Here is an article about it: zmescience.com/…/hamster-wheel-running-nature-rep…
Everyone wants a turn
Submitted 3 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ickplant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Damage@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Thanks, the picture was way too far into the Jpeg realm
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Animals have Free Wheel
RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Think of the energy that could be generated this way
danekrae@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Getting in shape for mating season
vane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wait until corporations find out there are animals that want to do free labor and you don’t have to feed them.
Corn@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They already do that for civet coffee.
angrystego@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The civets are not in it voluntarily though. They do eat the coffee fruits spontaneously, but for civet coffea production they are usually captured and kept in tiny cages - it’s really sad.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
There are also bigger ones for cats, they also love it
www.youtube.com/shorts/VHQKaqZXvHo
Except parrots, they love to use it un a different way
ickplant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The cat cafe in Denver used to have a big one, it was great to see the cats take turns in it. One would just lay at the bottom of it and hog it from others who wanted to use it.
LapleMeaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a strange use of question marks?
tromars@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think they’re meant to express surprise or bewilderment here, which works imo
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Where’s @theUwUhugger@lemmy.world when you need ‘em?
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
slug enters the wheel
training montage music starts
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I have gerbils. Some of them love it and some couldn’t care less. For one it took over 6 months of watching her sister and just sitting in it to figure out how it works. Once she did, there was no end to it.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Aww, no turtles? Come on, turtles, you’re so much faster than snails, go have a walk and demolish that snail distance figure! 🐢
Hagdos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It would be really surprising to see turtles on the wheel, considering there are no wild turtles in the Netherlands.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Sure, there aren’t wild turtles in the Netherlands. But this call was aimed at the turtles in general, worldwide! Turtles will be able to get to the Netherlands from the nearest location. Eventually. We believe in them!
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Free Wheely!
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Now this is the type of science, I can get behind.
CoffeeSoldier@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Is most of science, something you cannot?
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
I’m imagining a Bjenny Montero cartoon, where the cartoon frog character is running on the wheel and the cartoon slug character standing next to it says “Hey! Quit hogging the wheel! I want a go.”
Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hermit crabs love them too!
Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Have you ever seen a human size wheel? They are pretty fun so I totally get it
theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Something
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey! Ranking the species by distance is really unfair!
bigfondue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That makes the slugs even more impressive
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I think slugs got tricked into thinking it was an endless surface and kept exploring it.