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Nature is Metal

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  • HoraceH Horace

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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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      @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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      • MikM Mik

        @Horace said in Nature is Metal:

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        More wood than metal I’d say.

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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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          "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 Away
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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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              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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                • MikM Away
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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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                    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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                        Closest he can come to reattaching his head.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          That's not the first impressive tail we've seen here recently.

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                            No. The Aston Martin one comes to mind.

                            “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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                              Kind of disgusting but at the same time, a bit interesting.

                              A japanese leech eating a worm

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                                I wonder how long that worm stayed alive after being consumed whole.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  I wonder how long that worm stayed alive after being consumed whole.

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                                  @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                  I wonder how long that worm stayed alive after being consumed whole.

                                  After that decapitated snake head that bit its own tail, I'm wondering whether there is a bright line between alive and dead for lower creatures like worms or magats.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    There was in the case of Ashley Babbit.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      I wonder how long that worm stayed alive after being consumed whole.

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                                      @jon-nyc I liked how it kind of bobbed its head to find it. I guess it was using "smell" or the equivalent because I dont think it has eyes.

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                                        Yeah. It’s remarkable that he caught it.

                                        Also that worm was faster than I expected. It looks pretty much like the earthworms I would dig up as a kid to catch fish in the local pond.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          Note to self: don’t get within 3 feet of a snapping turtle

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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