2923: Scary Triangles - Revision history

Treeplate: icebergs in the animal kingdom => icebergs of the animal kingdom

2025-09-19T00:42:31Z

icebergs in the animal kingdom => icebergs *of* the animal kingdom

162.158.186.252: /* Explanation */ role of Jaws

2024-12-21T22:38:09Z

‎Explanation: role of Jaws

141.101.99.12: /* Explanation / If intended as a comment, done wrongly. Isn't well written either in the form it appears or* as a mysteriously hidden comment.

2024-07-04T12:04:10Z

‎Explanation: If intended as a comment, done wrongly. Isn't well written either in the form it appears *or* as a mysteriously hidden comment.

ConscriptGlossary: Added commented text

2024-07-04T08:26:55Z

Added commented text

ChristmasGospel: Icebergs don't swim.

2024-07-03T20:10:40Z

Icebergs don't swim.

172.71.254.200: moved trivia to bottom

2024-05-10T17:29:41Z

moved trivia to bottom

B for brain: /* Explanation */

2024-05-05T09:32:35Z

‎Explanation

Mtcv: link to 2829: Iceberg Efficiency

2024-04-24T10:34:02Z

link to 2829: Iceberg Efficiency

Mtcv: density calculation added

2024-04-24T10:31:36Z

density calculation added

Asdf: /* Explanation */ iceberg analogue

2024-04-23T15:22:47Z

‎Explanation: iceberg analogue

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 Having learned that a similar fact is true of sharks, Cueball has drawn a dotted outline of the shark's body, equivalent to that often depicted in diagrams of icebergs, beneath the scary triangular fin, to show what a shark looks like under the surface. Cueball's enhanced analysis has so far failed to identify some of the {{w|Shark tooth|even more scary triangles}} that more often stay below water, and would be experienced proportionately more in actual attack situations, also leaving critical leaky holes in the body.
-The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom".
+The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs of the animal kingdom".
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 [[Cueball]] is giving a marine biology lecture about sharks and seems to have mixed up icebergs with the topic.
-In pop culture, {{w|shark}}s will often approach prey or people with only their front {{w|dorsal fin}} visible, which looks like a triangle, above the water. As far as its usual marine prey is concerned, this is inaccurate, as most sharks will attack from below to keep the element of surprise. From the human perspective, we're just more used to (and capable of) seeing the surface of the sea so, most of the time, if we actually ''know'' that there is a shark in the area then it's because it is currently swimming close enough to the surface to have its dorsal fin conspicuously sticking into the air - whether or not it is a hunting shark, a dangerous shark or even an actual shark.
+In pop culture, {{w|shark}}s will often approach prey or people with only their front {{w|dorsal fin}} visible, which looks like a triangle, above the water. As far as its usual marine prey is concerned, this is inaccurate, as most sharks will attack from below to keep the element of surprise. From the human perspective, we're just more used to (and capable of) seeing the surface of the sea so, most of the time, if we actually ''know'' that there is a shark in the area then it's because it is currently swimming close enough to the surface to have its dorsal fin conspicuously sticking into the air - whether or not it is a hunting shark, a dangerous shark or even an actual shark. Another contributing factor is the movie Jaws, in which, due to problems with the animatronic shark, most scenes where filmed with the shark mostly or completely hidden.
 In the comic the joke is that Cueball reveals that marine biologists have only recently learned that the triangle is only a small part of a shark. Until this revelation people were only aware of the visible portion, and the fact that death and injury often occurred when they arrive, causing them to be known as 'scary triangles'. Finally the community has learned that more than 90% (i.e. the rest of the shark's body) is hidden beneath the surface. (In most, if not all, cases it would actually be ''significantly'' more than 90%.)

