happybadger@hexbear.net
on 03 Jul 00:11
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That must have been such a wild evolutionary arms race. I wonder how it even began.
Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net
on 03 Jul 09:01
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What do you mean? We’re watching it happen in real time right now with people; vtubers learned to put on costumes of animals, insects or even mythical creatures to get weird internet losers to give them money to feed themselves.
You also have that giant cockroach that learned to put on a human skin called asmongold to get people to subscribe to its twitch channel.
I’m not saying I’ve never covered myself in feathers and sat naked in a tree waiting for birds to feed me. I’m not perfect, no one is, we’re all on a journey of learning and improving. Growing a termite on your back just seems like it’d take so long before it would trick the termites.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
on 03 Jul 00:30
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wonder if I could seduce your mom that way
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
on 03 Jul 00:36
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You have to grow either a vodka bottle or a crack pipe puppet to seduce mine.
flora_explora@beehaw.org
on 03 Jul 06:04
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Yes, that’s what I wondered, too. In ant nest parasites they usually are visually very different from the ants, but get the pheromones right. In this example here, visual clues have to be important for the beetle to have evolved such a sophisticated mimicry.
Must be desperate. Imagine the millions of dead bugs trying to get fed by termites. One after the other failing to be a convincing termite. Until finally the perfect one was born.
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That must have been such a wild evolutionary arms race. I wonder how it even began.
What do you mean? We’re watching it happen in real time right now with people; vtubers learned to put on costumes of animals, insects or even mythical creatures to get weird internet losers to give them money to feed themselves.
You also have that giant cockroach that learned to put on a human skin called asmongold to get people to subscribe to its twitch channel.
I’m not saying I’ve never covered myself in feathers and sat naked in a tree waiting for birds to feed me. I’m not perfect, no one is, we’re all on a journey of learning and improving. Growing a termite on your back just seems like it’d take so long before it would trick the termites.
wonder if I could seduce your mom that way
You have to grow either a vodka bottle or a crack pipe puppet to seduce mine.
how about a vodkipe cottlerack puppet?
Getting Vincent Adultman vibes.
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/444ebcd1-86fd-4def-8b3b-195f21d2e753.gif">
How do you do fellow termites?
So you’re a termite?
“…uhhh totally.”
What do we like to eat?
“Stuff and wood and junk.”
Okay good enough.
Evolution: I’m winning it.
That’s so freaking cool
It’s wild that the benefits of this outweigh the cost of making it enough to stick around.
I think we have one of those in the Office of President of the United States of America
This is some Pokemon shit.
Pokemon is really just some real animal kingdom shit.
And not even like…“but cuter!”. Japan has some insanely cute critters.
I present exhibit A:
<img alt="" src="https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/976defe3-df6a-4514-b9d2-f2d7aae4afc7.jpeg">
Oh… we were supposed to drop our evidence? Very well…
Shima Enaga (long tailed bushtit / snowfairy)
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/67f46f30-3fd1-4d8f-88bb-46f8f0ccc37e.jpeg">
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f5b14f61-9943-40aa-ba6c-4a047bb45bb9.jpeg">
Rosefinch
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6fa63d71-7020-4ee5-a89d-054cb209cec6.jpeg">
Tanuki
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/859f3aff-f22c-4188-bc61-d87f32734487.webp">
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c4756b5c-ccad-4b63-b4a8-d5382f06ab16.jpeg">
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/412893e2-3796-4171-80de-07bd4a5c8d5b.jpeg">
Fire bellied newt
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6a7d78d0-013e-4101-a207-3e76048e641d.webp">
Their honey bee
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/41272f59-507e-4572-be59-e063bf512cf3.jpeg">
and for the weirdos… the murder hornet… ( i wouldn’t call these fuckers cute, but I’m sure somebody does. Their moms, maybe.) <img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f72b7b39-9a6b-41f7-993c-83e703993200.jpeg">
Far from exhaustive, but eh, these are my favorite Pokémon. (Okay so murder hornets are ugly, but they’re murderous!)
So this is what perfection sounds like
the various common names of birds have convinced me that ornithologists are mostly horny perverts that have spent too much time alone in the woods.
Thank you! never saw something of these and now my life is changed for the better.
Tanuki is Zigzagoon! Right? It’s gotta be.
I immediately thought of mimikyu!
says a lot of how insects identify each other
Yes, that’s what I wondered, too. In ant nest parasites they usually are visually very different from the ants, but get the pheromones right. In this example here, visual clues have to be important for the beetle to have evolved such a sophisticated mimicry.
That’s what happens if you only have access to a handful of brain cells.
As evidenced by homo sapiens
my mom has some of those
“You get free food for life but you gotta wear this giant yellow foam cowboy hat and never take it off. Even to shower”
Disguise skill level: Agent 47
<img alt="" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/04/b5/55/04b55527ca014ed87c96ef69997fe4ab.jpg">
The wild thing is: These are hundreds of mutations of several generations that happened randomly until it looked like this.
I want to know how it even started. Like, what was its equivalent of a half eye so that the termites would start feeding it?
Just a fellow creature. Nothing suspicious here. snacks please.
<img alt="" src="https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/8a98bfff-9866-485f-9bd7-f4db78646c99.jpeg">
… And it was at that moment that I realized he was a three story tall monster from the Paleolithic era!
Who is this Mimi which is crying?
Imagine if incels grew kittens on their back to lure lonely women…
Must be desperate. Imagine the millions of dead bugs trying to get fed by termites. One after the other failing to be a convincing termite. Until finally the perfect one was born.
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Hey bro, I am not a beggar bro. I am just carrying this termite to the hospital. Can you give some food for the road bro, promise I am not a beggar.