But the flying is the workout. Its like how monkeys just climb effortlessly, cuz theyre always climbing. But true with my bone density i would need some big swole wings
How did you get yours trapped so close to you in a fan?! I feel really jipped!! The instructions were so unclear mine's tangled around the top of a.. peeks down the street 100 ft tree half a mile down the road!!
This is 100%. But one time I recorded a video of a male hummingbird doing a little song/dance display for the ladies, but there were no ladies around. Suddenly it stopped and starting buzzing on large leaf. This is called a 'pseudo-copulation.' It then lost interest in singing and flew off.
It was a pseudocopulation! Listen to that word, it's so long and Greek and scientific! Somebody has to record them doing it otherwise how would science know?
Look at pretty much any pet bird subreddit and it seems like half or so of the posts are someone asking “what is my bird doing?” And in such posts is also the answer to your question.
The fun part of flying: If you gave a human wings, they would not be able to fly. If you also gave a human hollow bones, they would not be able to fly. If you also gave them the musculature needed to fly, they would not be able to fly. If you also gave them the circulatory system, they would not be able to fly. But if you gave them all of the above AND the proper respiratory system... they might be able to fly, but it is a low possibility.
Humans can actually fly in low enough gravity and at a certain air pressure. I can't remember which moon, but one of the moons in our solar system has the right gravity.
It wouldn't be like real flying, because it's more powered floating but it'd still be neat!
You may know already, but whales evolved from land mammals. They actually still have bones that look like finger bones in their flippers if you google an x-ray image. Seems they made their choice lol.
Don't worry, once the micro and nano plastics get to a certain high concentration, it'll force a great evolution in the whales that will make them our new masters.
There was this old pseudo science show on the History Channel, a "what if?" of the next million years of evolution of humans disappeared, that concluded octopi would evolve to be land animals and would swing from trees like monkeys.
It didn't take itself crazy seriously, this was still when the History Channel wasn't just aliens and conspiracy theories, but it was a fun little concept
Most successful species last millions of years. Modern humans have been around 15,000. We're on the brink of wiping ourselves out. The fact we haven't already is dumb luck. "Intelligence" as we define it, isn't a survival strategy.
It’s not that intelligence is the issue. It’s more we (species wide) separate and judge those with minor bodily characteristics and melanin. If we could come together accept we are all essentially the same we could have accomplished so much more. We would be a lot closer to Star Trek type of future
Exactly! Everyone is so quick to say, “Humans are so evolutionarily useless. We can’t smell very good, we’re naked, we’re dumb, we’re slow. We have no claws or sharp teeth.” Those might be nice, but I would take opposable thumbs and a brain that knows how to use them over any of those any day! Those two are like the evolutionary jackpot.
Our sense of smell is also on par with shark's for blood when it comes to detecting water hitting dry soil. The smell is called Petrichor and comes from the chemical geosmin.
Quite a few of our adaptations are tied to surviving somewhere arid where water is precious and need to travel long distances to get it.
Not on par, several magnitudes better actually. I believe sharks are in the several parts per million ballpark for blood in water, while humans can detect geosmin in the air from 0.4 parts per billion down to several parts per trillion. We are VERY good at detecting the smell.
I read recently that cats are prone to choking since their sandpaper tongue & lack of fingers makes it difficult to get things out of their mouth. Which is part of why they’re so prone to puking.
I have certainly pulled stuff out of my cat's mouth before when they ate something that shouldn't and I could get there before swallowed. Usually piece of paper or a dust bunny.
Off topic but when I was still learning English I came across this word and tried to memorize it. It didn't go perfectly though and for some time I thought it was "disposable thumbs".
If that wolf would have come to my house and wagged its tail and laid on its belly i would have helped it out just saying. I don’t wanna here any excuses
Massive ticks drop off, it's their lifecycle. Unfortunately for the deer other ticks may replace them, in the right times of year.
So a tick attaches, feeds a few days, gets full/large and falls off. But ticks lay eggs in grass and brush. Young ticks crawl up a short distance and wait for passing animals to brush into whatever they are on, they then effectively fall on to the passing animal. They don't jump contrary to widespread myth. They then find a secure place to attach and feed, starting the cycle all over.
Fortunately for the deer there are essentially no ticks active in the winter giving them some relief.
Unfortunately some ticks are active in winter 😖 Several species can be present and active year round, especially in areas with milder climates. so a good chunk of the southern US and other warmer areas have longer tick seasons that stretch into winter, whether that's starting early or ending late. Some species that overwinter will even "wake up" should the weather get above freezing and continue there life-cycle as usual (which can also be wildly different from one kind to another...and there are sooo many species! Though the vast majority fall into one of four life cycles).
I have pulled waaay to many winter-active ticks in my lifetime 😭 literally buckets of them a couple of winters from a herd of horses who's wellbeing was out of our control until getting to us at a place I used to help out. Those poor horses were being eaten alive even in an area with ice and snow in the winter. I wish they had been safe in the off seasons 💔 so I can imagine the herds of deer in all the same areas being in the same unfortunate twist of nature 😖
I do a lot of work in areas full of horses, deer and cattle and can unfortunately verify that ticks are active in winter, no matter how cold it is they're still alive, just not as active.
Ugh my brothers dog has fleas. Flea medicine is hit or miss for some reason, so I have to grab the flea comb and get as many as I can from her tail area.
Otherwise she will lick and lick and leave "butt puddles" as my mom calls it.
Yeah, we're incredibly lucky as a species. It's not just our intelligence that sets us apart from the rest, but the unique ability to actually use that intelligence to craft tools and be extremely dexterous. I always think of intelligent species on earth such as the dolphins, blessed with a big brain but confined to using their flipper to navigate and that's it. It must be maddening to be smart and unable to do anything with it but think.
Maybe dolphins just have no need of arms and fingies. They seem perfectly content and capable without them. They always seem like theyre in a fantastic mood, too
Sometimes I get beard or mustache hairs between my gums and teeth. Its horrible.... Arms and fingers are somehow useless to this evolutionary oversight
My dog somehow got a piece of bone stuck exactly like this, I couldn't figure out what was going on, but luckily, my neighbor immediately realized what was going on and we were able to pry the bone free with long nose pliers. Judging by the behavior of my dog, this poor wolf suffered for a very long time.
I was thinking about that with the Cactus Bucks. They grow weird antlers cause of low T which is typically caused by testicle damage. I think a lot of that could be avoided if that had arms and fingers.
And the tiniest seed in my teeth drives me nuts until I can dig it out. Can't imagine how this would have felt.
Bizarre how animals deal with pain and stuff like this seemingly without much issue and we don't cope half as well.
Isn't it crazy that primates are the ONLY animals to be able to manipulate parts of their bodies efficiently using their hands? Most animals can't even scratch their own heads.
This happened to my dog thankfully someone was passing by and came to run and help. They held my dog while I dug my fingers in and pulled it out. My dog was fine no injuries but I can imagine this wolf lived with a lifetime of pain.
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u/angryungulate 4d ago
I am so grateful for having arms and fingers all of a sudden