Nature is Metal
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wrote on 8 Dec 2020, 17:46 last edited by
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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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
wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 01:52 last edited by@Mik ewwwwww
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Well, it's not the same, but I find this site interesting.
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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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wrote on 16 Dec 2020, 21:16 last edited by
Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.
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wrote on 16 Dec 2020, 21:34 last edited by 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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Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.
Link to videowrote on 16 Dec 2020, 22:00 last edited by@mik said in Nature is Metal:
Here in Cincinnati, we consider hippos cute.
Link to videoThey are, right up until the point where they rip you in two.
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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).
wrote on 16 Dec 2020, 23:03 last edited by@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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wrote on 16 Dec 2020, 23:57 last edited by
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).
wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 04:46 last edited by@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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wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 04:56 last edited by
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.
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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...
wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 02:41 last edited by@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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wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 19:59 last edited by
The skeleton of conjoined twins at Mutter Museum.
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wrote on 19 Dec 2020, 02:15 last edited by
@mik Wow. appears that they had one head and two bodies?
Seems like that they did not live very long.
