snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoIf 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?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down14
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareIf 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?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 days agoHere’s some I know: Dolphins rape other dolphins https://theconversation.com/dolphin-sexual-politics-gets-the-tabloid-treatment-6063 Praying mantis females often eat the head of males they have sex with. Some spiders do that too, like the appropriately named black widow spider. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism Mass extinctions have occurred in the past, way before humans existed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinction_events Genetic mutations often lead to inviable offspring or awful conditions (I don’t know specific examples off the top of my head) Parasites can take control of insects and lead them to drown (also don’t know examples off the top of my head)
Here’s some I know: