• Zorcron@piefed.zip
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    21 hours ago

    It’s telling me that shark skin is “smooth from all directions and at all times”

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      21 hours ago

      Are you reading the same thing I’m reading? Literally every search result describes shark skin as dermal denticles, or sharp tooth-like scales aligned from front to back, “relatively smooth” in one direction, and sandpaper-like in the other.

      Apparently other animals regularly get injured brushing up against them.

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        20 hours ago

        Well, I’m touching a shark right now. Rubbing it every which way. No direction is off limits. It’s smoother than the finest silks