Unusual Pollinators
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 17 Jan 17:06
https://mander.xyz/post/23593356

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AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net on 17 Jan 17:44 next collapse

<img alt="doggirl-tears" src="https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/5643f63f-383d-411e-b71e-de111ac5fd0a.png"> little flower kisses

Enkers@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jan 17:46 next collapse

Just in case you wanted to see video evidence, you know, for science:

youtube.com/watch?v=nqLkdarQyv0

casmael@lemm.ee on 17 Jan 20:55 collapse

MVP šŸ™

happybadger@hexbear.net on 17 Jan 17:50 next collapse

news.cornell.edu/ā€¦/snakes-act-ecosystem-engineersā€¦

(rattle)snakes as pollinators are greatly underappreciated. Their stomach acid doesnā€™t destroy the seeds contained in the stomachs of their herbivorous prey.

gentooer@programming.dev on 17 Jan 19:11 next collapse

Is this upscaled with AI? Itā€™s full of very weird image artifacts.

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 17 Jan 19:19 next collapse

Ye, with my Samsung.

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 17 Jan 20:33 collapse

Original image:
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Fblobs%2F0ee3%2F11610677%2F4850f84e70a7%2FECY-105-e4470-g001.jpg">

gentooer@programming.dev on 17 Jan 21:15 next collapse

Really going the extra mile looking for the original image, thanks!

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml on 17 Jan 22:39 collapse

thanks!

here is a side-by-side comparison of the neural network upscaling slop (left) versus a conventional zoom in on the original (right):

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/f9bfc9e6-81f6-4e87-aa97-a6fb9ab966cf.png">

and then of course there is the text:

<img alt="AI-upscaled screenshot of the words ā€œcannot BELIEVEā€ with many artifacts" src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/0f977eb3-091e-489f-99b8-fb91e265d100.png">

šŸ˜¦

luciole@beehaw.org on 17 Jan 21:06 collapse

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