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While shark teeth tend to get a lot of attention, it’s the teeth on their skin that you should brush up on! Shark skin is covered in tiny, flat pointed scales that are called dermal denticles—which literally means skin teeth. If you look at a shark’s skin under a microscope, you’ll see that the scales are a series of overlapping teeth that result in a rough texture.

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These pointed scales reduce drag on sharks as they swim, making them stealthy and fast as they cut through the water. This jagged texture also keeps fouling animals (like barnacles) from being able to settle on their bodies and slow them down, which is helpful when you’re a speedy top predator. 

TLDR: sharks are covered in tiny teeth and this makes them better swimmers. How’s that for a tantalizingly toothsome fact?

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I feel so bad for whatever aquarium social media person who posted this who now has to read a million annoying NO SHARKS ARE SMOOTH comments in the notes. A genuine science education post about sharks is not the best place for that meme

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An interesting thing about how they handled revealing this... They only revealed it to us, the audience.

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When Ballister apologized to Nimona and realized he was wrong for not trusting her, it's based on the time they spent together and he had genuinely grown to care for her. Like...

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When confronting Nimona, he knew by that point that she hated being called a monster. Instead of waiting for her to try explaining herself, he gave in to Ambrosius' own conclusion that she was a monster even while he kept telling him "No, she's not" at the time. So, when he apologized to Nimona, he focused on the wrong thing he did. He didn't need to know the backstory to realize he was wrong.

With or without the backstory, he already cared a lot about her. And that's enough reason for him to apologize for hurting someone he loves.