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 Having learned that a similar fact is true of sharks, Cueball has drawn a dotted outline of the shark's body, equivalent to that often depicted in diagrams of icebergs, beneath the scary triangular fin, to show what a shark looks like under the surface. Cueball's enhanced analysis has so far failed to identify some of the {{w|Shark tooth|even more scary triangles}} that more often stay below water, and would be experienced proportionately more in actual attack situations, also leaving critical leaky holes in the body.
-The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom". <1-- or as the Frenchmen called it, The Dogs of the sea -->
+The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom".
 ==Transcript==

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 Having learned that a similar fact is true of sharks, Cueball has drawn a dotted outline of the shark's body, equivalent to that often depicted in diagrams of icebergs, beneath the scary triangular fin, to show what a shark looks like under the surface. Cueball's enhanced analysis has so far failed to identify some of the {{w|Shark tooth|even more scary triangles}} that more often stay below water, and would be experienced proportionately more in actual attack situations, also leaving critical leaky holes in the body.
-The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom".
+The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom". <1-- or as the Frenchmen called it, The Dogs of the sea -->
 ==Transcript==

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 Having learned that a similar fact is true of sharks, Cueball has drawn a dotted outline of the shark's body, equivalent to that often depicted in diagrams of icebergs, beneath the scary triangular fin, to show what a shark looks like under the surface. Cueball's enhanced analysis has so far failed to identify some of the {{w|Shark tooth|even more scary triangles}} that more often stay below water, and would be experienced proportionately more in actual attack situations, also leaving critical leaky holes in the body.
-The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}}
+The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}} A better name would be "icebergs in the animal kingdom".
 ==Transcript==

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 The title text continues the joke explicitly, saying that sharks are the "icebergs of the sea." However, icebergs are already the icebergs of the sea.{{Citation needed}}
 ==Transcript==
 :[Cueball points with a stick to a poster hanging behind him to the left. The poster has a diagram of a shark. The dorsal fin is shown above a wavy surface of water. The part of the outline of the shark that are under water are drawn in dashed lines. There are unreadable text in the top and bottom left corner, and two labels with lines that points to its dorsal fin and its gills. Cueball's stick points to the label near the gills]
 :Cueball: Today's marine biology lecture is on '''sharks'''. We all know them as the scary triangles of the sea, but recent research has revealed that the triangle is only a small portion of the shark - over 90% of it is hidden beneath the surface.
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	[[Cueball]] is giving a marine biology lecture about sharks and seems to have mixed up icebergs with the topic.		[[Cueball]] is giving a marine biology lecture about sharks and seems to have mixed up icebergs with the topic.

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 In the comic the joke is that Cueball reveals that marine biologists have only recently learned that the triangle is only a small part of a shark. Until this revelation people were only aware of the visible portion, and the fact that death and injury often occurred when they arrive, causing them to be known as 'scary triangles'. Finally the community has learned that more than 90% (i.e. the rest of the shark's body) is hidden beneath the surface. (In most, if not all, cases it would actually be ''significantly'' more than 90%.)
-The 90% is borrowed from an often cited factoid about {{w|iceberg}}s: that 90% of their volume is underwater. This follows from the relative densities of ice and water: the fraction under water is the density of the ice divided by the density of the water. For pure ice just below freezing in pure water just above freezing this would be 0.92 kg/L / 1 kg/L = 92%. However sea water has a density of 1.03 kg/L, leading to 89%. In reality icebergs are made of compressed snow (which has a lower density) and may be filled with air cavities, leading to lower densities.
+The 90% is borrowed from an often cited factoid about {{w|iceberg}}s: that 90% of their volume is underwater (see also [[2829: Iceberg Efficiency]]). This follows from the relative densities of ice and water: the fraction under water is the density of the ice divided by the density of the water. For pure ice just below freezing in pure water just above freezing this would be 0.92 kg/L / 1 kg/L = 92%. However sea water has a density of 1.03 kg/L, leading to 89%. In reality icebergs are made of compressed snow (which has a lower density) and may be filled with air cavities, leading to lower densities.
 Having learned that a similar fact is true of sharks, Cueball has drawn a dotted outline of the shark's body, equivalent to that often depicted in diagrams of icebergs, beneath the scary triangular fin, to show what a shark looks like under the surface. Cueball's enhanced analysis has so far failed to identify some of the {{w|Shark tooth|even more scary triangles}} that more often stay below water, and would be experienced proportionately more in actual attack situations, also leaving critical leaky holes in the body.