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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • qwerty_bastard@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I prefer the drunken fighty octopus hangers

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    • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      YSK an octopus has 8 arms. /s

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      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They cut the octopus in quarters to increase output. Back in my day, our drunk octopus coathangers had eight arms!

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  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They went extinct because of this.

    Is it really worth it?

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    • Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So many baby Megacerops needlessly slaughtered for humanity’s towel-hanging lust.

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And the public is silent about it

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  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like it’s eyes shouldn’t be where they are. Uncomfortable.

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    • Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also, doesn’t this put them too close to their defense? I assume that is what the horn would be for, and the eyes are put in harms way by using it

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know why, but to me it looks like their eyes should be further back, closer to their ears, or maybe their ears are too far back. I assume that’s why they went extinct.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll pass that along to God…

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    • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s where the wyes are located on surviving rhinos.They are technically a prey species, sohey didn’t really need to see what was dead ahead of them, since they were foragers. No predator is coming at them from the front, so they really only need to see what is at their sides.

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  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Boop

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    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wound you boop each tip separately, or boop once in the middle?

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      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        (Excellent question)

        Hm, I think I actually would go for the gentle fist headbutt-bonk thing (like affectionately with cats, or playful with goats).

        It seems the proper way to acknowledge the big boye/gurl they seem to be.

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  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think about this every time I use a swan neck rest in snooker.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think of a spider. Because that’s what they are called.

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