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[-] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 75 points 1 year ago

Ma'am this is a Wendy's

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

I was looking for a banana daiquiri recipe, but thanks anyway.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Not labeling this one "fun fact" was a good call.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

This falls in the list of things I didn't know I didn't want to know, but now know, and know I don't want to know. Oh no

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

What an awful day to be literate.

[-] don@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

… …

“Welcome to Wendy’s, may I take your order?”

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

If you've never seen this video of leopard slugs mating, you should check it out. It really is rather beautiful!

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There sound engineers must have been giggling the whole time when editing that.

[-] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Looks kinda sticky.

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

Agreed! This is what I was thinking of when I read the post!

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

Huh, TIL that not all slugs use love darts

The love dart is not a penial stylet (in other words, it is not an accessory organ for sperm transfer). The exchange of sperm between both of the two land snails is a completely separate part of the mating progression. Nevertheless, recent research shows that use of the dart can strongly favor the reproductive outcome for the snail that is able to lodge a dart in its partner. This is because mucus on the dart contains an allomone (pheromone-like) compound that promotes sperm preservation mechanisms in the female.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Wow, they're not so different to us after all

[-] Fern@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

If only I could find romance like that.

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Who, Slug? You're waiting for fucking Slug?"

"No! I mean no, uhh, yeah."

"Oh no, you're... You're fucking kidding me."

"He's so hot."

[-] tektite@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

"Are you serious? Fuckin slug? Ohh my god, he is so fuckin ugly."

[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

GodLovesUgly

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Damn nature, you scary!

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

It's like defenestration... Some words just beg an explanation for why they exist

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

"Apophallated" is now in my vocabulary of insults. (To be used with caution: if they reply "Don't kink shame" then I instantly lose.)

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

That's pretty metal of them \m/

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
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