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[QUOTE=Cville;4834377]The precogs aren't wanted because Xavier, Magneto, and Moira believe that Krokoa will eventually fall and mutants will be mostly exterminated. They don't want people who can see the future to tell anyone so hope can remain.[/QUOTE]
What? That's like the exact opposite of what Xavier and Magneto believe. They're doing all of this to CHANGE that bleak outcome
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[QUOTE=loke13;4834546]What? That's like the exact opposite of what Xavier and Magneto believe. They're doing all of this to CHANGE that bleak outcome[/QUOTE]
I'm sure they believe that this time will be different, but after seeing how it ends ten times, somewhere in their minds they know it's a long shot.
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[QUOTE=yogaflame;4833791]Surely you jest? Sharks don't actively hunt living humans very often, but they are definitely opportunistic and would not hesitate to eat a dead human floating in the water for days. In fact, pirates often reported sharks following their ships and there are plenty of accounts of shipwrecked crews being picked off by them out of the water.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sharkseat.html[/url]
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[URL="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/"]https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/[/URL]
"Of course, [B]sharks are an important scavenger in warm waters[/B], like those off of Brazil[or off of Madripoor, for example], and can quickly reduce a body to shreds. "Sharks, like any predator, are opportunistic feeders, and they'll take advantage of a resource that's given to them," says George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville and the curator of the International Shark Attack File."
[URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/"]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/[/URL]
"As the sun rose on July 30, the survivors bobbed in the water. Life rafts were scarce. The living searched for the dead floating in the water and appropriated their lifejackets for survivors who had none. Hoping to keep some semblance of order, survivors began forming groups—some small, some over 300—in the open water. Soon enough they would be staving off exposure, thirst—and sharks.
The animals were drawn by the sound of the explosions, the sinking of the ship and the thrashing and blood in the water. Though many species of shark live in the open water, none is considered as aggressive as the oceanic whitetip. Reports from the Indianapolis survivors indicate that the sharks tended to attack live victims close to the surface, leading historians to believe that most of the shark-related causalities came from oceanic whitetips.
The first night, the sharks focused on the floating dead. But the survivors’ struggles in the water only attracted more and more sharks, which could feel their motions through a biological feature known as a lateral line: receptors along their bodies that pick up changes in pressure and movement from hundreds of yards away. As the sharks turned their attentions toward the living, especially the injured and the bleeding, sailors tried to quarantine themselves away from anyone with an open wound, and when someone died, they would push the body away, hoping to sacrifice the corpse in return for a reprieve from a shark’s jaw. Many survivors were paralyzed with fear, unable even to eat or drink from the meager rations they had salvaged from their ship. One group of survivors made the mistake of opening a can of Spam—but before they could taste it, the scent of the meat drew a swarm of sharks around them. They got rid of their meat rations rather than risk a second swarming.
The sharks fed for days, with no sign of rescue for the men. Navy intelligence had intercepted a message from the Japanese submarine that had torpedoed the Indianapolis describing how it had sunk an American battleship along the Indianapolis’ route, but the message was disregarded as a trick to lure American rescue boats into an ambush. In the meantime, the Indianapolis survivors learned that they had the best odds in a group, and ideally in the center of the group. The men on the margins or, worse, alone, were the most susceptible to the sharks.
As the days passed, many survivors succumbed to heat and thirst, or suffered hallucinations that compelled them to drink the seawater around them—a sentence of death by salt poisoning. Those who so slaked their thirst would slip into madness, foaming at the mouth as their tongues and lips swelled. They often became as great a threat to the survivors as the sharks circling below—many dragged their comrades underwater with them as they died.
A little after midnight, the USS Doyle arrived on the scene and helped to pull the last survivors from the water. Of the Indianapolis’ original 1,196-man crew, only 317 remained. Estimates of the number who died from shark attacks range from a few dozen to almost 150. It’s impossible to be sure. But either way, the ordeal of the Indianapolis survivors remains the worst maritime disaster in U.S. naval history."
