Do they not have skulls!? Why is it mushy there!?!? @bunjywunjy
well of course beluga has a skull!! that’s just not where it is.
see, you wouldn’t necessarily pick up on this, but beluga skulls (and most cetacean skulls in general) are pretty much
flat…
so what’s going on up there? well, most of the beluga’s head is taken up by soft tissue and a large organ called the melon, which is basically a big ol waterballoon of semiliquid fat!
(boob. it’s a head boob.)
this organ is found in every toothed whale and dolphin species on the planet and it’s INCREDIBLY important, because the melon is what lets them echolocate!
the actual sound-producing organ is inside their nasal passage of all places, which sits up behind there, but the melon is what’s actually used to fine-tune the soundwaves into the laser-accurate pinpoints that dolphins and toothed whales are so famous for.
tldr: without their head boob, belugas and their relatives would be literally flying blind!
does slapping the melon like that hurt it ? like does it affect how it works or anything
@weirdgirlwambsgans@vampire-juicebox you guys are in luck bc it does not! Belugas will squish their melons voluntarily against things like rocks and glass. Think of it like when you squish your butt (but at the same time not, bc they have no nerve endings beyond the skin) they even voluntarily let humans play with it!
This is a strong creature, if that hurt or bothered it, you would know
Hanukkah starts tonight (november 28th), at sundown and will last until Monday, november 6th at sundown. Happy hanukkah to all of my jewish mutuals and followers!
Everyone is saying “OP it’s December 6th”. well. Maybe chanukkah is a Year long now
Dad: Why do you care if you need to wear a bra in the pool?
Me: I think you don’t know how many of my daily actions revolve around the likelihood that an angry cisgender person might murder me.
Dad: Oh, right.
No, I mean cisgender person.
If you’re a cisgender woman and you assume that trans people can’t be afraid of you because you’re a woman it’s very possible that you’re the type of cis person I’m afraid of in public.
[image: reply by tireddragon155 purporting to correct an unspecified part of OP’s post, likely either “person” or “cisgender person”, to “man”.]
The Jetsons takes place in 2062, and George Jetson is 40 years old, which means that somewhere right now George Jetson is being conceived.
Actually, Google tells me George Jetson’s birthday is August 27, which means his parents are going to get successfully nasty this year’s Thankgiving Weekend.
Mark your calendars.
Soon, folks. Soon. The Georgening approaches.
Happy George Jetson’s Conception Eve
TODAY IN FICTION: George Jetson has been conceived.
