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Happy Valentine's Day!

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • LongLive@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Please educate me on what this parasitic-looking-helminthe is meant to represent.

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    • Valsa@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosoma_mansoni

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      • Gustephan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh no. No no no no no. I stopped having nightmares about this little fucker years ago. You can’t make me go back!!

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      • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a wild read. It’s baffling how such an organism can evolve with such a particular way of living.

        In true valentine’s day fashion it goes through the heart.

        I’ll never go swimming in Africa or south America now.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I assume they’re fucking? But I’m not sure.

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      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Permanently

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      • propter_hog@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A previous post mentioned flatworms “penis fencing” to determine who impregnates whom, so I assume this is a post-frncung copulation session.

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    • propter_hog@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Love bugs

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  • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is snarky as fuck and I love it.

    Science memes has been spectacular lately (but maybe I’m just drowning in onehundredninetysix randomness and it was always this good?)

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sort by top and report back. 😘

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      • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Top (day) is the only way!

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