Happy Valentine's Day!
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 14 Feb 16:14
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LongLive@lemmy.world on 14 Feb 16:40 next collapse

Please educate me on what this parasitic-looking-helminthe is meant to represent.

propter_hog@lemmygrad.ml on 14 Feb 17:03 next collapse

Love bugs

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net on 14 Feb 18:24 next collapse

I assume they’re fucking? But I’m not sure.

propter_hog@lemmygrad.ml on 14 Feb 18:47 next collapse

A previous post mentioned flatworms “penis fencing” to determine who impregnates whom, so I assume this is a post-fencing copulation session.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Feb 01:33 collapse

Permanently

Valsa@mander.xyz on 14 Feb 19:38 collapse

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosoma_mansoni

Gustephan@lemmy.world on 14 Feb 21:54 next collapse

Oh no. No no no no no. I stopped having nightmares about this little fucker years ago. You can’t make me go back!!

Akasazh@feddit.nl on 15 Feb 12:34 collapse

That’s a wild read. It’s baffling how such an organism can evolve with such a particular way of living.

In true valentine’s day fashion it goes through the heart.

I’ll never go swimming in Africa or south America now.

flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works on 14 Feb 20:22 collapse

This is snarky as fuck and I love it.

Science memes has been spectacular lately (but maybe I’m just drowning in onehundredninetysix randomness and it was always this good?)

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 14 Feb 20:26 collapse

Sort by top and report back. 😘

flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works on 14 Feb 20:39 collapse

Top (day) is the only way!

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 14 Feb 22:20 collapse

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