Tuesday
"Whoa, woah!" the terrified stallion yelled as the gigantic armored insect appeared from behind the largest of the stone warehouses, shouldered its way onto the quay, and turned to head for the pier he was standing on. "What in Tartarus is that thing?!"
The longshorepony standing next to him looked him up and down with an expression of bored contempt. "Are you new, here?"
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Tourists. 
Believe it or not, I managed to mangle even this short thing in the first draft. Jordanis to the rescue!
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Which is why all proper authors get an editor and only the most depraved of psychopaths don't give them credit.
Some citizens never get the hang of Tuesdays...
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That still screws over the ecosystem itself though
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When you start making confident assertions about a fictional ecosystem in Magic Pony Land, you may be taking this way too seriously. Still... If you like, you can make up some backstory about the hydras being an invasive species that were damaging the local ecosystem before they were removed, and then imaginary Fluttershy won't have to cry any more.
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Well... that's sort of an important point in the story, so I'll give you a short description.
When a sailing ship "tacks," she swings her bow across the direction the wind is coming from, and her sails and booms swing gently to follow the wind direction.
When a ship "jibes," she swings her stern across the wind, and that means her sails want to stay where they are until the last moment, when they want to suddenly swing all the way to the other side of the craft. The boom has to be carefully managed to make it move as slowly and smoothly as possible. And unplanned or badly managed jibe can not only sweep crew off the fore deck, but actually damage the rigging or capsize the craft.
Sometimes, when a skipper doesn't trust his crew or craft, he will loop around in a 270 degree tack to avoid a 90 degree jibe. The nautical slang for this maneuver is a "chicken jibe."
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Many thanks, that's a nice and simple explanation for a landlubber like me.
Also, is it just me or is anyone else feeling this strange urge for salty air and a gently rocking ground right now?
I came here from Admiral Biscuit's recommendation.
It was a good one!
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Thankyou for that description.
I had heard of tacking, but had no idea of jibes.
Chicken jibe. Yes, that would be an avid description.