snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoIf someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down14
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareIf someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareRagnarokOnline@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoCordyceps fungus. Prion diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease. Both are horrible
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThere’s currently a case being studied in the US south that looks like CWD jumped to humans.
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWith RFK jr in charge of HHS we are probably doomed
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days ago Cordyceps fungus Holy crap. This gave me the creeps. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis This opened the door to the broader category of parasitoids https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid Prion diseases Truly scary stuff. I vaguely knew that genetic problems are a thing, but I didn’t know the specifics. Thanks for sharing this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
Cordyceps fungus. Prion diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease.
Both are horrible
There’s currently a case being studied in the US south that looks like CWD jumped to humans.
With RFK jr in charge of HHS we are probably doomed