this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
995 points (99.5% liked)

Science Memes

14336 readers
2466 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why doesn't the damaging and hot particulate matter in smoke do any harm to or otherwise clog up their spiracles like it does to the inner lining of lungs? I gather lungs are wet and also very delicate, but if they're directly oxygenating their organs through these spiracles eventually it must get to somewhere wet and delicate for the smoke to get in and potentially harm.

[โ€“] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 6 days ago

Maybe something like:

  • The spiracles stop working and the insect stops most major movements
  • When the air becomes better, the new air fills the spiracles and reinvigorates the insect

vs

  • Humans need to use their muscles to start breathing, or they will require external assistance