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[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Hello my mosquito eating friend

[–] staticblanket@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dragonflies always look like cg to me even in person.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I would say it looks like some cheap plastic model when looking at its feet.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 1 points 1 year ago
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If nature can make beautiful stuff like this, why make humans? :)

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Blobfish look perfectly normal at their normal depth and pressure. It's only when we drag one up from the depths that they explode and end up looking like a half-melted decorative soap from your grandmother's guest bathroom.

I don't have that excuse.