Hooman: What is the purpose of life???
Luna moth: You stupid mammal
Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/c4bfaa9f-8a07-4d8d-b223-eec4c47bb863.png
Hooman: What is the purpose of life???
Luna moth: You stupid mammal
What letter is the black blob covering?
No idea. Maybe it isn’t even a letter?
I bet it’s a tiny hieroglyph of a penis.
I came, I fucked, I died.
I came, I fucked, I came again, I died.
fuck
Relatable
“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
Seriously cursed species we are.
if I were this fabulous I also wouldn’t waste precious time eating or shitting when i could be fucking.
This is somewhat common for various bugs.
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
So they just… f*ck off and die.
Seeing them in person is surreal, they look so amazing up close.
Aren’t cicadas the same?
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.
No, these are moths.
Could they add a mouth and digestive system through DNA editing?
Probably not, they’re terrible at DNA editing.
They do have a mouth, but it’s like our appendix. It doesn’t do anything.
Ok. Still could use some crisper magic to give it some sustenance for a longer life
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Wikipedia says they eat enough as caterpillars and do not eat as adults
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can relate: Got really fat during my 20s and now I’m losing it all 👍
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 days ago
They get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 days 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 2 days 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 23 hours ago
So someone who loses a lot of weight and gets really, really slutty as soon as they realize they can?
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 days ago
I was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
🥂