Dedication

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• trolske@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Damn, I’m getting flasbacks from that. I had to make a presentation whether functional necrophilia in animals is adaptive during my master studies. I had to read so many papers discussing the details. Conclusion: not enough evidence to conclude it’s adaptive

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  • Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Christ, well… thanks for your work.

    What does not being adaptive mean in this case?

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    • trolske@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Adaptive here means whether necrophilia occurs in order to still produce offspring, i.e. it’s ‘conscious’ (I use that term veeeery loosely here) or if it occurs just because the animals don’t recognize that the partner is dead.
      I remember a paper about a frog species (not sure if it was the one from the meme) where the mails participated in necrophilia, but they basically tried to squeeze eggs out of anything they grabbed. Living female, dead female, stone, sponge. All the same.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    2000: Fuck these penguins and their image!

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  • General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Any information about “unnatural” acts in nature was suppressed until the 1990s or so. Of course, by then it wasn’t so bad anymore, but still. Conservatives don’t fuck around when they cancel.

    I think Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl had a big role in calling this out and paving the way for Kees Moeliker. I guess that is how you got saddled with the presentation, yes?

    For those who don’t know, Moeliker gave a really good TED talk. Worth watching. It’s not about suppressing uncomfortable information, though.

    Next Wednesday, June 5th, is Dead Duck Day.

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• Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  So that’s three things I have in common with frogs

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    What are the other 2? You breathe through your skin and have an extendable tongue?

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I eat bugs and part of Jurassic Park was based on me. (I’m fat and put shaving cream on peoples food)

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  EVEN IN DEATH I STILL SERVE

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• liss_up@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  This is horrifying, thanks.

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• cordlesslamp@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Big deal, human can do that too, only that we choose not to.

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• Hupf@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  www.sexylosers.com/comic/007/

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  • General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Makes you wonder what they are up to now.

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• nixcamic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Reverse tenescawri.

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  • Bebo@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Kind of had the same thought!

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• maculata@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Even frogs need a hobby.

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• fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Welp, she’s definitely croaked. Oh well, no reason I can’t still give her the ol proboscidea…

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