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[-] sramder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Be sure to read up on their reproductive cycle, easily one of the strangest in the world.

[-] WillardHerman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That was the deciding factor in posting it.

So weird. But nature is filled to the brim with weird.

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awesome :-) It really is weirder than fiction.

Good book I read years ago you might like. Dr. Tatiana's Advice to all Creation is a catalog of strange animal mating practices told in the style of a newspaper advice columnist.

[-] IntergalacticZombie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Wait... I thought those only existed on Dark Bramble??!

this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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