This community is just cool_science_facts now. I am here for it tbh.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2024
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We go for the Dawkins definition of "meme."
I have to head off to work, can you give me a quick lowdown on this scientific meme definition?
I think it was a bit tongue in cheek since meme is actually a concept from science (internet-meme is very close to it's original meaning afaik):
So what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?
Yes but they are insects so it's pretty cool
Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it's prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.
So they’re the Reavers of the insect world.
Litter bugs (green lacewing larvae) do this as well. Great bug to have in your garden as they feed on aphids, scale, mealy bugs - pretty much all the pests you don't want on your plants.
Also they are metal af.
Great camouflage. Carrying a sack of dozens dead ants on your back does not draw attention at all.
I guess spiders don't want to eat a pile of dead ants, even if it's moving. Not the sharpest tools in the shed, spiders.
That must be terrifying to see at it's scale. Wtf.
Same.