Alien Daydreamer

eyes hit serious diminishing returns wrt resource costs vs vision quality as they get bigger, so the question became: what the FUCK do giant (and colossal) squid need to see so badly that they couldn't see with swordfish-sized eyes that's justifying that massive energy cost? that nothing else in the deep ocean needs to see so fucking badly??

turns out the one strength eyes that big really have over much smaller eyes is: seeing large glowing objects in water deeper than 500 meters from an appreciable distance.

sperm whales are the primary predator of giant squid. sperm whales don't glow. BUT! water that deep is full of bioluminescent creatures-- these creatures light up when bumped into. something a sperm whale's size is continuously bumping into those critters, it's just surrounded by a glowing field all the time when it's swimming at those depths, visible from a distance-- if you have the right eyes-- as a massive glowing shape. so basically the only reason to have eyes the size of soccer balls is if you live in the deep ocean and your life depends on having a heads up when a hungry sperm whale lurking around

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New edition ! Recipes from Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook are marked with a *, all the others are creations from talented fans (shout out to @fantasyfeasts, for providing most of these, and @sewuniversebacktogether for attempting to make troll food). Discworld themed food for everyone ! (last update 12/08/17)

Appetizers, snacks, sandwiches

Nanny Ogg’s Special Nibbles - with special party dip, made specially *

Sheep’s eyes *

Sam Vimes’s BLT

Sausage-inna-bun 

Seldom Bucket’s Favourite Snack *

Where’s the Pork?

Rat Fruit I

Rat Fruit II

Main dishes

Primal Soup *

Pie floater 

Slumpie *

Brodequin rôti façon Ombres - aka man’s boots in mud *

Horse Steak, Onions, and Foraged Vegetables

Genuine Howondaland Curry *

Mrs.Colon’s Genyooin Curry *

Lady Sybil Vimes’s Kedgeree *

Sourcerer’s Kedgeree

Curry with named meat

I Hate Chicken

Grimchi

Rincewind’s Potato Cakes *

Rincewind’s Potato Madness

Jolly Nourishing Fried Potatoes

Sergeant Angua’s Vegetable Stew - with dumplings *

Mrs Whitlow’s Artery-Hardening Hogswatch Pie *

Ploughman’s Pie

The Shepherd’s Crown pie

Mr Hong’s Fish Bars 

Noodles

Wow- Wow Sauce *

Pizzas

Klatchian Hots -with anchovies 

Klatchian Hots -without anchovies

Quattro Rodenti *

Creator’s pizza

Crunchy fried rat pizza

Four Strata Pizza

Bakery and sweets

Dwarf cake *

Dwarfish drop scones *

Drop scones

The Scone of Stone

Dwarf bread

Dwarf bread II

Toffee-Rats on a Stick

Traveller’s Digestives *

Librarian Poo

Jammy Devils *

Jam tomorrow

Figgins version 1* version 2 

Soul Cake Duck cakes

Tupenny upright

Nobby’s Mum’s Distressed Pudding version 1* version 2

All Jolson’s Black Death meringue 

Mrs Cake

Ankh-Morpork chocolate bonbons

Death by Chocolate

Chocolate Delight - with special secret sauce *

The Least Favourite Dessert of Verence II, King of Lancre  *

Nanny Ogg’s Maids of Honour (nsfw-ish…) *

Strawberry Wobbler (very nsfw-ish) *

Spicy Spotted Dick (no, not nsfw) * 

Bananana Soup Surprise  (not-as-nsfw-as-it-could-have-been)

Nanny Ogg’s Perfectly Innocent Porridge (with Completely Inoffensive Honey Mixture Which Shouldn’t Make Anyone’s Wife Laugh)  *

Rather Wobbly Cupcakes

Weatherwax Apple Pie

Very Good Biscuits with Bits of Chocolate In

Pteppic’s Djelibeybis *

Klatchian Delight

Honey Ice Cream

May contain Nuts

Yogurt on Wednesdays

Troll food !

Troll drink (I need a name for this one !)

Sweet Stones

Lumps of Coal (this one is not supposed to be Discworld related, but come on !)

Sediments to Make You Dribble

Don’t forget the drinks ! Check Discworld Drinks :

City Watch Cocoa