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When lightning strikes a lake why dont all the fish die?

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mildly autistic cumskin turdskin
  11/15/25
Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more...
hairless spectacular stage
  11/15/25
That’s salt water
demanding aromatic private investor location
  11/15/25
Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.
hairless spectacular stage
  11/15/25
Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical curre...
lavender thriller dilemma
  11/15/25
this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels wer...
azure dysfunction
  11/15/25
Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water i...
hairless spectacular stage
  11/15/25
Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surfa...
mildly autistic cumskin turdskin
  11/15/25
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bistre appetizing library generalized bond
  11/15/25
So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be ab...
Godawful Gaping
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bistre appetizing library generalized bond
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Floppy property
  11/16/25
Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time...
mildly autistic cumskin turdskin
  11/16/25
How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp
Floppy property
  11/16/25
A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy
cerise swashbuckling home
  11/16/25
Something about this poast-moniker synergy
Floppy property
  11/16/25
Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts ...
charcoal disturbing regret parlor
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bistre appetizing library generalized bond
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Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage
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Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage
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it's amazing how after all these years I still learn somethi...
Reinhard Heydrich Uunona
  11/20/25
Enjoy your trash fish
domesticated clown jew
  11/15/25
niggers
irate school
  11/15/25
lmao at this schoolbus thread
Yapping sick sanctuary
  11/15/25
We really like it here.
Floppy property
  11/16/25
They do wtf are you talking about?
beta whorehouse knife
  11/15/25
Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?
charcoal disturbing regret parlor
  11/15/25
I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this o...
beta whorehouse knife
  11/15/25
You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning ...
charcoal disturbing regret parlor
  11/15/25
Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’...
beta whorehouse knife
  11/15/25
And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a lit...
charcoal disturbing regret parlor
  11/15/25
cr
bistre appetizing library generalized bond
  11/16/25
they all jump right before the lightning strikes.
bright fragrant theater stage
  11/15/25
it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entir...
big cheese-eating ticket booth indirect expression
  11/15/25
protective fish slime
stimulating filthy faggot firefighter
  11/15/25
tp
Walnut queen of the night personal credit line
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Floppy property
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contagious harsh corner blood rage
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9838838388374783747782737388837378383
Floppy property
  11/16/25
We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping in...
Floppy property
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bistre appetizing library generalized bond
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Floppy property
  11/16/25
https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko
hairless spectacular stage
  11/16/25
A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration el...
Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant
  11/16/25
Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier
Spruce trip site
  11/16/25
For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform ...
Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant
  11/16/25
Or pronounce it. This block of text would be much easier...
charcoal disturbing regret parlor
  11/16/25
Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked
Spruce trip site
  11/16/25
damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President ...
Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage
  11/16/25
Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve pe...
Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant
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Floppy property
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Reinhard Heydrich Uunona
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ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp
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lavender thriller dilemma
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ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp
  11/20/25
fish instinctively jump at the right time
vivacious well-lubricated boistinker orchestra pit
  11/16/25
Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little f...
Overrated concupiscible pervert internal respiration
  11/16/25
fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield
tats
  11/20/25
Pike can feel it coming back again
Patel Philippe
  11/20/25


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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: mildly autistic cumskin turdskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433803)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: hairless spectacular stage

Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more electrolytes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433845)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: demanding aromatic private investor location

That’s salt water

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433849)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: hairless spectacular stage

Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433850)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: lavender thriller dilemma

Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical current mainly spreads out along the water's surface, not down into the depths. Fish that are deep enough to be below the surface remain unaffected, while only those very close to the surface are at risk of being harmed. This is because water's conductivity causes the electricity to travel horizontally rather than penetrate deeply.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433856)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: azure dysfunction

this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels were invented

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433895)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: hairless spectacular stage

Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water is significantly less dense, so the electrons should be able to penetrate deep

Edit I got it backwards fresh water is less dense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49433899)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: mildly autistic cumskin turdskin

Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surface because the water makes it only affect the waters surface. Very insightful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434056)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: bistre appetizing library generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434337)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Godawful Gaping

So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be able to dive and be okay?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434325)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: bistre appetizing library generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434338)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: Floppy property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434962)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:01 AM
Author: mildly autistic cumskin turdskin

Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time just dive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435091)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Floppy property

How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435300)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: cerise swashbuckling home

A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435357)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:55 AM
Author: Floppy property

Something about this poast-moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435360)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: charcoal disturbing regret parlor

Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts of electricity via their electrophores.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434238)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:09 PM
Author: bistre appetizing library generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434339)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:04 AM
Author: Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435092)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49436028)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:34 AM
Author: Reinhard Heydrich Uunona (✅🍑)

it's amazing how after all these years I still learn something new every day on xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49445544)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:00 PM
Author: domesticated clown jew

Enjoy your trash fish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434320)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: irate school

niggers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434324)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Yapping sick sanctuary

lmao at this schoolbus thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434326)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 2:00 AM
Author: Floppy property

We really like it here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434963)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: beta whorehouse knife

They do wtf are you talking about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434628)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: charcoal disturbing regret parlor

Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434637)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:26 PM
Author: beta whorehouse knife

I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this on lakes a million times

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434668)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: charcoal disturbing regret parlor

You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning strikes? And witnessed the event occur a million times?

