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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy and cute like these moths and bumblebees are.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Be careful of the monkey's paw.

[-] Lurkinney@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago

Convergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it's ceaselessly fascinating

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago

but also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Also like shrimp to fairies

[-] Azuth@lemmy.today 20 points 4 days ago

And lobsters are scorpion mermaids.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

While nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.

[-] b34k@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…

[-] Soku@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago
[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Is it us, or it that's messed up?

[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
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