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submitted 1 month ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I think strawberries are pretty spectacular

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[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 month ago
[-] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Hahahahagahaha

[-] PanaX@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

Carnivorous plants. They are always being eaten by something. Glad a few of them fought back.

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

I'm quite fond of my spouse and our pet cat.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 month ago
[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

That's cheating!

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Which time?

[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Birds

Amazing to think about hummingbirds as dinosaurs miniaturized to play a similar ecological role to bees

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

The fact that humans can't produce Vitamin C and all other primates can

[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hard to say it's my favorite as someone who doesn't eat enough fruits, but it sure is an interesting mutation

[-] Sumocat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Opposable thumbs. ๐Ÿ‘

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Coffee plants. I'm just an ape looking for a buzz.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

There's so many. It doesn't seem to matter how many critters I learn about, there's always another one that defies my expectations about what exists.

Edit: The most recent one was the crab-eating frog, which is unique for being a modern amphibian adapted to brackish and salt water.

[-] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That shrimp with the bubble gun!

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago
[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

The game of cricket.

To think that a single hominid could dominate an entire planet thanks to its uncanny throwing ability

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

How a lot of eukaryotic organelles (not just the mitochondria) came from cells eating bacteria and holding onto it instead of digesting it. Cells don't have consciousness and can't just "decide" to not digest something because it's useful to have around, it was probably the digestion mechanism not working properly, which normally would have decreased the cell's fitness, but in a few rare occurrences the thing it didn't digest was so useful it greatly increased the cell's fitness.

[-] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Mold, which can live even in space, or under very strong electromagnetic radiation

[-] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago
[-] nis@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago
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