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Nature is Metal

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    George K
    wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 12:27 last edited by
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    Wow...

    "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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      21 Apr 2024, 12:27

      Wow...

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      Renauda
      wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 13:28 last edited by Renauda
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      @George-K

      I wasn’t aware of that behaviour in zebras. I wonder if it is common to zebras or occurs in other wild equine species?

      Elbows up!

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        21 Apr 2024, 13:28

        @George-K

        I wasn’t aware of that behaviour in zebras. I wonder if it is common to zebras or occurs in other wild equine species?

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        George K
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        @Renauda said in Nature is Metal:

        @George-K

        I wasn’t aware of that behaviour in zebras. I wonder if it occurs in other wild equine species?

        Yeah, I was shocked. Storks are known to pitch the weakest hatchling out of the nest, but zebras?

        "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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          Renauda
          wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 13:36 last edited by
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          I know alpha male lions will kill the cubs of another male as will bears. But I have never heard of it among migratory grazing herd animals such as elk, cariboo or bison. But then…zebras live in Africa where the rules seem to be different for everything.

          Elbows up!

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            21 Apr 2024, 13:36

            I know alpha male lions will kill the cubs of another male as will bears. But I have never heard of it among migratory grazing herd animals such as elk, cariboo or bison. But then…zebras live in Africa where the rules seem to be different for everything.

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            George K
            wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 13:38 last edited by
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            @Renauda said in Nature is Metal:

            alpha male lions will kill the cubs of another male as will bears

            Had no idea. Amazing.

            "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
              wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 13:40 last edited by
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              https://wwnature.com/why-do-zebras-kill-foals/

              "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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                21 Apr 2024, 13:38

                @Renauda said in Nature is Metal:

                alpha male lions will kill the cubs of another male as will bears

                Had no idea. Amazing.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 21 Apr 2024, 14:35 last edited by
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                @George-K said in Nature is Metal:

                @Renauda said in Nature is Metal:

                alpha male lions will kill the cubs of another male as will bears

                Had no idea. Amazing.

                And the weird thing is, as soon as he’s done the mom gets frisky with him.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  Axtremus
                  wrote on 1 May 2024, 03:10 last edited by
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                  Link to video

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                    17 Apr 2024, 16:49

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 1 May 2024, 03:16 last edited by
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                    @Horace said in Nature is Metal:

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                    More wood than metal I’d say.

                    “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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                      1 May 2024, 03:10

                      Link to video

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 1 May 2024, 14:45 last edited by taiwan_girl 5 Jan 2024, 14:56
                      #371

                      @Axtremus Interesting that the hand sanitizer immediately made the snake "regurgitate" himself. I thought maybe the curve of his teeth or something was preventing that.

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                      • M Mik
                        1 May 2024, 03:16

                        @Horace said in Nature is Metal:

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                        More wood than metal I’d say.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 1 May 2024, 14:53 last edited by
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                        @Mik said in Nature is Metal:

                        More wood than metal I’d say.

                        LLOL

                        "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
                          wrote on 24 May 2024, 13:42 last edited by
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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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                            Mik
                            wrote on 25 May 2024, 01:20 last edited by
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                            Love that laugh at the end.

                            “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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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 10 Jun 2024, 10:04 last edited by
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                              https://www.yahoo.com/news/python-swallows-woman-whole-indonesia-165250920.html

                              😳

                              A missing woman was found eaten alive by a massive python

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                                Nunatax
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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 19 Aug 2024, 22:14 last edited by
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                                  I dunno. Visually, that's kind of metal lite.

                                  “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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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 16 Sept 2024, 01:02 last edited by taiwan_girl
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                                    A team of biologists recently discovered a new parasitic wasp species in the United States that has a unique way of infecting its hosts. Syntretus perlmani lays its eggs in the bodies of living, adult fruit flies instead of larvae or pupae. The wasp larvae then burst out of the fly’s abdomen, killing it.

                                    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07919-7

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                                    a,b, The development of wasp larvae inside host flies (a) is accompanied by growth of wasp teratocytes (b, black arrows), which can be seen through the host abdominal cuticle and obstruct the view of the testes (b, white arrow). c, The second and following larval instars lack a head capsule and tail spike, and the final instar grows to nearly the length of the host fly (see Supplementary Video 2). d, Pupal development takes place within a white silken cocoon as is typical of euphorine wasps. e, Larval emergence is always from the abdomen and has been observed to occur between the second and third tergites (dorsolaterally) or laterally through a tear in the abdominal cuticle. f, The adult wasp (male shown) is small, yellowish brown and approximately 1.5 mm in length. Scale bars, 0.5 mm (a–d) and 1 mm (e,f).

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on 25 Nov 2024, 19:34 last edited by
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                                      Link to video

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 25 Nov 2024, 19:35 last edited by
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                                        Closest he can come to reattaching his head.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 25 Nov 2024, 19:44 last edited by
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                                          That's not the first impressive tail we've seen here recently.

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