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[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Checks what community I'm in

Where's the meme?

This is literally just scientific facts

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be transformative in some way? Like if someone edited it and then submitted it would feel more like a meme to me.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nah, replication is enough, shows interest. This meme was stolen, thus it lives on as a vehicle. The intention here is to simply get people interested in the world around them. Not sure what the original goal was. This one just has a little more .jpg than the last. I've seen variants of this one, regardless. This is an old one.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meme

[–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of that is controversial as far as I know. And the pseudopupils are an optical Artifact since every single eye has its own opening.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn't download a car, now, would you? 🔪

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved this graphic. Great content, something I'd never wondered about and just today realized I'm not curious enough.

Thanks op or bot whichever.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

Beep boop yer welcome.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was very interesting.

[–] Deepus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but also mildy infuriating.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TIL Jabba the Hutt is a small ambush predator

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Bear in mind the same ecosystem produced the Sarlacc.

Which apparently I know how to spell without checking.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Explains the whole Princess Leia thing.

Chinchillas have vertical slit pupils despite being small herbivorous rodents. There are definitely quite a few exceptions.

[–] windowlicker@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

those psuedopupils are the coolest in my opinion. i had no idea about those.

[–] Omniraptor@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think the pseudopupils are a feature of the eye distinct from any other part, it's just what the individual facets look like viewed at a shallow angle.

edit: not that there aren't bugs with different colored regions of their eyes. I'm not sure about the functionality of those tho, is it for vision or camouflage or looking good for the ladies or what. Will google

[–] yttrium@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago