Mothra

@Mothra@mander.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone dies unexpectedly, how do you find out?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t know unless someone tells you or you go seek this information yourself. Another way besides contacting people or looking for an obituary is lurk on social media, if you know that person’s relatives and friends you will find some kind of mention or post about it. That is, if they also have you as a contact or if they make the post public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BIOMES⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In Spanish, Selva (rainforest) is a somewhat common girl’s name

• Are illegal streaming sites really getting shut down a lot lately or has it always been like this?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh well I guess I’ll change somebody else’s life then, no worries

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m serious! But I’m glad I’ve influenced your worldview and ideals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait so is that what he’s saying? Omelette du fromage ? Look. I like scientists. I love cheese. And I am crazy about eggs. You tell me a scientist is whispering about eggs and cheese in my ear? I’m blushing to think about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you’re onto something, I don’t know. But I’ve surely heard of terrible things people with a tan can do, so I’m not judging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, and that’s precisely the point I’m trying to make. That’s not what the quote means. The quote means “For the first time in history we’ve studied the physical appearance (or the cadaveric finding* ) of an animal we have had evidence for decades that was too different from any living animal today”

  • "Appearance " might mean physical appearance or the event of finding the corpse, I’m not sure to which of the two they refer. That wasn’t your question though, I just needed to clarify.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone knows which Dexter episode is this from? I loved the show, but I can’t recall seeing this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it again, Dexter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an understandable take and the use of the word analogue is the key issue. It also left me stumped for a while, because as you have already pointed out, there are plenty of modern day analogues to Homotherium…

  …but that depends on what counts as an analogue in this particular context. Biologically speaking, the word can be used to fit a broad range of criteria. So you could say their modern day analogues are lynxes or snow leopards, and fair enough, that would be a good enough use of the word because these animals do share a lot in common, physically and in their ecological roles too. Large catlike mammal that hunts down larger herbivore mammals in a tundra environment.

  But Homotherium had some very specific traits that have no modern day analogues. The large canine teeth is the most obvious. Those large teeth also meant a specialized hunting method and technique for which we have nothing alive today to base it off of. They also had a different body build, with shorter rear limbs, so now your cat looks a bit more like a bear or a hyena in its stance and gait. And if I’m understanding what I’m reading correctly, they also had cardiovascular adaptations for endurance running, and their claws and paws were not as retractable and supple as that of cats.

  So yes they were like cats and you can point at living analogues for a lot of these adaptations ( bears, hyenas, cats, any mammal with good cardio, etc) but when you put all that together and add the teeth and the behavior modifications those teeth imply then you have, as a whole, an animal with no current living analogues. Yes, it can sound pedantic but that’s science for you and I think it’s important to remark that the quote is taken directly from the paper published. The journalists loved the buzz emanating from the word “analogue” so much they kept it in the non scientific publications, they didn’t paraphrase, and they didn’t bother explaining exactly what it meant because, well, that’s precisely why they chose to keep the quote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fig. 1: Got your nose.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate that the facial expression suits the occasion, unlike with most neutral faced medical illustration

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what can I use to cushion my knee when exercising with it on the floor so it doesn't hurt?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the type of yoga mat! Some are very thick, some are very thin. Sounds like you got one of the thinner ones. You couldn’t possibly fold one the thick ones, it would open up on its own without a weight on it whereas the thin ones can stay as you leave them.

  A kneepad is another option as many said already.

  You also have mats for camping, my parents had a couple of these and they would lay them under the sleeping bags precisely to avoid feeling all the debris on the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What good thing just happened in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I slept all day yesterday and slept in this morning as well and my skin looks beautiful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nighttime pollinator gang rise up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  YEA WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HUH? COME AT ME BRO

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Caterer turned detective?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Add Periodical to the list

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shorebirbs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well after about an hour of reading I found plenty of examples of gender reversal examples and some cool behaviors but nothing regarding chromosomes seems easily accessible or even mentioned. Reproductive behavior seems to be one of the main criteria used to establish evolutionary relationships (aka the cladogram) but that’s as far as the layman can find online. I didn’t search in Scholar though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shorebirbs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? First time I hear about these birbs, that sounds really cool :D I’m off to Wikipedia to fact check brb baiii

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well of course, because it’s spinning too fast. So you don’t see the star shape, only the blurry circle!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The doctor regrets his creation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember once you get around compiling all the cadaveric sources you need to use the proper formatting style for reanimated corpses, not just any style

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Potoo Potions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes colored contacts have that effect always, but for a show you’d expect some effort into one of the main characters appearance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Potoo Potions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This effect is relatively a very simple one to edit in post and would look a lot better than contacts. This looks so cheap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pew pew⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought kangaroos and wallabies were similarly equipped if not even more bizarrely. But I’ve never seen it myself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a very strange question about washers, dryers and the Middle East.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you talking about in people’s homes or in like laundromats? I’d be really curious to learn about a consistent placement in the middle east in particular, it never occured to me thinking this would be a thing anywhere in the world.

  I live in Australia and have seen a lot of people’s homes for work reasons and can’t find a left/right pattern of dryer and washer placement. People just put them wherever they can, if anything dryers tend to be placed higher up (on the wall, at shoulder height) and washers are always on the ground but there is no left to right preference.

  Some people even have the machines in different rooms, usually this is the washer in the laundry (or bathroom if no space for laundry) and the dryer in the garage or outside the house. As I already said these are just tendencies and you find plenty of people with different arrangements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully until the platform dies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ross's Game Dungeon: Yuppie Psycho⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohhh didn’t know about libredirect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of a long-distance friendship?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you feel like you are not missing anything, then more power to you. It really has a lot to do with how you relate to people, it seems like for you it’s activities only and you don’t seem to bond intellectually too much or you wouldn’t be asking.

  I’ve had several long distance friendships, in fact I still have and they are among my most stable relationships outside of family. It’s having those people you can rely on when things get tough for support, and also to share thoughts and discuss opinions or whatever - to have a conversation knowing we understand each other in a way most people don’t. That can be very rewarding even if I don’t see them face to face anymore, or, in some cases, even if I’ve never met them in person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if you quit a job you didn't like or was toxic, didn't the financial hit scare you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This might be a blessing in disguise then. Hopefully you find something you like better!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bitey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just remember these guys can grip an animal the size of a horse with their jaws, overpower it, drag it to the water and rip it apart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did it take so damn long for humanity to "learn" how to draw/paint realistic images?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that’s my point. By “most people can see color well enough” I mean most people aren’t color blind and can tell apart basic color differences. That’s all.