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Nature is Metal

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  • HoraceH Offline
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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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      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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        @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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          “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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            Decisive. Told her twice.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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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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                Link to video

                Education is extremely important.

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                • MikM Offline
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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 Offline
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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

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                            Based.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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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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                                  The teeth of the Maine blood worm are made from @copper. (Just joking - made from real copper)

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