I was hiking recently and saw a massive caterpillar. I took a photo and asked our national biological office if they could ID it cos AI was doing a shit job (as usual).
They identified it and said that it almost definitely arrived as a seed or smaller caterpillar attached to a car and managed to find its way into the forest. They mentioned that they normally return with holidayers in the summer and don’t make it through the cold winter’s, but this may shift due to climate change. This thing was about 18 cm (7 American toes) long.
Crazy to see how much shit these critters can handle and still survive (for now…).
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Imagine being a fish who gets caught by a human, and gets yanked out of his dimension and into an entirely different dimension, almost an opposite world.
Then the alien tanks the hook out of his lip, and throws him into the air…and he lands back in his own dimension, gasping for air.
Or, perhaps the alien takes him away…
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
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