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chumthewaters

A free animation — play it in your browser, no install. A dense ASCII shark that swims the deep and chases your cursor. Click to toss it chum. Tiny vanilla web animation.

by @brendanwelsh · brendanwelsh/chumthewaters on GitHubLANG HTMLHOSTED ON BRENDANWELSH.GITHUB.IOUPDATED 15 Oct 2026

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A dense ASCII shark that swims the deep, turns to face where it's heading, and chases your cursor — click to toss it chum. The "chum the waters" mascot, as a tiny self-contained web animation.

▶ Live demo — runs right in the browser, no install.

The "chum the waters" mascot as a tiny, self-contained web animation: a dense ASCII shark that swims, steers to face its heading, and chases the cursor.

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