Post AypSDdmI3iHsup7oLg by australopithecus@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AyoaQez7UJ1otlsw76 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T00:12:29Z
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Caves
(DIR) Post #AyoaYsCsDHT8DpEbia by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-10-03T00:13:58Z
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@futurebird Depends very much on the cave, but I have gone more often than been scared away. I'm.not especially brave, I've just been places with pretty mild mannered caves.
(DIR) Post #Ayoab6F6zxFyKjLLMm by peachfront@toot.community
2025-10-03T00:14:22Z
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@futurebird i never drive past a cave!!!!!maybe because they are so unusual to me, where i live, we ain't even got basements...
(DIR) Post #Ayoal2Ufn9ijbNMT8y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T00:16:13Z
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@silvermoon82 I've never been in anything but tourist caves with little walkways. But if left unsupervised I'd probably go in every single cave.
(DIR) Post #Ayob8Srvtb4y3zPXzE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T00:20:26Z
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@hexwren You don't feel a little voice saying "this hole was made for me!"
(DIR) Post #AyobEPrfyh7wU383Jg by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-10-03T00:21:28Z
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Leave them for the bats and the axolotls @futurebird
(DIR) Post #AyobR0h2sNgEBFA5g0 by jadp@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T00:23:44Z
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@futurebird I’ve been in undersea caves on SCUBA but I’m not sure that I’ve been in a dry cave. Stalactites and stalagmites are fascinating and beautiful, from pictures
(DIR) Post #Ayoc50dwTulpbmmd9M by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T00:30:59Z
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@futurebird With my luck, the only people that would call me to go into a cave, are people I really care about. As a result: I'd have to go...
(DIR) Post #AyocPJ5lbCVccNTcAq by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T00:34:38Z
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@futurebird I can't remember ever being in a cave. I mean, I kinda do, but it wasn't me in the cave, LOL. I saw others in a movie go into a dark cave. It felt so real!
(DIR) Post #AyodUY9p75tukERDnc by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T00:46:45Z
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@futurebird more people should go to their local caving meet-up! And actually going into a non-touristy cave can be an exciting thing to do (at least once). Definitely a bucket list item.(i did this once and regret not doing it more often)
(DIR) Post #AyodXn5W3gszv4y7UW by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-10-03T00:47:23Z
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@futurebird I explore a bit - but not out of sight of the entry area.
(DIR) Post #AyoeGaCcoRcKzIeVcG by funkula@goblin.camp
2025-10-03T00:55:27Z
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@futurebird the thing that absolutely terrifies me is cave diving. Swimming? Fine. Enclosed space? Fine. Swimming in an enclosed space with no air above? Utterly awful.
(DIR) Post #AyoeLlEVEIqse502bo by epicdemiologist@wandering.shop
2025-10-03T00:56:25Z
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@futurebird They call to me but the government's shut down and so is the cave (the one I have an entrance ticket for).
(DIR) Post #AyoeauZCoCLjwCuKkC by chertridge@mstdn.party
2025-10-03T00:59:10Z
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@futurebird If you do want to go caving (please don't say spelunking) in the US, use https://caves.org/ to find the closest Grotto (chapter) of the NSS. Show up at a meeting and get to know some very interesting people.
(DIR) Post #AyoeudxcGBYqE4jb5U by brandonlivesin@social.seattle.wa.us
2025-10-03T01:02:37Z
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@futurebird I think the caves were a mistake and we never should have left the oceans to begin with.
(DIR) Post #AyofQ4sMEwPsgAGPyq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T01:08:18Z
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@epicdemiologist I've been trying to start a new cryptid called "cave ants" They would be slow moving apple sized ants that live in caves. There aren't any troglodyte ants that we know of... yet.
(DIR) Post #Ayofrct7tHtXz9l9JA by btuftin@social.coop
2025-10-03T01:13:22Z
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@futurebird Caves come in many shapes and sizes. Some I would like to go in, some I'd never in a million years.
(DIR) Post #Ayog52lmyUNy1Kj2Nk by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T01:15:50Z
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@futurebird Its a trap. Dynamite them now.
