This always makes me happy, because the source video shows that the shark actually wanted this. It experienced it once and then kept coming back for more petting.
(also, because i’ve seen comments about this: the shark is able to breathe while still, not all species need to be in motion to pass water through their gills. If you look closely, you can see its gills pumping)
I would very much like if more people would pet sharks and be good to them instead of trying to hurt them please
Sharks are very lovely and should get pettings like these more :)
MythBusters did an episode on how to survive a shark attack and a shark’s nose is so sensitive that a gentle tap is all you need to drive it away. The guy sat on the ocean floor with a bucket of chum and didn’t get attacked once, when hungry sharks swam up he’d give them a boop on the nose and they’d swim away. So if the shark is friendly, pet the snoot. If the shark is dangerous, boop the snoot. Either way, no one dies.
Boop the snoot
Reblogging for adorable shark and ‘boop the snoot.’
Okay but imagine women in Jurassic World like there actually being women soldiers and a woman in Pratt’s role who’s the raptor alpha and action hero and a little girl obsessed with Dinos and her and her sister surviving the island imagine women in movies wow
cygnaut asked: If Max Rockatansky was your boyfriend, he would never ask if the symbolic black scarf you gifted him is a male imperator scarf or a female one.
Look at the 2nd gif and tell me that doesn’t seem like part of some desperate wasteland wedding ceremony (also enjoy Toast, Cheedo, and Capable as the world’s most appalled flower girls.)
I’m just over here, dragging hands slowly down my face and giving up on any sort of pretense of objectivity.
I never noticed that he put his hand on the back of the metal one in that second gif, until you pointed it out. What. Even.
…true talk tho, the only way that arranged marriage fic might happen to these two is if there’s literal guns pointed at literal heads, and there’d need to be hostages involved, possibly multiple, and perhaps (given this universe) cannibalism, maybe some electrocutions.
I just want everyone to know that your microwave has a button that says “defrost.” It’s not the same as heating it. 30 minutes on defrost will thaw a chicken to the same temp as if it’d been sitting out all day.
Has absolutely zero reservations about dancing in public, no matter what she looks like.
Always carries out a dare until the very end.
Harbours a strong, courageous streak, which, despite all of her other wonderful characteristics, is her underlying, most potent trait, which is why she ended up in Gryffindor.
That bravery also involves standing up for what is right.
Sticks up for those she loves.
Even when people are beyond her help (*cough* Snape *cough*).
Jumps in puddles.
Loves - and loves to help - animals, big or small.
(‘Would you consider James an animal?’ ‘Shut up, Marlene.’)
Isn’t necessarily allergic to lilies, but tells everyone she thinks they’re clichéd. Loves lilies anyway.
Likes plants in general, even though she has two black thumbs.
Never one to be intimidated by an opponent.
Snarky.
Although, she can be easily flustered (*cough* James *cough).
Often talks back to her teachers, but never in a disrespectful manner.
The above is pretty much canon, according to Slughorn.
So she always uses cheek, but never in an ignorant manner.
Loves sweets, but nothing too sickly.
Adores marshmallows.
She loves bonfires and sparklers, so she can roast marshmallows.
Likes dogs, but is a cat person.
Can’t blow bubblegum.
Likes Queen.
Likes Quidditch, but doesn’t trust herself on a broom.
Doesn’t trust herself with fire, either, but still uses sparklers religiously.
Always takes part in Bonfire Night.
Collects candles.
Chases butterflies (with Peter).
Doesn’t cook an awful lot, but is very good at slow-stewing meals, such as casseroles and soups, seeing as it’s so similar to Potions.
Loves cupcakes.
And loves to decorate cupcakes, even though she makes a mess.
She’ll bake them with Peter (well, he does most of the baking), and she’ll help to decorate. Peter’s decorating skills usually trump her’s, though.
She just adores the pastel colours of the icing.
Sets up bird houses in her backyard.
Doesn’t mind one bit when visiting owls use them.
