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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago

Ok, just how many places was he hiding in?

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 52 points 1 month ago

Saddam: If I fits I sits.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

It took awhile to find him

[-] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

This one got me good because Saddam Hussein was the last thing I noticed

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

I don't know why the spider hole memes are back, but I don't need to know; I'm just glad

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I want to know how polar bears figured out that they need an air hole in their dens. Is that passed down instinctually or demonstratively? Animals are so cool.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Surely that was a suggestion by Saddam. Seems he was a really nice guy.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The ones without that instinct died. That's how natural selection works.

The ones that didn’t figure out didn’t breed and make more bears.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bear who made more holes survived?

Btw, don't they get snowed shut?

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I think the heat produced by the bears keep the vents open, but that's an un-educated guess.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

"Well this sucks, can't breathe."

Punches hole in roof to get air

"OK, that works. Come to think of it, that's how momma did it."

The second Jurassic Park book had a neat idea. What if much of the animal behavior we see is taught and not instinctual? The dinosaurs start fouling their poorly made nests and stomping all over their eggs because they didn't have parents to emulate or teach them. Been thinking on that for over 20 years.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

What is the lower chamber for?

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago
[-] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

The most successful polar bears can accumulate 4-5 Saddam's per season.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In human-built igloos, the low spots would be for collecting the coldest air.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago
[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

i.e. Saddam Hussain

[-] blame@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Before I zoomed in, I thought maybe that was the poop chamber, and that was a bear poop.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

How do you guys manage to put him in the last spot I look EVERY TIME

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

Quality scientific shitpost

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

What did I miss this time?

[-] variants@possumpat.io 15 points 1 month ago
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