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umbraroze@slrpnk.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Of course this gets a lot more grim when you realise the grass had to be sliced to put under the microscope.

So they sliced a smiling organism and captured the expression at the moment of death.

I know I’m supposed to be strong, but I’m shedding tears. 😢

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TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Grass, famously, does not die when it’s cut. In fact to some degree, grass benefits from being grazed on, as grazers in a meadow will eat everything - leaving grass that is ready to grow back quickly, and severely harmed weeds and shrubs that will either die or be significantly set back while the grass quickly overshadows it.

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- umbraroze@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  True, the plant as a whole doesn’t die.
  
  But this particular slice of grass on the microscope slide?
  
  Dead.
  
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  - IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I suppose, but only about as dead as a shoved off arm, I think?
    
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    ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    And that severed arm is giving you the thumbs-up gesture.
    
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    umbraroze@slrpnk.net ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ooh, don’t make me link to That One CGP Grey/Kurtzgesagt Thing. Well I might as well do it. Existential Crisis One! Existential Crisis Two!
    
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LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I'm really sorry I should have put a NSFL tag on it

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