• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      As a veteran scuba instructor, I have touched dozens of sharks with my bare hands. Every one had very rough skin, like medium sandpaper.

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        5 months ago

        that’s why they swim so smooth in the ocean.

        that or a few million years of evolution

      • theneverfox@pawb.social
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        5 months ago

        I don’t know what to tell you, I’m petting a shark right now and it’s like touching silk. In both directions, couldn’t be smoother