Can I impress dog-lovers by mentioning microplates?
The Bork Boundary
Submitted 4 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 days ago
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Laika is a breed? Thought it was just the USSR space dog’s name.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Both!
And Laika wasn’t a Laika
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
“Lai” also means “bark” in russian, so they just named the dog Barky before yeeting into space
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 4 days ago
And Laika wasn’t a Laika
Both in breed and name.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 days ago
The Chihuahua mass extinction event (and crater)
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
That explains why only the smaller ones survived
jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
They annoyed the asteroid to death.
Klear@quokk.au 4 days ago
‘The mountains near here formed when the … Newfoundland … microplate collided with, uhh … Labrador.’ ’Ok, now you’re definitely just naming dogs.’ ‘Wait, no, that’s actually almost correct.’
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 4 days ago
Bedrock is unbreakable, who tf abused creative mod here?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Do you fall through space until the y-axis sign flips?
Then presumably you fall from the sky and strike the ground at a very high speed. Do they implement terminal velocity?
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Dalmatian == Dalmatia == part of Croatia == Croatia Mentioned 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah honestly my first thought was ‘Wait there is a tectonic plate just for Dalmacija? I don’t remember that one.’