Then, during the Cambrian explosion, "The denizens of the seas grew to an inch, then a foot, then a meter, in the form of terrifying fishes that established suzerainties in the depths".
His tattooed friend looked around and deadpanned, "Or so many terrified fish".
Directly, we saw the signature silvery plumes created by a pod of false albacore breaking water -- "busting," as Blinken likes to say -- in their predatory rush at terrified bait fish.
I have no idea what that actually means, as up until this point I had been legitimately terrified of fish.
With my flailing arms finally calmed, I could swim without terrifying the snub-nosed butterfly fish, bright snappers and sulking groupers.
These "devil fish" may have seemed terrifying then, but these days, the opportunity to swim with manta rays lures divers to Tobago, Trinidad's smaller, less-developed neighbor.
When you see these pictures of fishermen throwing fish back into the sea, this is terrifying, I can see.
In 1979, the fish-heads and aspic pizzas of the Labour government were finally brought down by Thatcher's terrifying new quattro stagioni.
All fish that are not brightly colored look like they could be sharks, especially against a backdrop of murky water, which is terrifying.
