Hooman: What is the purpose of life???
Luna moth: You stupid mammal
It ain't much, but it's a livin'
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 5 months ago
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
What letter is the black blob covering?
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 months ago
TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
No idea. Maybe it isn’t even a letter?
Zoop@beehaw.org 5 months ago
I bet it’s a tiny hieroglyph of a penis.
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I came, I fucked, I died.
richard3030@lemmy.one 5 months ago
I came, I fucked, I came again, I died.
gigachad@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
fuck
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Relatable
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
This is somewhat common for various bugs.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 months ago
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand."Moth just fucks
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Seriously cursed species we are.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
if I were this fabulous I also wouldn’t waste precious time eating or shitting when i could be fucking.
HorreC@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Seeing them in person is surreal, they look so amazing up close.
brlemworld@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Aren’t cicadas the same?
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Lots of metamorphic bugs do this. Even the ones that eat as adults often die that same year, after 3-20 years as a larva.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 months ago
No, these are moths.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They get even cooler. When they’re larva they straight up vomit at predators.
As defense mechanisms, larvae emit clicks as a warning and can also regurgitate intestinal contents, confirmed as having a deterrent effect on a variety of predators
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Could they add a mouth and digestive system through DNA editing?
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Probably not, they’re terrible at DNA editing.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They do have a mouth, but it’s like our appendix. It doesn’t do anything.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ok. Still could use some crisper magic to give it some sustenance for a longer life
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
So they just… f*ck off and die.
shneancy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Wikipedia says they eat enough as caterpillars and do not eat as adults
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Can relate: Got really fat during my 20s and now I’m losing it all 👍
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s too bad they didn’t make the Moonlight Butterflies in the Crystal Caves hostile. Imagine the player tears after having to navigate narrow invisible walkways while dodging laser spam.
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
They eat nonstop and get fat as caterpillars, then spend most of their energy metamorphosing, and then the rest is for fucking and sucking
Comment105@lemm.ee 5 months ago
So someone who loses a lot of weight and gets really, really slutty as soon as they realize they can?
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 months ago
I was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂
shneancy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
🥂