Carnivores

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• Shampiss@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Carnivorous plants ain’t chompin on bugs just for the clout, they got legit reasons to mess up those insects

  They grow in weak ass soil that has no nitrogen. Carnivore plants be out the grinding. Gobbling up mad insects to get some N

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  • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So you’re telling me, they kill beings because they are bad at proper due diligence while soil scouting?

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      They didn’t want to abandon the industry that was killing them

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    • sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      They can’t live in soil that’s got what they need because the nutrients burn the plants’ roots. They got so specialized for nutrient-poor bogs that they can’t live anywhere else.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Would you rather leave that soil barren? At least something grows on it now!

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• someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Now I know that carnivorous sponges exist.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Get learned.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The more I learn about what else lives in the ocean, the more I’m thinking y’all need to not tell me about what’s in the ponds here.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      There’s a reason why we got the fuck out of there.

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• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Wtf is a carnivorous sponge? Actually, maybe don’t answer that. I don’t need more nightmare fuel in my life.

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  • protist@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sounds like they mostly exist miles deep in the ocean, where tiny scavengers are a more stable food supply. So like carnivorous plants, they evolved carnivory because they lacked alternative sources of nutrients.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Cool, I will do my best to avoid them.

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  • corvus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    AFAIK SpongeBob is not vegetarian.

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    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      According to series animator Vincent Waller, “there is absolutely no meat in the Krabby Patty. There’s no animal product in there”, something which was always planned by series creator Stephen Hillenburg.[9]

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      he stated that there is no meat served in Bikini Bottom except at the Chum Bucket.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabby_Patty

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Definitely not, according to the Bikini Bottom Horror.

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    • OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      makeagif.com/…/spongebob-clip-14-eating-montage-c…

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Aren’t all sponges carnivorous (or at least omnivorous) since they’re filter-feeders?

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  • weariedfae@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Apparently the term is reserved for sponges that aren’t filter feeders but are kinda sticky like velcro and catch stuff that way.

    www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/…/full

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• Mikufan@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Well, its technically more efficient…

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