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Nature is Metal

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  • MikM Offline
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    You are looking at a parasite called Cymothoa Exigua. It enters through a fishes gills, eats their tongue and then replaces it. This lil delight literally sucks out the blood off the fish's tongue, and then replaces the withered tongue with itself. Now every time the fish eats, it takes away a portion of the food for itself.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

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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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    • MikM Mik

      You are looking at a parasite called Cymothoa Exigua. It enters through a fishes gills, eats their tongue and then replaces it. This lil delight literally sucks out the blood off the fish's tongue, and then replaces the withered tongue with itself. Now every time the fish eats, it takes away a portion of the food for itself.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua

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      taiwan_girl
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      @Mik ewwwwww

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      • George KG Offline
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        I hate that this twitter feed has been deleted.

        I also am disappointed (@Klaus) that we can't embed tweets here - yet.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          #160

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            I'll see your moose plow and raise you a sled dog:

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • MikM Offline
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              #162

              Well, it's not the same, but I find this site interesting.

              https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/

              “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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                George K
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                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
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                  Dreds:

                  Link to video

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    @george-k said in Nature is Metal:

                    I'm including the video, just in case anyone did not click on this one.

                    How in the world can an animal have such unbelievable power, while spending its day barely moving. It's not like it works out in the gym every day. I wonder how much horsepower it has. Seriously.

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

                      Link to video

                      “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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                        #167

                        Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                        THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • MikM Mik

                          Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

                          Link to video

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                          @mik said in Nature is Metal:

                          Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

                          Link to video

                          They are, right up until the point where they rip you in two.

                          I was only joking

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                            Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                            THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

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                            @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                            Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                            THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

                            C'mon man, who you trying to kid??

                            Look at them. They couldn't possibly swim. Short fat legs, big fat body. No way can something with that design swim.

                            Kill people? No way. They don't even have sharp teeth, and anyone could outrun such a fat, overweight, well..., hippo.

                            Closet cousins (whatever that means, er... Sic) to whales. My god man, one lives in the water, the other fat lardass plumps along on land.

                            As Jon would say:

                            Jesus

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                              Fiona is death

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                                Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                                THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

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                                @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                                THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

                                They are the most lethal critter in Africa, killing more than any of the great cats, rhinos, crocs, snakes, etc...

                                The Brad

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                                  No.
                                  Surprisingly, the most dangerous is the African Moose.
                                  Never, I mean NEVER, roll your window down during an African safari to take a picture, even if the moose is yards away in the snow.
                                  They are faster than a polar brown bear.

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                    Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                                    THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

                                    They are the most lethal critter in Africa, killing more than any of the great cats, rhinos, crocs, snakes, etc...

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                                    @lufins-dad said in Nature is Metal:

                                    @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                    Hippos are amazing swimmers. THey're closest cousins are whales.

                                    THey're also fiercely territorial. They kill more humans every year than any mammal other than dogs (and other humans, obv).

                                    They are the most lethal critter in Africa, killing more than any of the great cats, rhinos, crocs, snakes, etc...

                                    Here is proof.

                                    (https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/12/17/pet-hippo-mauled-owner-to-death-and-dragged-body-away/)

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                                      #174

                                      https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/kfkjji/dance_of_the_mongoose_and_cobra/

                                      “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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                                        The skeleton of conjoined twins at Mutter Museum.

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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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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          The skeleton of conjoined twins at Mutter Museum.

                                          alt text

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                                          @mik Wow. appears that they had one head and two bodies?

                                          Seems like that they did not live very long. 😢

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