#shark skin

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#sharks #shark skin #other stuff

[tanuki-kimono]

Hi! I ended up finding your page based off your post of magatama beads! I was wondering if you could tell me what this pendant shape is? It's from the new show Blue Eye Samurai on netflix. Its based in 17th century Japan. The pendant decorates the handle of the main characters sword. It looks like a magatama but isn't quite the right shape? Is it a magatama or somethings else?

Hi, Blue Eye Samurai is on my list but I haven't found time to watch it yet!

As for your screenshot, I do think it is supposed to be a stylized magatama bead! As you saw in this past post, magatama can come in many shapes and sizes. This one has a pronounced "claw" tip + is strung on a himo (cord) wrapped around what look like same (shark or ray shagreen) covered tsuka (katana handle). It's a very cool detail!

#ask #Blue Eye Samurai #magatama #magatama bead #katana #daisho #same #shark skin #tsuka #ray skin #shagreen #katana handle

[wholesome-sharks]

So, WHAT DOES SHARK SKIN ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE?

Is it rough like sandpaper like the textbooks say, or are the sharks actually 'smooth bois'?

Well, I can't speak for all species definitively. But I went to the Odysea aquarium in Arizona a month ago and got to briefly touch the bamboo sharks in the touch tank.

The brown-banded bamboo shark's skin definitely had some friction, but it was barely noticeable. The white-spotted bamboo shark's skin was firmer along its back but softer on the sides.

I would say their skin did feel like sandpaper, but a very fine grade, the kind you'd use for detail sanding.

Considering that most sharks' dermal denticles run backwards, I think their skin would feel smooth to the touch as long as you stroked it front to back. I have heard about people getting 'burned' from contacting the skin of a shark that moved too quickly or the wrong way. If you have more literal hands-on experience with sharks, feel free to add your observations.

TL;DR Are sharks smooth? Depends on the species and how you're rubbing it. But yes.

(Note: yes I am aware that touching sharks with bare hands can be bad for them. These specimens were captive, and the aquarium encourages visitors to wash hands before and after interacting with the touch tank creatures.)

#aquarium #bamboo sharks #shark skin #my thoughts #fin me in the queue

[foxyfexyll]

just got a pet shark. can confirm: the skin is so smooth. so huggable you guys. not sandpaper i don’t know where anyone could ever get that idea

#HIS NAME IS BLUU #vex rambles #sharks #shark #shark skin #ikea #blahaj

[sitstaystoned]

perfectly smooth in all directions, of course

#shark skin #thrifted an extra dirty blahaj to clean up and restuff

[batmanpolls]

#polls #batman polls #dc comics #batman #bruce wayne #shark skin

[cuddly-princess]

I know it's only Tuesday, but I think I'm gonna start posting my shark facts on Fridays just so I have some consistency. I don't know if they'll be every week or every other week, but I will post another fact on Friday:) anyway... here's another shark fact!!

Shark skin feels similar to sandpaper.

Shark skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. These scales point towards the tail and help reduce friction from surrounding water when the shark swims.

This is the skin of a nurse shark. Unlike most sharks, a nurse shark has fairly smooth skin.

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[teachersource]

Did you know? Sharks’ skin helps them swim faster! You may know that shark skin is made up of scales called “denticles”, but you may not know that these scales are optimal for swimming quickly and quietly through the water. Each scale (shown here under an electron microscope) creates a tiny vortex and reduces both turbulence and hydrodynamic drag and enables the shark to glide almost silently through the water.

#science #sharks #shark week #shark skin #denticles #science facts #shark facts

[eradmi]

Didn't read the article, but who needs to? Sharks! The smooth silky denizens of the waters!

#sharks #smooth #silky #smooth shatk #shark skin

[momosweetpeach]

Tosses up Kirishima Moms up here. I always found it funny how small Eijirou originally had normal teeth before his quirk came in, so I imagine as he was losing baby teeth, he had a mix of shark teeth and regular human teeth for a while.

