“A new species discovered” means “hey, we noticed nobody ever catalogued that one!”
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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
I bet indigenous peoples knew about it at certain points.
marcos@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Yeah! And, I don’t even necessarily mean to discount ignoring indigenous folks, which definitely can be a thing, but it really really does come down to sometimes folks just don’t write it down. I’ve seen a video (I wanna say a Smarter Everyday video) where they were in some South American jungle/rain forest or whatever and they very casually shine a light at a cloth to get moths to land on it, and they found like one or two new species.
Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Wasn’t that Standupmaths?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Could be, that’s another channel I watch often. I might be getting some of Smarter Everyday’s other nature oriented videos confused because I don’t think Standup Maths does many.
hansolo@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Indigenous People: “Hello? Why hey, strangers, who are-”
Capt. Cook or some shit: “Hey there, you fellas good at working? Like, lots of manual labor?”
Indigenous People: “uhh… Wut?”
Capt Cook: “F it. Take the women, take their food, burn the rest.”
Indigenous People: “Bro, hold up, we got this bug that looks like a sti-”
Capt Cook: “BURN IT ALL. NOW!”
Indigenous People: He’ll never know about that really big F’in stick bug!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Captain Christopher Cooklumbus: “You don’t want to work, huh? How about if we cut off your hands?”
hansolo@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
“I mean, it’s not like you’re using them anyway? Amiright?”
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Hands, schmands!