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Hammerheads sharkz (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why is nobody talking about the most magnificent of them all: the whale shark?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

hammer heads have more of those electrical sensory organs than any other sharks. They're awesome! Great-white-sharks are for basic bitches.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ampullae of lorenzini

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I knew what they were called, had no idea how to spell them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nexus 5 represent!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I loved that phone so much.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Street sharks about due for a resurgence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That cartoon was on TV when I was VERY young, I always wanted to watch it, but I was never allowed to have the TV to myself so I was always overruled by my golden-child brothers and sisters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Once in a while you just need to...stop...hammer time!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

They drastically reduced their PR budget in the 90's and 00's and it shows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I was at the beach in Florida in August and some dude caught a baby one while fishing off the beach lol. Kinda upset he held it out for so long bragging but they did toss it back

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"They called him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning..." But Hammerhead is a baddie and sharks aren't supposed to be baddies any more. Sharks are friends, not threats. So Hammerhead slipped quietly into the distance to await his time of glory, when one day he will return to rule the Ocean with an iron ~~fist~~ head.

Incidentally, dolphins have had a troubled role-reversal in the fashion of popular opinion too. They were friends! Companions! Even amusements for a while, before everyone agreed they should be free. Now they are wanton rapists and bullies. Shed a tear for the poor, maligned dolphin, carrying the disgrace of his ill-behaved friends and relations. All Dolphins Are Not Bad.

One day the Bottlenose and the Hammerhead will return as friends, splendorous and loved. But will they find the World worthy of their love? Or will they leave, with a parting farewell, and a thanks for all the fish.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ADAB

Fuck'uh you whale and fuck'uh you dolphin!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fun fact: If you've said "Fuck you whale", you don't need to say "fuck you dolphin" as all dolphins are whales anyway. It would be like saying "Fuck you, Great apes (Hominidae) and fuck you human"

But you can say it if you want, it's just superfluous, but many of life's pleasures are.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What about the hammerhead shark guys who looked like bebop and rocksteady?

Am I imagining them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

No. It was a thing. No clue on names, tho.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Street sharks?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Both the Street Sharks and the Biker Mice from Mars feel pretty imaginary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I remember seeing the ad for those on TV and wanting them so bad. After much pleading, my folks relented and got me one. The same day, my parents’ minivan got stolen with my street shark in it while parked in a movie theater. I was heartbroken, never got to play with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That sucks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's never too late!

Hope one day you find one somewhere and get it as a small treat for child-you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The toys were a wierd texture like rubberized plastic. The sharks skin and face was flexible but the lower half of the figure was normal plastic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ha7HAG6jVqc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah they meant ranking. I thought they were going to say something about the hammerheads looking like that because they hit the ground face first.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I watched the OG Jurassic Park the other weekend, and realized I haven't thought about a triceratops in probably a decade at least.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Well, triceratops has the advantage of being one of the most popular dinosaurs.

The unlucky one for me is the Parasaurolophus ( that crested "duck-billed" dinosaur). It was always one of my favorites as a kid, and I had to search for its name tonight.