If someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

A lot of other organisms will eat their young. Kinda messed up. Some apes try ripping each other's genitals off during fights. The insect world in general is pretty brutal tbh.

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