Nature is Metal

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

Looks like it (they?) have two stomachs. Lizards gotta eat, you know

[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

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik ewwwwww

[George K]

I hate that this twitter feed has been deleted.

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

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

I'll see your moose plow and raise you a sled dog:

[Mik]

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

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

[George K]

[George K]

Dreds:

Link to video

[Rainman]

@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.

[Mik]

Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.

Link to video

[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).

[Doctor Phibes]

@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.

[Rainman]

@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

[Copper]

Fiona is death

[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...

[Rainman]

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.

[taiwan_girl]

@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/)

[Mik]

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