We have met the enemy and he is us

Pov you're Three and multiple fuck off massive ships saw you from across the bar and liked your vibe ✨

Very vaguely inspired by this from Platform Decay (mild spoiler):

ART: I WILL BURN DOWN YOUR WORLDS AND VAT-CLONE BOWELS SO I CAN DO A SHIT IN THE ASHES! I WILL KILL EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER MET! I WILL FUCK YOUR CODE SO HARD IT WILL NEVER BE UNFUCKED! I AM BECOME DEATH, SHATTERER OF WORLDS!

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

[... ] a wonderful phrase

lacuna mutata

aint no [... ] craze

it means textual emendations

for the rest of your days

it's a source [...] free

ambiguity