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Nature is Metal

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  • MikM Away
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    Mik
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    Wow. Not a class M planet.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • MikM Away
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      https://mossandfog.com/unbelievable-photos-show-snake-fighting-against-blue-heron/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        https://mossandfog.com/unbelievable-photos-show-snake-fighting-against-blue-heron/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

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        @Mik said in Nature is Metal:

        https://mossandfog.com/unbelievable-photos-show-snake-fighting-against-blue-heron/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

        ...after a prolonged 20 minute struggle, the snake finally relents,

        LOL

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          https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1kk7u8a/nature_is_so_metal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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            https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1kk7u8a/nature_is_so_metal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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            @blondie 555

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            • HoraceH Online
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              Our duck nest is now empty. I think the mother destroyed the eggs before leaving it. I saw small pieces of shell but no larger pieces, and certainly no babies. I guess the eggs were not fertilized. She waited as long as she knew she needed to. They would have hatched by now.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • HoraceH Horace

                Our duck nest is now empty. I think the mother destroyed the eggs before leaving it. I saw small pieces of shell but no larger pieces, and certainly no babies. I guess the eggs were not fertilized. She waited as long as she knew she needed to. They would have hatched by now.

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                @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

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                  @taiwan_girl said in Nature is Metal:

                  @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

                  She didn't know, beyond waiting enough time for them to hatch, which is a month. But she sat on them for a month. She only knew after they didn't hatch.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • MikM Away
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                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • jon-nycJ Online
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                      Decisive. Told her twice.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                      • MikM Away
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                        Antisemitism sez I.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • HoraceH Online
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                          Link to video

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • MikM Away
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                            Smart snail.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              Link to video

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • jon-nycJ Online
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                                He had it coming.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2025/05/31/burmese-python-florida-killed-bobcat-everglades-video-photos/83945813007/

                                  Only about twice the size of domestic cats, Florida's bobcats may be small in size, but they're big in moxie.

                                  Case in point: A bobcat appears to have killed a massive, 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades recently and made a meal of it.

                                  The 52-pound male python was a Conservancy of Southwest Florida scout snake nicknamed Loki. Scout snakes have implanted transmitters that are tracked and used to lure breeding females.

                                  The invasive snake was found in a pile of debris, apparently mauled, with its head smashed and slashed, and partially buried for later feeding.

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                                    Giant centipede, after having babies, allows them to eat her for their nourishment. :eek

                                    Link to video

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                                      Based.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        Genes want to survive. Organisms only think they want to survive, because that thought is useful to the genes.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          I'd say that genes are just as dispassionate as LLMs are. It just happens to be the case that genes that do not contribute to replicating themselves disappear after a while.

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