(DIR) Post #AyogrLAnr1NQzvSI2i by deirdrebeth@mas.to
2025-10-03T01:24:25Z
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@futurebird @silvermoon82 I adore caves - especially the ones without walkways. My stopping point is if I have to squeeze through something tight - that's a no.That opening is easily 20' across. Remember @jbayes !
(DIR) Post #AyohOV2kB8ZNAJUsvQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T01:30:33Z
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@dantheclamman @epicdemiologist Ants are omnivores, hunters and kind of high energy creatures. Troglodytes tend to be good at being slow and conserving energy. So, it's not THAT surprising. However there are slender, pale long limbed cave crickets with antennae longer than their body like flying buttresses, so I don't think a similar kind of ant would be ... impossible.
(DIR) Post #AyohiZyXYBxqFo6biq by Uair@autistics.life
2025-10-03T01:34:10Z
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@futurebird I think they're awesome and would happily spelunk in the more accessible ones, but never lived anywhere there were caves.
(DIR) Post #AyohkqvDW05NOKdRcO by adamantichrist@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T01:34:35Z
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@futurebird they call to me but idk where from. I've never found a cave. Also pirate treasure. I thought there'd be lots more of both.
(DIR) Post #AyohnLeEFPaxGWsZ9s by amorphophalex@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T01:34:57Z
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@futurebird they call to me but I'm lazy and not fit enough to hike there
(DIR) Post #AyohuLpDzEGXqJMTYG by superball@norcal.social
2025-10-03T01:36:00Z
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@futurebird That graph is perfection. ✨🐜
(DIR) Post #AyoiUxyxb4qcbrNIsi by kinsale42@mstdn.games
2025-10-03T01:42:56Z
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@futurebird only interested in the dry ones I could live in 😂
(DIR) Post #AyonGjiMLZgg4kdyxU by em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T02:36:22Z
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@futurebird My other is… why do people go into strange dark crawl space caves? I’m only interested in caves I can walk in and walk out of. At the very least have a small lamp and something that has nice acoustics and interesting formations… otherwise I’m too scared of cramped dark spaces to be actually happy about going in there 😹“Tight squeeze?” No thank you 😹
(DIR) Post #Ayp0NPl0FGHVbtOYPQ by feelnotes@alaskan.social
2025-10-03T05:03:10Z
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@futurebird sometimes I think about Krubera cave. It starts as a modest little hole in the ground and it goes down over a mile into the earth and they haven’t found the bottom yet
(DIR) Post #Ayp58ZUmFuqHEwXznM by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-03T05:56:36Z
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@futurebird how do caves pay their phone bill?
(DIR) Post #Ayp9AHJlD7ABG6So40 by NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot
2025-10-03T06:41:42Z
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@futurebird I wouldn't be inside anything I had to shimmy through, no matter how exciting the other side would be.Also, as a lapsed Scuba diver, you wouldn't get me anywhere near cave diving. No way Hose A. (Or even Hose B!)
(DIR) Post #AypFCEaOw9az5hYyO0 by em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T03:12:17Z
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@futurebird One of the caves I’ve been to that is pretty well known is “Lurray Caverns” in Virginia… it’s pretty neat and definitely walkable 😂
(DIR) Post #AypFI2GJfbR2bew13o by admin@mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com
2025-10-03T01:37:26Z
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@dantheclamman @futurebird @epicdemiologist "cave ants" just makes me think of the story of the ant "colony" that got trapped in an old Soviet bunker...somewhat horrifying if you haven't seen it before, although I guess it has a happy ending for them:https://www.sciencealert.com/ants-trapped-in-an-old-soviet-nuclear-bunker-survived-for-years-by-turning-on-their-own
(DIR) Post #AypFXoA5rXZHVZXr8q by kupac@functional.cafe
2025-10-03T07:53:11Z
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@futurebird @epicdemiologist If they do indeed exist, they must dwell in here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_S%C6%A1n_%C4%90o%C3%B2ng
(DIR) Post #AypGfKlL9UHwbC7SZk by kalfatermann@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T08:05:44Z
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@futurebird A peaceful retreat where you can reflect on yourself. Life outside is on mute, giving you time to devote to your inner self. Many caves are ideal places to listen to music, and with sufficient warmth and light, they are also a nice place to read or simply sleep peacefully. When you leave the cave, you see our wonderful world, smell and feel as if you had taken a refreshing bath, allowing love and passion to blossom anew.
