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Ahhhh nature (lemmy.world)

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[-] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 139 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If someone is lost as I was:

Spoiler

deer protect their young from predators, the young deer are in the center of the circle where the predator can't get to
a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. This circle is commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion

[-] Sakychu@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Some other animals too. Especially Turkeys can also get into a "death spiral" similar to ants!

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Turkeys? Some of us have their own death spiral to worry about.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Death spiral sounds like something you'd do at a metal concert

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Turkeys will eventually break out of the circle as they get hungry, they stay in the flock because they feel safer in numbers, and are dumb enough to forget who's leading. Buy they won't march on to their own death unless food is incredibly scarce.

Ants just aren't self aware, and don't have enough brain cells to realize they could just break off and take a snack break if they wanted.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 102 points 9 months ago

Deers

The grammar monster in me is going to need a trigger warning next time.

[-] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

I think the wrong spelling is part of the meme adventure

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

What if it's different species of deer? Does it work like fish?

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Oh deers

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Dirz

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I would say yes

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Oh deer

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[-] skeeter_dave@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

It's Durrs to you city folk.

[-] livie@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 9 months ago

Oh deer

[-] mofongo@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Why is the plural the same as singular that does make no sense

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[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Why is English so ridiculous that the plural and singular of deer is the same word? And why do people want to keep it that way?

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

The plural of "moose" is also "moose" but it's not because of English. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language. It kept the same plural ending it had in its original language instead of adopting the normal "s" ending of most English plurals.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I believe the plural of "moose" is actually "meese".

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Goose : Geese :: Moose : Meese

Mouse : Mice :: House : Hice

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[-] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Go speak a language with gendered nouns and leave English alone

[-] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

This isn't an english specific trait. Lots of languages have something similar.

For instance, in portuguese we do the same for words that end on the letter S.

Ex: Lápis (Pencil), Vírus (Virus), Ônibus (Bus), etc.

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

I'm glad that quick answer is there, no way I'm reading that whole thing.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

John, you can't license away the plural of deer.

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[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

I want to stand in the eye of the deernado and see how long I can last.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago

If none of them are bucks, it could be a tornadoe.

[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Nice 👏👏👏

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 13 points 9 months ago

I’m willing to bet you’ll get a few bucks.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Considering the other comment mentioning that they do this to protect their young, probably not very long.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Whatever gets your rocks off.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Do they run in the opposite direction on southern hemisphere?

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

It all depends if it's a high pressure deer/ant system or a low pressure one.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Hm, interesting.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Can we save the ants by brushing them away?

[-] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Maybe drop a cookie in there to tide them over

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 9 months ago

Don't kid yourself, HonoraryMancunian. If an ant ever got the chance, she'd eat you and everyone you cared about.

Like, literally, no meme.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It’s just Ant… you don’t have to put the ‘s’, ant is already plural

[-] Denjin@lemmings.world 6 points 9 months ago

Incorrect

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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Unless it's the human aunt. Like if your mother and father both had a sister named "Sarah" (or if one set of grandparents were very lazy with their naming and your father or mother had two sisters named "Sarah"), you would refer to them collectively as Aunts Sarah.