just hyperfixations

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

We think Jake’s all cocky and full of himself in this scene, but I bet his inner monologue is like:

shut up! Shut Up shut up Seresin you freak…stop your mouth sounds this INstant! Why are you sTILL talKING?! ‘Too good to be true’ are you KIDDINg me. What are these WORDs? Why are you being STUPid? Why does Bradshaw make every single braincell burst into flames? STILL. STOP it, get some help. Why are you getting CLOSER to him litERALLY stop walking you can’t get any closer…this is wEIRd. People are staring. His eyes are so…glowy. I’m so WEird. It’s JUST a fuckin mustache! ‘That never comes’ WTF are we even talking about now? You do NOT love this song you HATE this song oh my god I’m gonna go outside now and fling myself off the pier…