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-up3·edit-23 days ago Cordyceps fungus Holy crap. This gave me the creeps. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis This opened the door to the broader category of parasitoids https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid Prion diseases Truly scary stuff. I vaguely knew that genetic problems are a thing, but I didn’t know the specifics. Thanks for sharing this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
Holy crap. This gave me the creeps. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis This opened the door to the broader category of parasitoids https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid
Truly scary stuff. I vaguely knew that genetic problems are a thing, but I didn’t know the specifics. Thanks for sharing this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion