trolske ( @trolske@feddit.de ) English14•1 month agoDamn, I’m getting flasbacks from that. I had to make a presentation whether functional necrophilia in animals is adaptive during my master studies. I had to read so many papers discussing the details. Conclusion: not enough evidence to conclude it’s adaptive.
Edit fun fact: in the 1920s there was an Antarctic expedition funded by the British Royal Society. The scientists described necrophilia in emperor penguins (I think), but the Society refused to publish the research to not sully the image of the animals. The paper was finally published some time after 2000.
argh_another_username ( @argh_another_username@lemmy.ca ) English13•1 month agoI like to collect things like this and use on FB when someone comes with that “nature is beautiful” crap.
Lissa ( @liss_up@beehaw.org ) English7•1 month agoThis is horrifying, thanks.
smeg ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) English7•1 month agoEVEN IN DEATH I STILL SERVE
cordlesslamp ( @cordlesslamp@lemmy.today ) English4•1 month agoBig deal, human can do that too, only that we choose not to.
Hupf ( @Hupf@feddit.de ) English1•1 month ago fuckingkangaroos ( @fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee ) English1•1 month agoWelp, she’s definitely croaked. Oh well, no reason I can’t still give her the ol proboscidea…