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Nature is Metal

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  • MikM Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #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 KG Offline
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      George K
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      #163

      "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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        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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          Rainman
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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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            #166

            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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                #168

                @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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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  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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                  Rainman
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                  #169

                  @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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                    #170

                    Fiona is death

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      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.

                              alt text

                              “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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                                  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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                                    #178

                                    @george-k Almost as fast as D'Oh when he hears it's last call at the pub.

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                                      @george-k Almost as fast as D'Oh when he hears it's last call at the pub.

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                                      George K
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                                      @brenda said in Nature is Metal:

                                      @george-k Almost as fast as D'Oh when he hears it's last call at the pub.

                                      In the thread someone asked, "So, how did they catch it?"

                                      "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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                                        wrote on last edited by
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                                        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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                                          As long as this thread includes Nature as augmented by artificial selection.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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