(DIR) Post #AypOlNu7BTQTiGcUGO by TerryHancock@realsocial.life
2025-10-03T09:36:28Z
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@futurebird Caves are cool, as long as I can turn around. If it gets tighter than that, I get freaked out.I've tolerated some fairly narrow spaces, but I can think of few things more horrifying than getting stuck in such a place.
(DIR) Post #AypPXYeoVV0exnQwc4 by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-10-03T09:45:09Z
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@futurebird tiny cave adventure here: https://eldritch.cafe/@Tattie/114655383516412162
(DIR) Post #AypQObX4Y25FEE6hfs by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-10-03T09:54:46Z
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@futurebird are we talking large caves you fit in without issue, or cram yourself through waterfilled cracks in absolute darkness?
(DIR) Post #AypSDdmI3iHsup7oLg by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T10:15:08Z
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@futurebird I've lived in earthquake country my whole life, so even man-made tunnels get the side-eye if they look at all dodgy. But for those of y'all without geological instability trauma, sure, I can see the appeal.
(DIR) Post #AypWWMkzxwFZRehmkK by webhat@infosec.exchange
2025-10-03T11:03:26Z
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@futurebird Ring, ring, ring 🤳 Me: yes, webhat hereCave: …Me: hello, who's there?Cave: …/me gets scared
(DIR) Post #Ayq1coRZ2PXbd7AX68 by greenWhale@dice.camp
2025-10-03T16:51:57Z
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@futurebird ...is the name of a beer from my hometown. Pronounced very different though.
(DIR) Post #Ayq23aKBdjyzewU544 by kastope@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T16:56:46Z
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@futurebird @epicdemiologist a long overdue sequal!It Came from the Desert - Wikipedia https://share.google/1sS7cZjdFebT21hFT
(DIR) Post #Ayq4jE7Ao1pMqbNhc8 by burnitdown@beige.party
2025-10-03T17:26:43Z
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@futurebird i've been to the Bonnecher cave a few times, near Barry's Bay, ON iirc. it's a boards underfoot and guided tour thing. the Bonnecher River is nearby.
(DIR) Post #Ayut5jwUvLx4Gr9kiO by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-10-03T01:30:14Z
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@deirdrebeth @futurebird @jbayes Lovely!I feel the same about tight squeezes. Nearby here, the Hell Holes caves are pretty cool. There's a gnarly old metal ladder going down but then no pavent or handholds, and to a tourist like me it feels like a real adventure.
(DIR) Post #Ayut5kwXChZjNGBIPY by deirdrebeth@mas.to
2025-10-03T01:49:19Z
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@silvermoon82Ooh, you should give Craters of the Moon National Monument a try. It's where they trained the astronauts before the first moon mission, and (at least 18 years ago) it's one bored looking park ranger asking you to please have a flashlight, and preferably a helmet and don't die. We had a camera with a manual flash...so totally the same.@futurebird @jbayes
(DIR) Post #Ayut5ltjeavkKrsZge by guyjantic@infosec.exchange
2025-10-06T01:09:15Z
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@deirdrebeth @silvermoon82 @futurebird @jbayes I grew up out west, and have been through Idaho a few dozen times. However, about 20 years ago I had occasion to drive across the state, through Craters of the Moon National Monument, after living "back east" for many years. That drive at night reminded me of what it was like to drive across the western deserts (UT, ID, AZ, NV, NM) in the 70s: barren (to human eyes) and uninhabited (at least in some sections) in ways many Americans have never experienced. Pitch black landscape, no artificial lights for many miles, then a single light over an outbuilding and another hour of no artificial light. Flashbacks to childhood.
(DIR) Post #Ayv6GLaR7LlTK2E2XA by JosephMeyer@c.im
2025-10-06T01:42:08Z
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@futurebird If I were an ant, I might have answered differently and in favor of exploring caves.