Picture the meme of the diamond digger turning away shortly before reaching the diamonds.
*most beetles
*frog anus
it's called speedrunning, my dudes
Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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wieson@feddit.org 7 months ago
javiwhite@feddit.uk 7 months ago
“When life gives you a frog go through the anus” - Aristotle, probably.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
when you’re going through frog, keep going.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
frog%
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
So if I understand this, the light at the end of the tunnel is sunlight shining at the asshole that I’m stuck in?
Cool
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 months ago
If we are stuck inside a bunch of assholes, that would explain why life is shit.
Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Looking forward to seeing just what species I’m coming out of.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Tapeworms likes to be eaten
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 months ago
one foot in front of the other five
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Idk why this made my laugh but ty
woodenghost@hexbear.net 7 months ago
Makes you wonder why only one beetle does this. Were the adaptions necessary to survive the digestive acid really complex or really unlikely, maybe?
yucandu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
True Facts: Beetles that Took Things Too Far: youtu.be/spuO7OpS6zw?t=667
Madison420@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This does beg the question, is there a Lemmy version of snooted and booted?
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Props for ze frank. He has so many interesting facts in his videos.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
🎶If youre going through, keep on going🎶
Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Free colonoscopy
cornshark@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s a feature, not a bug
7bicycles@hexbear.net 7 months ago
[popping out of a frog butt] listen I think you’re a dick, but still, I think you should see a doctor
Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
And if you relate more with the frog, then it’s a lesson in chewing your food properly.
segfault11@hexbear.net 7 months ago
Soot@hexbear.net 7 months ago
“you can look it up” provides no specific details.
It is true, the beetle is the Regimbartia attenuata. There’s a paper on the idea of active escape post-predator-contact www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0960982220308423
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Although adult beetles were easily eaten by frogs, 90% of swallowed beetles were excreted within 6 h (0.1–6.0 h) after being eaten and, surprisingly, were still alive. When beetle legs were experimentally fixed with wax, all of the treated beetles were killed in the frogs’ digestive system and finally excreted >24 h (38.3–150.3 h) after consumption. Therefore, swallowed beetles likely used their legs to move through the digestive tract toward the frog vent, hastening their escape.
Best bit in the summary
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Vent? Omg these slang terms for cloaca
segfault11@hexbear.net 7 months ago
“you can look it up” provides no specific details.
hansolo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Sometimes when you realize how bad the situation actually is, the only way out is through. Sometimes that means through a tube full of frog shit.
dalekcaan@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, and came out clean on the other side
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But when you start the journey with Rita Hayworth all bets are off.
pappabosley@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
And sometimes you have to walk through a whole lot shit to get somewhere good
feddup@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Sadly it’s often just back to where you started, outside next to the frog smelling of shit.
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Petition to rename these beetles Lemmywinks
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“Speedrunning the frog” should totally be in daily vernacular. I’ll do my part!
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Im gonna cry. This is so poetic
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
“coder” (stupid person teen for what I do) here: No, this wasn’t an accident.