ever since i was a small child i knew i wanted to have an unemployable skillset
anyone want to meet up after school and ride our bikes to get ice cream
so the megalodon is most definitely extinct? how do scientists know?
well, the thing about large predators is that they leave an impact on an ecosystem big enough that you can tell they’re there, even if you never observe one directly. in this case, we know they’re definitely extinct because of the behavior of whales! whales used to max out at about 50 ft long and were fast and agile, entirely because of predation by megalodon!
but about 2 million years ago, our whales began to rapidly increase in size until we ended up with real monsters like the blue whale. this pretty directly lines up with the extinction of megalodon, and the removal of the pressure they were putting on large whale populations.
basically, large whales can get away with being gigantic, slow tanks in the oceans today because there simply isn’t a predator big enough to take them on anymore. if megalodon still existed, we would be seeing its impact on whale populations! whales would be smaller, and a hell of a lot more skittish than they are.
everything in a given ecosystem is connected, and you can often get important information about the unknown parts by observing the behavior of other parts of the ecosystem.
just because music isnt playing doesnt mean im not listening to it
when you apply for your villain license they give you a book of all the new words you’re allowed to say. it’s full of shit like “foible” and “machinations”
“you should be at the club” Brother I should literally be sent to the seaside for my health
Come Over & We Can Hang Out on thr floor
stop doing coke with these jokes and come smoke crackula with dracula
Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting
why does cannibalism always have to be a metaphor for something what if im just hungry