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[QUOTE=yogaflame;4834967][URL="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/"]https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/[/URL]
"Of course, [B]sharks are an important scavenger in warm waters[/B], like those off of Brazil[or off of Madripoor, for example], and can quickly reduce a body to shreds. "Sharks, like any predator, are opportunistic feeders, and they'll take advantage of a resource that's given to them," says George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville and the curator of the International Shark Attack File."
[URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/"]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/[/URL]
"As the sun rose on July 30, the survivors bobbed in the water. Life rafts were scarce. The living searched for the dead floating in the water and appropriated their lifejackets for survivors who had none. Hoping to keep some semblance of order, survivors began forming groups—some small, some over 300—in the open water. Soon enough they would be staving off exposure, thirst—and sharks.
The animals were drawn by the sound of the explosions, the sinking of the ship and the thrashing and blood in the water. Though many species of shark live in the open water, none is considered as aggressive as the oceanic whitetip. Reports from the Indianapolis survivors indicate that the sharks tended to attack live victims close to the surface, leading historians to believe that most of the shark-related causalities came from oceanic whitetips.
The first night, the sharks focused on the floating dead. But the survivors’ struggles in the water only attracted more and more sharks, which could feel their motions through a biological feature known as a lateral line: receptors along their bodies that pick up changes in pressure and movement from hundreds of yards away. As the sharks turned their attentions toward the living, especially the injured and the bleeding, sailors tried to quarantine themselves away from anyone with an open wound, and when someone died, they would push the body away, hoping to sacrifice the corpse in return for a reprieve from a shark’s jaw. Many survivors were paralyzed with fear, unable even to eat or drink from the meager rations they had salvaged from their ship. One group of survivors made the mistake of opening a can of Spam—but before they could taste it, the scent of the meat drew a swarm of sharks around them. They got rid of their meat rations rather than risk a second swarming.
The sharks fed for days, with no sign of rescue for the men. Navy intelligence had intercepted a message from the Japanese submarine that had torpedoed the Indianapolis describing how it had sunk an American battleship along the Indianapolis’ route, but the message was disregarded as a trick to lure American rescue boats into an ambush. In the meantime, the Indianapolis survivors learned that they had the best odds in a group, and ideally in the center of the group. The men on the margins or, worse, alone, were the most susceptible to the sharks.
As the days passed, many survivors succumbed to heat and thirst, or suffered hallucinations that compelled them to drink the seawater around them—a sentence of death by salt poisoning. Those who so slaked their thirst would slip into madness, foaming at the mouth as their tongues and lips swelled. They often became as great a threat to the survivors as the sharks circling below—many dragged their comrades underwater with them as they died.
A little after midnight, the USS Doyle arrived on the scene and helped to pull the last survivors from the water. Of the Indianapolis’ original 1,196-man crew, only 317 remained. Estimates of the number who died from shark attacks range from a few dozen to almost 150. It’s impossible to be sure. But either way, the ordeal of the Indianapolis survivors remains the worst maritime disaster in U.S. naval history."[/QUOTE]
that sounds horrific! the tragedy war brings to the world is truly sickening.
maybe kitty didnt meet a similar fate because no sharks picked up on her. no blood and no noise as she was lifeless.
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[QUOTE=yogaflame;4834967][URL="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/"]https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/[/URL]
"Of course, [B]sharks are an important scavenger in warm waters[/B], like those off of Brazil[or off of Madripoor, for example], and can quickly reduce a body to shreds. "Sharks, like any predator, are opportunistic feeders, and they'll take advantage of a resource that's given to them," says George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville and the curator of the International Shark Attack File."
[URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/"]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/[/URL]
"As the sun rose on July 30, the survivors bobbed in the water. Life rafts were scarce. The living searched for the dead floating in the water and appropriated their lifejackets for survivors who had none. Hoping to keep some semblance of order, survivors began forming groups—some small, some over 300—in the open water. Soon enough they would be staving off exposure, thirst—and sharks.