#kirishima eijirou #kirishima mha #kirishima moms #momoart #Sameko can make her skin either really rough or smooth #along with basic shark qualities #Kairi can form instant callouses anywhere on her body #Kairi is a marine biologist and Sameko is a stay at home mom

[montereybayaquarium]

While shark teeth tend to get a lot of attention, it’s the teeth on their skin that you should brush up on! Shark skin is covered in tiny, flat pointed scales that are called dermal denticles—which literally means skin teeth. If you look at a shark’s skin under a microscope, you’ll see that the scales are a series of overlapping teeth that result in a rough texture.

These pointed scales reduce drag on sharks as they swim, making them stealthy and fast as they cut through the water. This jagged texture also keeps fouling animals (like barnacles) from being able to settle on their bodies and slow them down, which is helpful when you’re a speedy top predator. 

TLDR: sharks are covered in tiny teeth and this makes them better swimmers. How’s that for a tantalizingly toothsome fact?

#monterey bay aquarium #shark week #shore to dermadentickle your fancy #imagine being a shark dentist #would a shark dentist also be a dermaldentologist? #this pun just made it by the skin of its teeth

[alliebirb]

FOXY GRANDPA AND THE MYSTERY LADY!!!!!!!!!!!

#EVERY REHYDRATED GANON TRUTHER I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE #ITS BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK THIS MAN IS A G CUP GOD BLESS YOU #ALSO DARK SKIN ZELDA??!!??? HYLIA??!?????! SPIRIT OF WISDOM??!!!???!!??! MY WIFE??!!!!!!!!!?? #SHARK KING BOYF NEXT AREGGHGAGAGAHAGHAHGGHHHHG #alliebirb art #totk #tears of the kingdom #ganondorf #ganon

[the-dragon-girl-27]

flocking drawings!!

Young Altispinax preparing to do a mating display

Thyreosaurus slaying a Theropod

Ornithoprion just swimming round

Mama Mapusaurus bringin home a Chakisaurus carcass for her daughter

#paleoart #paleostream #Altispinax #Thyreosaurus #Ornithoprion #Mapusaurus #Chakisaurus #theropod #stegosaurus #shark #fish #dragon draws creatures #as for the unamed theropod in the Thyreosaurus drawing wikipedia says that there were theropods in the same formation #but there isn't much info beyond “they sure were there indeed” #or even like the specific species so like I drew the most generic theropod like default skin ass creature #so the scale might be innacurate #jokes on you Thyreosaurus is a newly discovered dino (like 2 weeks ago as of now) so that drawing will be inaccurate no matter what i do #or we can just say its a juvinile #wake up babe new dinosaur dropped #tw blood

[hoofpeet]

Mermaids that shed their tails & change forms every so often

#hoof draws #misc #?? #like goldfish --> trout --> shark --> whale or smthn #i know fish don't shed skin but. yeah

[ladyelainehilfur]

Since we all seem to be in agreement that the general webtoon fandom (outside of reddit, private servers, and the app) is suspiciously quiet ➡️ send me an ask!! I love love love talking about the series I'm reading and I'm more than happy to geek out with anyone who's willing to share their excitement 🥺

And send asks to each other! Become mutuals, post your opinionated rants, your webtoon rankings, character vs character, the works. Being a webtoon fan doesn't have to be a loner type of deal!

#specifically these webtoon #space boy #which is very underrated btw I'm not caught up but I've read it twice #odd girl out #webtoon #teenage mercenary #weak hero #cursed princess club #shark girl umi #the little trashmaid #unordinary #tacit #surviving romance #a man's man #my dud to stud boyfriend #who's mr. president #marry my husband #nice to meet you #fictional skin #the remarried empress #your smile is a trap #Jackson's diary #Lumine #and more but yeah I read these PLEASE send asks!!!

[lynxgriffin]

People have been bringing up the fact that Noelle has a long face in her sprites. You think it be funny if there was a comic where Susie asked "Why the long face?"

I don't think Susie has any room to talk in terms of long faces!

#ask lynx stuff #lynx art #man remember when like some fans thought that Susie was a horse #a horse with no ears #and purple skin #and huge shark teeth #good times