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Sophie W

@biologizing.bsky.social

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Thirt(ies) and feeling invert-y 🐙 MSc studying Arctic and North Atlantic deep-sea weirdos ❄️ Ex-professional jellyfish mom ♨️ she/her 🇨🇦

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · Oct 15

Tfw you are a small rock crab and some kind of delicious worm sausage thing is right there but it knows invisible shield magic

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 8m

I was going to say "also I don't want a soaker" but I remember someone telling me once that was for sure a Canadianism, and I wanted to be relatable about wet socks

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 12m

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks

A photo of an open section in an autumn forest, there is a rocky dirt path on the right and a half-formed path through tall grasses and possibly reeds to the left.

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 2d

There's too much deep lore and worldbuilding and puppet sharks to fit in one movie!!

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't seen ouija shark [original] but I can say with some certainty that you might never feel wretched enough to watch ouija shark 2

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 3d

Like how am I possibly supposed to know beforehand that people DON'T want to know that pigeons barf up crop milk for their babies

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 3d

I think there's a filter for it on dating apps now, after the great adelie penguin fiasco of 2012

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 3d

"CERTIFIED NATURE PERSON

Don't talk to me if you want to continue liking animals"

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

One time I was on a first date and the guy said that normally he doesn't like to date nature people because they "always ruin animals with facts"

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes your friends are being nice and showing you a thing you'd like but you can't keep the ☝️🤓 inside the privacy of your own head for even one second

A screenshot of a nalgene bottle for sale with sea nettles and moon jellyfish on it, it also appears to glow in the dark.

A screenshot of a text chat where the other person says "so cool! So glowy!" And the sender replies "although slightly inhumane to have moon jellies and sea nettles on the same bottle. Since sea nettles predate on moon jellies"

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

I'm calling Alan Doyle right now, the people demand it

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

If it helps, I have asked many, many Newfoundlanders to repeat themselves upwards of 4 or 5 or 10 times and they are always happy to do it!

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

Frankly I don't think it would be possible to make one without that, it would be an integral feature

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

I swear they do it on purpose, they don't slow down even when I've asked them to repeat the same sentence for the 42nd time 😭😭😭

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

some days it's bay d'espoir and some days its bay despair, amirite b'ys

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

I am no expert in Russian but for his name the is emphasis on the first syllable, while poutine is pou-TIN

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

It's true, and the fact that there isn't a Quebecois French or Newfoundland English option in most text-to-speech situations is depriving the world of some truly incredible experiences imo

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

Somebody could tell me that there's a Newfoundland Gaelic and I would believe them, in fact it would be a relief since I have been here for 4 years and still have no idea what people are saying about a third of the time

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

My all-time favourite one though is the town of Bay D'Espoir, which, being a Quebecoise, I have pronounced in the francophone way. But no. It is pronounced "Bay Despair", and if you understand french this is especially funny because Bay D'Espoir directly translates to "Bay of Hope"

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

In my home province (Quebec): Poutine. Or Quebec
In my current province (Newfoundland): literally any word. Any phoneme that exists that you think you know how to pronounce

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 4d

I was backup octopus mom at work so I got to help bucket train Spaghetti the octopus, which is an important trained behaviour for a lot of useful and important reasons, as well as for the reason of it being the cUTEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN

A very small octopus that has climbed into a submerged bucket, it is so cute. Just unbelievably cute.

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 5d

Spaghetti was BABY. absolutely baby. so smol. but soooo ferocious definitely. omg I loved Spaghetti, perfect creature, no notes

A very small giant pacific octopus viewed through the window of a tank. It is looking out with one eye and one arm curled over its head.

A very small giant pacific octopus again viewed through the same window, this time it is rampaging with all of its arms out.

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 5d

Sully was a monster and liked to fight over the target pole. There was no food on the target pole. He would get food when he let go of the target pole. He just wanted the target pole I guess so that he could let go of it whenever he wanted and unlock the infinite food hack

A giant pacific octopus in an aquarium tank holding very firmly onto a PVC pole being held by the person taking the photo.

Another photo of a giant pacific octopus in an aquarium tank holding very firmly onto a PVC pole being held by the person taking the photo. His arms are more coily this time.

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 5d

Petunia either liked or tolerated animal-safe paints as an enrichment activity but either way she was PROLIFIC. Personally I liked her blue period but the multicoloured era was also inspired

A piece of paper with splattered paint over it attached to a clipboard, it is red and blue and black.

A piece of paper with splattered paint over it attached to a clipboard, it is black and yellow.

A piece of paper with splattered paint over it attached to a clipboard, it is blue and yellow.

A piece of paper with splattered paint over it attached to a clipboard, it is black and yellow and brown.

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 5d

I heard it's #WorldOctopusDay so I MUST shared some of my favourite octopus ~memories~ like of Petunia, my darling, from whomst I still have some art

The Art The Artist

A framed painting in blue paint that is haphazardly splattered around the canvas and appears to have been very wet and then dried unevenly. Also a smaller piece of paper that has a print of octopus suckers in dark ink.

A bright orange-red coloured giant pacific octopus suckered to the acrylic of an aquarium tank. She is staring directly at the camera from over her arm.