hi hello howdy we here at bunjywunjy dot tumblr dot com feel that it’s been a while since we’ve talked about/relentlessly mocked a weird animal, so now it’s time to explore Mother Nature’s basement once again. (it’s where she keeps all the cool stuff)
we’d like to formally introduce you to the Remora, which is an important-sounding name for a very strange fish.
I don’t even know what to say to this. look at it.
JUST FOR STARTERS: they totally look like god read the ikea instructions wrong and assembled them upside-down.
in his defense, we’ve all done that thing where you assemble an ikea chair backwards because you can’t fucking read
their true weirdness shines out in the fact that Remoras use the strange pad-like-structure on top of their heads (yes, that’s the top) to literally suction themselves onto the bodies of passing animals. like a car window garfield hitchhiker.
their instinctual drive to become a living hood ornament to any passing object larger than themselves drives them to attach to sea turtles, whales, boats, aaaaand sharks. it’s usually sharks.
imagine if your life goal was to glue yourself to a lion. face-first.
surprisingly, sharks appear to tolerate these hitchhiking freeloaders. the Remora becomes the shark’s personal vacuum cleaner, in exchange for a ride and hardly ever getting eaten.
yaay! now to find myself an unsuspecting animal to glue myself to!
a final lesson we can take from our friend the Remora is to seize opportunity whenever you can, but watch out in case it has teeth.
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