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Hummingbird Moths (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy and cute like these moths and bumblebees are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Be careful of the monkey's paw.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Convergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it's ceaselessly fascinating

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

but also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Also like shrimp to fairies

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

And lobsters are scorpion mermaids.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

While nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Fuzzy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is it us, or it that's messed up?