Post ArPZo7RXZJWJ9EbJDs by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #ArPZo7RXZJWJ9EbJDs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-23T13:33:05Z
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I'm always excited to champion the intelligence of arthropods. But, when my dubias try to hide under each other when I'm getting dinner for the ant colony... my resolve wavers. "That will never work! You can't just hide under another roach!"But, maybe they have a bigger plan, to be so cute and hopeless they drown me in guilt for use them as ant food. All they want is be in a little dark place (which *could* be under another dubia) and eat fresh vegetables. That is their whole world.
(DIR) Post #ArPZvyppSRJclai5C4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-23T13:34:29Z
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Well at least I think they are about as happy as dubias could be. I wonder if the ant appreciate my efforts at humane farming on their behalf?(they almost certainly do not, not one bit at all)
(DIR) Post #ArPa13Z3Ik3ysmHdHE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-23T13:35:25Z
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It's like watching a bunch of living poker chips shuffling themselves. It's creepy, cute and also very funny and sad.
(DIR) Post #ArPaU7DOo5SYbS0mhs by Beedazzled@mastodon.green
2025-02-23T13:40:38Z
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@futurebird but if the threat is coming from the top, being at the bottom sounds like a good idea to me, assuming there are no alternatives
(DIR) Post #ArPcIuKyXtddO0L4t6 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-02-23T14:01:02Z
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@futurebird there's this idea in biology that a major factor in group behavior is that when predators come along, some other member of your group will get eaten, and you'll probably escape; like the joke about the two hunters running away from the bear and the first hunter says to the second: "I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun you". The behavior of your dubias sure sounds like an example, but I will say I think the idea is over-emphasized in most cases.
(DIR) Post #ArPf7xrVOtK0zk1nrk by jovikowi@spacey.space
2025-02-23T14:32:37Z
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@futurebird This reminded me of a song that Dr. Demento played long ago. "Ronald the Roach" by Jakeb Crossland. Which I can't find after much searching, except:https://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd76l.0822.htmlBonus! Another (sad) roach rambling:https://www.discogs.com/release/9796138-The-Roaches-Creep-The-Tragic-Cockroach-Ode-To-A-Shaky-PlatformRonald the Roach Is as cute as toastFrom his antennaTo his leeeegsYou can spray all dayBut he'll come back anywayTo live in the cracks and the garbage(I don't remember the rest. It's a very cute song.)
(DIR) Post #ArQbMuahdfriXF06N6 by ghosttie@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-02-24T01:25:08Z
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@futurebird do they get eaten alive or dead?
(DIR) Post #ArQbRda8J2VNEJzHf6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-24T01:26:05Z
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@ghosttie I kill them first swiftly as possible, serve fresh as the ants like fresh best.
(DIR) Post #ArQbjTaOD1sNROc6c4 by falcennial@mastodon.social
2025-02-24T01:29:18Z
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@futurebird a short good life is still a good life. it's great your conscience works properly, although I already knew that.