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WILD Jellyfish Gang (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

fungi are conceptually lovecraftian horrors but in practice they're basically just strange plants, and i find that neat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

they're basically just strange plants

Actually they're closer to strange animals, which just reinforces just how neat they are!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

i know.
The dichotomy is between the knowledge that they're closer to animals than anything else, yet they don't behave anything like animals and they permeate basically every part of the earth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Permeate basically every part of the earth.

And perhaps beyond!