Probably visits the Owlery more often than she sends letters.
Likes stargazing.
Does it often, with James, even before they were dating.
Usually involved tears and cigarette smoke.
Prefers cloud-watching, though.
Likes astrology, sure, but doesn’t set a lot of store by it (at least, that’s what she tells people).
Mildly superstitious.
Loves to climb trees.
Broke her arm when she was kid, once, from falling out a tree. Healed a little too quickly (from da MAGIKS).
Will fiercely defend everyone she loves until her dying breath. Which she did.
Loves making - and wearing - daisy chains.
Her favourite thing about Summer is the fashion.
She wears sundresses, sunhats, and sandals religiously.
But, she prefers to go barefoot.
Loves the beach.
Sticks her tongue out at people.
Likes strawberries, and strawberry-flavoured things (especially strawberry ice cream).
Gets hay fever, but will put up with it in the Spring, because everything is fresh and bright and new.
Seems to ladder every pair of tights she owns.
Always manages to loose her quills.
Likes art, but doesn’t set much store by her talents.
Can cartwheel.
Can only do handstands underwater.
Used to do gymnastics as a kid, not ballet.
Paints her toenails pink.
Adores her Doc Martens.
Likes maxi-skirts.
Tried to write a journal, but couldn’t stick with it for more than a few days.
She’s not bad swimmer.
Accidentally swum to the deep end when she was young, and nearly went under before someone dragged her out.
Her worst fear is drowning.
Loves to ride her bike. Only wobbles a little bit.
Loves gingerbread, and whacks James over the head when he suggests that it’s because of her hair.
‘Shut up, you prat.’ ‘You love it, Ginge.’
Likes tennis.
Lily in her white tennis skirt evokes a few snarky comments from James.
She throws her racket at him.
And then starts pelting tennis balls at him.
Lily in a visor.
Has a great friendship with each of the Marauders.
Bonds with Sirius over their family issues.
She worries greatly about her family, not her blood status.
Steals Remus’s jumpers from him.
Makes her own jewellery.
Made a friendship bracelet for each of the Marauders.
Peter accepts his happily.
Remus smiles and wears his proudly.
Sirius wears his with a multitude of wristbands.
James refuses to wear it, at first, because ‘I’m your boyfriend, Lily, not just a friend.’, so she kisses him on the cheek and tells him it can be a Boyfriend Bracelet.
He never takes it off, after that.
Squeals when Sirius gives her rides on his motorbike.
Doesn’t wear a lot of makeup, because she doesn’t like how it feels on her skin.
In fact, she used to wear more than she does now.
She would cover up her freckles.
But she stopped when James points out how much he likes her freckles.
However, she knows that she doesn’t need the attention of a bloke to make her feel comfortable in her own skin.
Her favourite colour is mint green.
Because they would come in her drink, she chews on mint leaves in Summer.
She does the same thing when she’s pregnant.
Buys chew toys for Sirius for his presents.
(Gets him the vinyl album he wanted, anyway.)
Calls James ‘Fork’ when she finds out why the boys call him ‘Prongs’.
Puts a cheeto on each fingers and eats it that way. Always.
Plays piano.
LOVES SCI-FI.
LOVES STAR WARS.
(Owns Star Wars pyjamas.)
LOVES DOCTOR WHO.
IS THE BIGGEST DOCTOR WHO NERD YOU WILL EVER MEET.
Grew up watching it with her family.
Elven-year-old Lily asks older Muggleborn Hogwarts’ students if everything in Doctor Who is real.
They just smile and ruffle her hair and laugh and tell her, ‘No, of course they aren’t.’
Loves her stuffed toys.
Still sleeps with one and whacks people when they tease her about it.
Always says that if she were to ever have a girl, she would name her Petunia.
Likes the rain, even though it means that she can’t go outdoors.
Likes tea, including herbal, and hot chocolate, too. Isn’t a huge fan of coffee.
Wants to travel to India, one day.
Will fiercely defend those she loves until her dying breath. And she did.
