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Deb JJ Lee (they) @jdebbiel ยท 22h โ€ฎโ‹ฏ

Learned that sea urchins have a single eye and now I'm physically ill

[Two photos, the first showing a sea urchin and the second more zoomed in on a small orange part in the middle of its body.]

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That is a butthole.
inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/292...


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[โ€“] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I still don't really understand how community notes haven't been killed yet. Did Elon fire everyone who knows how to control it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah super weird specially when I think some were correction to his xeets... Maybe he disabled them or somebody did disable them for him so he doesn't see them? ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

They like the notes. They aren't as effective as they claim, but it allows them to pretend they're moderating content using it. People who agree with the nasty stuff will just ignore it; it won't change their mind.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In Portuguese the butthole can be called "the eye of the ass"

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

So that's what Van Morrison was singing about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

PORTUGAL CARALHO !!!

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Beauty lies in the eye of the butthole.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Any marine biologists able to weigh in?

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not a marine biologist, but I am a biology student in my undergrad, and have dissected these recently. That is indeed the butthole. Sea urchins don't have eyes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have no eyes but I must poop.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The sea urchin was angry that day my friends.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The ocean, the sea creatures, it's a whole other world down there. I'm practically an expert, you know. Ask me anything about marine life, and I'll give you a convincing answer. It's like I'm swimming with the dolphins of knowledge, baby!

So regarding this, one day, there I am, waist-deep in the ocean, when I stumble upon a distressed sea urchin. When out of nowhere, I whip out a golf ball โ€“ you heard me, a golf ball! I save the day by removing the obstruction from the butthole of a sea urchin.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Settle down, George.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

a member of the class Echinoidea

Sounds like they tried to link that classโ€™s lineage to an echidna, but gave up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

โ€œechi(n)โ€ means spiny or prickly, so echinacea, echidna, and echinoidea are all prickly

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Uni(sushi) is yummy!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

As with anything, there is a twitter account which collects them https://twitter.com/cnviolations/status/1747166763400212593