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[–] mech@feddit.org 126 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes Sharky?

CAN I PLEASE MOVE? I'M SUFFOCATING!

[–] notsure@fedia.io 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...300 million years, can't sit still, smh...

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I promised the wife Flake tonight.

[–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Protipp: To make this dish more interesting, simply bury the meat in your back yard for a year.

Hákarl

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

TIL Greenland sharks can live up to 500 years, take 150 years to reach sexual maturity and have a gestation period of up to 18 years. And apparently it takes a year in the back yard to prepare as well.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Obligate ram breathing is kind of mind-blowing. They have to swim to flow water through their gills because their gills have no muscles to flap like most fish have.

Only a few sharks are obligate ram breathers, though. Many species are able to take breaks from swimming.