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Everyone wants a turn (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 116 points 3 months ago

Hey! Ranking the species by distance is really unfair!

[-] bigfondue@lemmy.world 112 points 3 months ago

That makes the slugs even more impressive

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 63 points 3 months ago

I think slugs got tricked into thinking it was an endless surface and kept exploring it.

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

Well now we need the Möbius snail-exercise wheel to make this a reality

[-] bigfondue@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think slugs will follow a slime trail, so maybe they are just following the infinite slime trail.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I need to put some wheels in my garden

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 71 points 3 months ago

Here is an article about it: https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/hamster-wheel-running-nature-repubz/

[-] Damage@feddit.it 23 points 3 months ago

Thanks, the picture was way too far into the Jpeg realm

[-] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 44 points 3 months ago

Animals have Free Wheel

[-] RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 35 points 3 months ago

Think of the energy that could be generated this way

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

maybe the wind want's to play too.

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

Getting in shape for mating season

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are also bigger ones for cats, they also love it

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VHQKaqZXvHo

Parrots love it too, but in a different way

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tAvF6JJlYx8

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

The cat cafe in Denver used to have a big one, it was great to see the cats take turns in it. One would just lay at the bottom of it and hog it from others who wanted to use it.

[-] vane@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Wait until corporations find out there are animals that want to do free labor and you don't have to feed them.

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

They already do that for civet coffee.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

The civets are not in it voluntarily though. They do eat the coffee fruits spontaneously, but for civet coffea production they are usually captured and kept in tiny cages - it's really sad.

[-] LapleMeaf@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

That's a strange use of question marks?

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 months ago

I agree?

[-] Klear@quokk.au 15 points 3 months ago

Why do you think they do it!

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

$Who.knows

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

They must like question marks??

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Where’s @theUwUhugger@lemmy.world when you need ‘em?

[-] tromars@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago

I think they’re meant to express surprise or bewilderment here, which works imo

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

slug enters the wheel

training montage music starts

[-] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 16 points 3 months ago

I have gerbils. Some of them love it and some couldn't care less. For one it took over 6 months of watching her sister and just sitting in it to figure out how it works. Once she did, there was no end to it.

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Aww, no turtles? Come on, turtles, you're so much faster than slugs and snails, go have a walk and demolish those distance figures! 🐢

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

It would be really surprising to see turtles on the wheel, considering there are no wild turtles in the Netherlands.

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 months ago

Sure, there aren't wild turtles in the Netherlands. But this call was aimed at the turtles in general, worldwide! Turtles will be able to get to the Netherlands from the nearest location. Eventually. We believe in them!

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I admire your positive outlook and confidence in turtles

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Free Wheely!

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 3 months ago

I’m imagining a Bjenny Montero cartoon, where the cartoon frog character is running on the wheel and the cartoon slug character standing next to it says “Hey! Quit hogging the wheel! I want a go.”