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Nature is Metal

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    Male bees die after mating with females

    Link to video

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      Every year in the early days of summer, we get 2 monarch caterpillars and the kids watch them phase into a chrysalis and eventually a butterfly. It only takes a few weeks, a few leaves of milkweed, and it’s a remarkable sight to see to be honest.

      This year, our first caterpillar went into chrysalis, and instead of emerging, we woke up one morning to find a string of silk from the hanging chrysalis down to the bottom of the container, after a quick Google it turned out T-flys will infect a caterpillar with parasitic eggs and once the caterpillar goes into chrysalis (hanging mode) the parasite eats the caterpillar from within, resulting in two or three fly larva climbing down a rope like a fucking mission impossible scene, and crawling around the jar until they turn into flies. Gross.

      https://www.internationalbutterflybreeders.org/tachinid-fly-by-rose-franklin/

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        Pictures or it didn’t happen.

        By the way that’s also a lesson for the kids though perhaps a bit gruesome.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          Pictures or it didn’t happen.

          By the way that’s also a lesson for the kids though perhaps a bit gruesome.

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          @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

          By the way that’s also a lesson for the kids though perhaps a bit gruesome.

          THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU WANDER OFF AGAIN!!!!

          I was only joking

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            Not quite sure of the ending to this.. whether it was good or bad.

            (title is a bit incorrect. Not sure if the leopard "saved" the deer or not)

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              New research shows some female frogs fake their own deaths to avoid unwanted mating. We’re talking full-body limp, floating upside down, even holding their breath. It’s the ultimate ghost move—literally.

              Turns out “playing dead” isn’t just for opossums… it’s for frog queens dodging thirsty suitors, too. 🐸

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              “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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                New research shows some female frogs fake their own deaths to avoid unwanted mating. We’re talking full-body limp, floating upside down, even holding their breath. It’s the ultimate ghost move—literally.

                Turns out “playing dead” isn’t just for opossums… it’s for frog queens dodging thirsty suitors, too. 🐸

                IMG_5072.jpeg

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                @Mik said in Nature is Metal:

                New research shows some female frogs fake their own deaths to avoid unwanted mating. We’re talking full-body limp, floating upside down, even holding their breath.

                I've known a couple of girls like that. I just ignored it and carried on regardless.

                I was only joking

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                  Yeah, that just screams 'buttfuck night' as far as I'm concerned.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    Scientists have observed octopuses punching fish, and sometimes it seems to happen for no clear reason other than what might be interpreted as spite. According to Science Alert, in a fascinating study published in Ecology (2020), scientists observed octopuses teaming up with fish to hunt in coral reefs. These unlikely alliances are usually cooperative: the octopus flushes prey from crevices, while the fish chase down anything that escapes. But every so often, the octopus does something unexpected, it punches its fish partner.

                    With a swift jab of an arm, the octopus will strike a fish mid-hunt. Sometimes it’s strategic, maybe the fish was getting too close to the prize or disrupting the hunt. But in other cases, as marine biologist Eduardo Sampaio and his team noted, the punch seemed to serve no clear purpose. No food was at stake. No interference was happening. The octopus just punched. Researchers call this “active displacement,” a way for the octopus to assert control or perhaps vent frustration.

                    “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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                      “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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