Unusual Pollinators
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 17 Jan 2025 17:06
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AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net on 17 Jan 2025 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 2025 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 2025 20:55 collapse

MVP 🙏

happybadger@hexbear.net on 17 Jan 2025 17:50 next collapse

news.cornell.edu/…/snakes-act-ecosystem-engineers…

(rattle)snakes as pollinators are greatly underappreciated. Their stomach acid doesn’t destroy the seeds contained in the stomachs of their herbivorous prey.

gentooer@programming.dev on 17 Jan 2025 19:11 next collapse

Is this upscaled with AI? It’s full of very weird image artifacts.

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 17 Jan 2025 19:19 next collapse

Ye, with my Samsung.

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 17 Jan 2025 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 2025 21:15 next collapse

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

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml on 17 Jan 2025 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):

and then of course there is the text:

😦

luciole@beehaw.org on 17 Jan 2025 21:06 next collapse

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 16 Feb 12:02 collapse

i love the concept of animals getting zooted on nectar so they end up drunkenly pollinating flowers until they snap out of the daze and wonder where the fuck they are