Impressive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434676)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: beta whorehouse knife

Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’t been a million times but it’s a well known phenomenon up here. We even have a phrase for it: “Lightning Dead” lakes. It can take years to reboot and restore a lake after a major lightning strike especially if it cascades through an underwater stump system. In those interim years, the lake is a real waste land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434692)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: charcoal disturbing regret parlor

And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a little bit by including batrachians?

I think this thread demonstrates that a combination of electrical spread on the surface of the water, electrophoric activity, protective slime, and carefully timed jumps keeps the fish very much alive during lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434718)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:30 AM
Author: bistre appetizing library generalized bond

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434947)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: bright fragrant theater stage

they all jump right before the lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434638)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: big cheese-eating ticket booth indirect expression

it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entire city with an extension cord plugged into a home wall outlet. the power dissipates in accordance with current/voltage/time/area/etc. you would need a massive jolt of power to remain strong enough to kill stuff spread throughout a large body of water.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434650)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: stimulating filthy faggot firefighter

protective fish slime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434665)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 7:55 AM
Author: Walnut queen of the night personal credit line

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435088)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: Floppy property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435325)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: contagious harsh corner blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435330)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Floppy property

9838838388374783747782737388837378383

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435340)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Floppy property

We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping into swimming pools after tennis balls, rain or shine at any time of year, and always opted to fly through the air rather than use the steps on the way in 😹😹😹

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435341)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:07 AM
Author: bistre appetizing library generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435386)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: Floppy property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435962)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:53 AM
Author: hairless spectacular stage

https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49434960)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant

A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration electrical pulses. The fourier transform of a lightning pulse will show that much of the energy consists of high frequency alternating current. This is why when lightning strikes you hear static on an analog a.m. radio. In a conductor alternating current tends to flow on the surface in proportion to the frequency of the current and the electrical conductivity of the conductor. This is called skin effect. Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water, so the electric field around a strike will be more intense toward the surface and will spread out radially from the strike point. In the case of a fresh water strike, the penetration below the surface will be greater and the spread more resembles a sphere than a disk. If you are floating in the water the current that will flow through you depends upon the electric field gradient across your body. In most cases the field gradient will not be enough to hurt you if you are more than 20 or so feet away. However, if you are standing, the field gradient will be relative to ground, so the lethal distance will be greater. Fish aren't usually in contact with the ground, though. However, electricity is not the only problem. Lightning generates an intense sound wave (thunder). Close in it can be deadly or at least deafening - maybe 250 db, which is like a bomb - think of a stick of dynamite going off. Underwater the concussion can be deadly to fish at a much greater distance than the electrical effect. Maybe 5-10 times greater. In addition, the lightning will flash boil water at the impact point, so if you are too close you can be cooked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435411)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: Spruce trip site

Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435434)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 12:04 PM
Author: Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant

For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform just converts time domain into frequency domain. Maybe that doesn't make any sense either. It's just one of those things you learn in engineering and math classes. It's tedious to calculate, so you just have a computer or instrument do it for you so it becomes a black box. It is one of the most useful tools in signal and image processing, but it's also used in many other ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435484)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: charcoal disturbing regret parlor

Or pronounce it.

This block of text would be much easier to read if we had LaTeX and he could just simplify it with equations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435629)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Spruce trip site

Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49436270)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Lascivious Medicated Heaven Old Irish Cottage

damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President is in my mid 70s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435974)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:58 PM
Author: Carnelian Curious Pisswyrm Immigrant

Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve per the bort tradition.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49436018)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:47 PM
Author: Floppy property



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:35 AM
Author: Reinhard Heydrich Uunona (✅🍑)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49445951)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: lavender thriller dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49439361)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49445950)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: vivacious well-lubricated boistinker orchestra pit

fish instinctively jump at the right time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435639)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Overrated concupiscible pervert internal respiration

Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little fins was touching the bottom at the time then ZAP dead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49435642)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:02 AM
Author: tats

fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49445532)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:46 AM
Author: Patel Philippe

Pike can feel it coming back again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2E#49445553)