If a creature like this would exist, would it...

Nikls94@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 42 points –

Close its mouth at the speed of light?

Close its mouth at the speed of sound?

Close its mouth faster than the speed of light?

Also… wouldn’t it be heavier than the galaxy itself? So it would create its own gravitational pull that’s like extremely strong?

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At that distance we'd still have millions, if not billions, of years until it would actually be an issue.

I mean, we're on a collision course with Andromeda and several smaller galaxies and nobody is worrying about that.

and nobody is worrying about that.

I've been panic screaming aince I heard about when I was 11 and I'm still screaming at 43

That and our sun engulfing earth prior to the moon reaching equilibrium.

Thanks, now my son is screaming too

To be fair, the Milky Way is surrounded by a few remnants of smaller galaxies it previously collided with and absorbed.