities that have made the âdomestic fishesâ famous in China have made them infamous in the United States. A well-fed grass carp can weigh more than eighty pounds. In a single day it can eat almost half of its body weight, and it lays hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time. Bigheads can, on occasion, weigh as much as a hundred
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert ⢠Under a White Sky
While other vertebrates, such as the rougheye rockfish and the bowhead whale, can reach an impressive age of around 200 years, the Greenland shark is by far the longest-lived vertebrate with some estimates as high as 512 years.
Amie Pearce ⢠The longevity of the Greenland shark
Who becomes a good sailor without knowledge of storms?