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Hummingbird Moths

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Lurkinney@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Convergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it’s ceaselessly fascinating

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      but also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.

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  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also like shrimp to fairies

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  • Azuth@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And lobsters are scorpion mermaids.

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  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.

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  • b34k@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…

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    • Soku@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fuzzy

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy like these moths and bumblebees are.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Be careful of the monkey’s paw.

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it us, or it that’s messed up?

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    • carbonari_sandwich@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bee of the Bird of the Moth.

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  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!

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