science

14061 readers

1156 users here now

just science related topics. please contribute

note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry

Rule 1) Be kind.

lemmy.world rules: https://mastodon.world/about

I don't screen everything, lrn2scroll

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies (apnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

😳

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What a stupid headline. Nature's weirdos? Really? Plenty of "weirdos" in nature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Headlines are meant to get attention and this one does that. What you're saying is absolutely true though. There's an incredible amount of weird and horrifying stuff that happens in the animal kingdom. Humans included...