The animals were drawn by the sound of the explosions, the sinking of the ship and the thrashing and blood in the water. Though many species of shark live in the open water, none is considered as aggressive as the oceanic whitetip. Reports from the Indianapolis survivors indicate that the sharks tended to attack live victims close to the surface, leading historians to believe that most of the shark-related causalities came from oceanic whitetips.
The first night, the sharks focused on the floating dead. But the survivors’ struggles in the water only attracted more and more sharks, which could feel their motions through a biological feature known as a lateral line: receptors along their bodies that pick up changes in pressure and movement from hundreds of yards away. As the sharks turned their attentions toward the living, especially the injured and the bleeding, sailors tried to quarantine themselves away from anyone with an open wound, and when someone died, they would push the body away, hoping to sacrifice the corpse in return for a reprieve from a shark’s jaw. Many survivors were paralyzed with fear, unable even to eat or drink from the meager rations they had salvaged from their ship. One group of survivors made the mistake of opening a can of Spam—but before they could taste it, the scent of the meat drew a swarm of sharks around them. They got rid of their meat rations rather than risk a second swarming.
The sharks fed for days, with no sign of rescue for the men. Navy intelligence had intercepted a message from the Japanese submarine that had torpedoed the Indianapolis describing how it had sunk an American battleship along the Indianapolis’ route, but the message was disregarded as a trick to lure American rescue boats into an ambush. In the meantime, the Indianapolis survivors learned that they had the best odds in a group, and ideally in the center of the group. The men on the margins or, worse, alone, were the most susceptible to the sharks.
As the days passed, many survivors succumbed to heat and thirst, or suffered hallucinations that compelled them to drink the seawater around them—a sentence of death by salt poisoning. Those who so slaked their thirst would slip into madness, foaming at the mouth as their tongues and lips swelled. They often became as great a threat to the survivors as the sharks circling below—many dragged their comrades underwater with them as they died.
A little after midnight, the USS Doyle arrived on the scene and helped to pull the last survivors from the water. Of the Indianapolis’ original 1,196-man crew, only 317 remained. Estimates of the number who died from shark attacks range from a few dozen to almost 150. It’s impossible to be sure. But either way, the ordeal of the Indianapolis survivors remains the worst maritime disaster in U.S. naval history."[/QUOTE]
I bet the Sharks ate GOOD that day.
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[QUOTE=butterflykyss;4834996]that sounds horrific! the tragedy war brings to the world is truly sickening.
maybe kitty didnt meet a similar fate because no sharks picked up on her. no blood and no noise as she was lifeless.[/QUOTE]
Sharks know good quality meat when they smell it
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[QUOTE=CookieOnTsunami;4835270]Sharks know good quality meat when they smell it[/QUOTE]
bwahahahaha
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I just keep thinking she's the one for Storm.
[video=youtube;E6UalG6zpTM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6UalG6zpTM[/video]
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She's cute, I like her, but I think we can do even better. I'd cast Ororo about a decade younger too, at this point, play up the college at Professor Xavier's angle.
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[QUOTE=Klaue's Mixtape;4835661]I just keep thinking she's the one for Storm.
[video=youtube;E6UalG6zpTM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6UalG6zpTM[/video][/QUOTE]
Who the hell did her hair?
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[QUOTE=LordAllMIghty;4835911]Who the hell did her hair?[/QUOTE]
Hair, makeup, and wardrobe did her no favors. Whoever was on lotion duty did good, though.
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[QUOTE=yogaflame;4835915]Hair, makeup, and wardrobe did her no favors. Whoever was on lotion duty did good, though.[/QUOTE]
See, I was trying not to go to there. Then here you come pulling me in. LOL
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[QUOTE=LordAllMIghty;4835923]See, I was trying not to go to there. Then here you come pulling me in. LOL[/QUOTE]
Look, I said she was nice, she is, I'm just saying...
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[QUOTE=yogaflame;4835925]Look, I said she was nice, she is, I'm just saying...[/QUOTE]
LOL. I feel like you just gave me the "She has a great personality" warm up speech, before Flavor Flav in drag walks out.
I agree she seems nice.