Definitely the prettier option with a bonus lower chance of snow on the road.

I second The Whale Called Killer and Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins!

That makes way more sense. I'm from that area, there's simply not ROOM for 100k ppl in Carmel.

I moved to Oregon 2 years ago and keep a running list of places to explore. No matter how many I check off, the list keeps growing. There's so much to see! Coast, forests, deserts, wetlands... This state has it all

I prefer to pretend the Hobbit movies don't exist. Don't that that trash sully perfection.

Some species use bioluminescence to find mates or signal conspecifics, some use it to lure prey.

There are also a variety of deep sea organisms that migrate to the sea surface at night to feed, so they're drawn to light sources in the dark.

OMG The Boxcar Children! I definitely wanted to live with them.

"The mother took a deep breath. “You can’t give her that!” she screamed. “It’s not safe!” IT’S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY’RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. “She’s a child!” shouted Crumley. IT’S EDUCATIONAL. “What if she cuts herself?” THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON."

"the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape" is possibly one of my favorite sentences ever written.

I'm for sure gonna get my gay card revoked for this, but Gideon the Ninth. I could not finish. Locked room mysteries are fun, slowly revealed complex world building is great, but I got halfway through the book and realized I still didn't know how anything actually worked or what the hell the MCs were doing and I didn't give a shit about any of them. I don't understand why it's so popular!

I was so disappointed by Our Wives Under the Sea. I remember finishing it and going "that's IT?!?" Into the Drowning Deep isn't one of Grant's strongest works but I'll give her a pass. When you're that prolific, not everything's gonna be a banger.

This is so sweet. I would suggest a visit to the best comic book shop in the world, Books with Pictures.(They have manga too!) It's incredibly welcoming, especially to young folks.

I've just started imagining that they're trans guys having fun wearing dresses. Like hell yeah, lady biker and femmey trans guy, thank you I love this future!

I'm so glad multiple people have already recommended the Wayfarers series! She has this beautiful vision of our future, without sugar coating our human flaws. Record of a Spaceborn Few brings me to tears.

That's true, check out the Fast Raft whale watch!

Being so remote and far away from family is really tough, I really feel for your son's friend.

Gumboot chiton for sure.

They're not rivals. And all mysticetes have two external blowholes.

Okay the explanation makes sense but I take issue with the suggestion to hang weighted line around your boat. That seems likely to increase entanglements and foul your prop.

Awesome, thanks!

Calling it "Cali" tells me they're either a recent transplant or don't actually live in CA. And being from NorCal, the questions were usually "do you surf" and "how's the weed?"

Noooooooope. I'd bounce. That's weirdly aggressive for a 2hr conversation.

OMG thank you. My office celebrates shark week every summer by watching a terrible shark movie and this could be our next watch! Last year we did Ghost Shark. We are still talking about it.

Ewwww no. That's not funny that's creepy as hell.

I call Patroclus a velociraptor! He likes to pounce with all four paws, straight out of Jurassic Park.

I hope they find their people, I know there's someone out there who will adore them!