Every hug has a job! Fruit flies consume the yeast on rotting fruit and their larvae consume the fruit itself, broadening the distribution of plant matter. Dragonflies voraciously consume all flying insects, but particularly slow flying ones like mosquitos, while their nymphs do the same in the water, controlling populations to avoid collapse. Scorpions sit inside your shoes and sting you to remind you to check your shoe for scorpions.
bug jobs
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
virku@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m Norwegian. We have dragonflies. They are dope. But we don’t have any of those horrifying insects and eight legged ones that kill you. So I don’t resonate with the paranoia of checking your shoes, like at all. I am not sure if I would survive a week in Australia.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I would die instantly the second I stepped off the plane. One of those jellyfish would jump out of the water and smoke me on the spot
danc4498@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Calling a custodian a “funny little creature” is harsh.
shalafi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Looking at one in my tank right now! Yeah, they just cruise around eating dead shit.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And they do their jobs without a profit motive… What!!!
halvar@lemy.lol 11 months ago
“extra legs are for extra hugs” freaks me out for some reason
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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halvar@lemy.lol 11 months ago
This very much reminds me of a traditional joke from my country, which is quite inappropriate and so it won’t be shared here.