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Nobody talk to me ever again I'm too busy thinking about these two pages

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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.

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fucks me up that by total coincidence the sun and moon's size difference is exactly matched to their difference in distance from us, thus making our beautiful total solar eclipses where you can see the silver threads of the sun's corona possible because the moon just covers the sun completely

The stars (literally) aligned just right for this experience to be possible. It's likely that aliens don't have this

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I’m currently reading time travel fics for a rec list, and a really common trope is Marinette/Ladybug seeing future!Chat and losing her mind over how hot he is.

And there’s nothing wrong with that trope because, let’s face it, Chat IS going to grow up to be hot af

But it also ignores that Chat is ALREADY hot af. 14 year old Adrien is 14 year old Marinette’s idea of physical perfection. She’s just in denial when it comes to Chat. (Because of reasons.)

So I just feel like Marinette wouldn’t get an immediate nosebleed upon seeing future!Chat?

Give me Marinette begrudgingly admitting (but only to herself) that Chat is KIND OF good looking. Maybe. A little bit. And being PISSED about it. Like how DARE that stupid cat grow up to be attractive?? Ugh, he’s probably so smug about it too!

And then she’s snapping at him even more than usual and Chat has no idea what he did wrong 😂

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POV: you’re ladybug and you’re falling in love with your partner

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I’m currently reading time travel fics for a rec list, and a really common trope is Marinette/Ladybug seeing future!Chat and losing her mind over how hot he is.

And there’s nothing wrong with that trope because, let’s face it, Chat IS going to grow up to be hot af

But it also ignores that Chat is ALREADY hot af. 14 year old Adrien is 14 year old Marinette’s idea of physical perfection. She’s just in denial when it comes to Chat. (Because of reasons.)

So I just feel like Marinette wouldn’t get an immediate nosebleed upon seeing future!Chat?

Give me Marinette begrudgingly admitting (but only to herself) that Chat is KIND OF good looking. Maybe. A little bit. And being PISSED about it. Like how DARE that stupid cat grow up to be attractive?? Ugh, he’s probably so smug about it too!

And then she’s snapping at him even more than usual and Chat has no idea what he did wrong 😂

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hey I. made something

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Y’all ever see that dude on here doing all those really old baking recipes from tiktok?? Well he just thanked all of us on tumblr for the support so let’s spread the word k?? Lol

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I've stayed away from all social media in case that spoilers or leaks are still going around because I want to rewatch Season 5, including the ones that just aired last week... I decided to check on something on Twitter and WHAT DID I JUST SAW??? MARICHAT??? KISSING???

Bruh, I'm screaming. I want to watch now but I just want to be emotionally wrecked in chronological order Ó╭╮Ò

#miraculous ladybug

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I know a ton of people have said this before but for the love everything PLEASE stop treating AO3 like instagram. It is NOT cringe to comment on an old story. It’s an archive old stories are still meant to be found and read. Please think about interacting with the fic you read: at least kudos if you read it, a comment would be ideal. The authors will be over the moon. I guarantee you not a single author is going to ask why someone is commenting on an older fic.

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my favorite love language is trying, actually

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In a series of completely unrelated coincidences, the same family moves into a haunted house, attracts the attention of a local poltergeist, purchases an evil ventriloquist dummy, activates a witch’s curse, and adopts the newborn antichrist, all in the same week.

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To love somebody

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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As a reckless person, do you ever get suspicious and anxious whenever it's been days and no accident occured yet? So you're like, just get on with it already! And when it came you're just, "Ah, there it is." Then be calm because it's gonna be normal again?

Because, SAME

#recklessness #not mlbut I have a feeling Marinette is do feel this sometimes #nikz babbles