Absolutely diabolical
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 21 Jun 10:30
https://mander.xyz/post/14410240

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 10:51 next collapse

Something diabolic, then refused to die?

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de on 21 Jun 11:26 next collapse

It actually means di-aboly, as in having two abolies. An aboly is an organ exclusively found in beetles that regulates certain hormoes.

And it’s called ironclad because they are well known for manufacturing and wearing suits of armor.

brown567@sh.itjust.works on 21 Jun 12:48 collapse

<img alt="Misinformation makes the flying spaghetti monster sad" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/480db34d-956a-4859-968d-1e0ea1f32e8e.jpeg">

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de on 21 Jun 15:36 collapse

That is a ridiculous and baseless accusation that just by chance happens to be true

brown567@sh.itjust.works on 21 Jun 16:11 collapse

Best I could find, it might have to do with how difficult they are to pin in an insect collection

Apparently you need a drill to get through the shell XD

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works on 21 Jun 11:30 next collapse

beatle

Sad McCartney noises

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca on 21 Jun 14:27 collapse

Laughs in Ringo Starr

rockerface@lemm.ee on 21 Jun 12:03 next collapse

Both the name and an appearance could be something of a Dark Souls boss. Or Hollow Knight

TTH4P@lemm.ee on 21 Jun 13:52 next collapse

Oh! These are so cute. I keep another type of ironclad beetle, the more commonly known Blue Death Feigning Beetle.

ibb.co/5W2pK0x

No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de on 21 Jun 15:19 next collapse

Hardest exoskeleton of any known insect (researchers drove their Toyota over one of them, and it survived)

And an abnormal long lifespan for a beetle.

Intresting little critters

smithsonianmag.com/…/scientists-unravel-secrets-d…

dditty@lemm.ee on 22 Jun 04:14 collapse

Holy cow they live up to eight years!

Kiosade@lemmy.ca on 21 Jun 15:52 next collapse

I don’t have much to say except why did they censor “fuck” and why did they spell it like the band and not the bug?

bisby@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 03:10 collapse

I mean, it’s not like they had the name available to them when they made the meme. It’s not like they could just look at the words they were referencing to see the proper way to spell it.

Kiosade@lemmy.ca on 22 Jun 03:13 collapse

Yeah if they had that perhaps they wouldn’t look so foolish. Alas…

humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Jun 16:10 next collapse

He looks and sounds like a dark souls boss

SPRUNT@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 04:51 next collapse

Something Diabolical

Anticorp@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 16:54 collapse

Who the fuck keeps censoring curse words on Lemmy? Stop that!