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MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL There's a Japanese beetle that when eaten by a frog will haul ass through its digestive system and escape out the back end unscathed.

www.smithsonianmag.com

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TIL There's a Japanese beetle that when eaten by a frog will haul ass through its digestive system and escape out the back end unscathed.

www.smithsonianmag.com

MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 2 years ago
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When This Beetle Gets Eaten by a Frog, It Heads for the 'Back Door'
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New research details how this Japanese water beetle travels through the bowels of its predator to emerge out the other end, alive and unharmed
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    literally hauling ass

  • BitSound@lemmy.world
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    Man I’m glad I’m at the top of the food chain

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      So you would rather have things crawling out of your ass instead of you having to crawl out of someone else’s?

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        I have thought about this question for 5 minutes now while brushing my teeth and I am still not so sure of my answer.

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          I think the stakes make the decision for me, so let me put it into that context:

          Would you rather have to crawl out of some thing’s ass (or you die), or have something crawl out of your ass (or it dies).

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          Easy to believe this would be the most profound question I’ve had to deal with all morning

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    And here I thought I needed more fiber in my diet.

    • totallynotarobot@lemmy.world
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      Sell these beetles as a weight loss thing, like those creeps who sell parasites and shit to fat people. You’ll make a mint.

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    Oh fuck real live lemmywinks

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    a great adventure is waiting for you ahead hurry onward Lemmiwinks or you will soon be dead

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    Should be called the taco bell beetle

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    There’s a whole world out there I just didn’t need to know about.

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    Oh that beetle is scathed, scatted and scathed.

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    That’s crazy

  • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
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    Frog ride!

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    Oh good and there’s a video of it.

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