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thesecretuncle

WAIT

HOL UP

leehttuce

technologistrevolution

bumped into my neighbor who told me about how when she was mowing she found a praying mantis and while pointing it out to a another neighbor ran into a group of 4 men and also asked if they wanted to see and they enthusiastically agree

so, she takes them to see it and notices that these men are almost giddy over this bug so she starts asking questions and turns out they are from various African countries, are scientists travelling on some sort of research grant, and one of them in particular is specialist in insects and they were all just on their way to their Air B&B

like. Imagine you arrive in this foreign country to study its local bugs, you get off the plane and start walking to where you are staying, and some old lady stops you and is all "hey! Come look at our local bug!"

lorn-art

Saw a stag beetle fight off a magpie today it looked like this

scorpionlafemme

notfinancialadvice

This is so fucking embarrassing. This is one of the most embarrassing business quips I have ever seen in my entire vile career.

birdsareblooming

coat bath

estrogenesis-eeveeangelion

tag yourselves i'm the GREAT ROOM beside the GOURMET KITCHEN

pocket-deer-belly

i remade it in the sims 4

doctorspaceman

John Cena in an "I Quit" match at Breaking Point 2009 | The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Guido Reni, 1616

crazysodomite

Oh my god

amberthetransvixen

hollow-head

you ever hear anyone say something so dumb you have to draw a new yorker cartoon about it?

carpenters3

the-itchy-bitchy-spider

catgirlforeskin

wait THAT’S why my wife always says “son boy allowed” about our cat??

gayvampyr

happy 5 years to son boy allowed

lliveonthesunn

always wild seeing my kitchen decor from over seven years ago cross my dash

son boy is in second grade and loves pokémon, gravity falls, and legos!

eddieintheocean

lets grow with papa

eddieintheocean

i couldnt find anything about *accidental* cannibalism but it is actually a whole thing, called Filial cannibalism. i've gone down a whole rabbit hole here, and im gonna link the papers i found bc awoag

essentially - mouthbrooders do not eat at all for the brooding period, so have plenty of physiological changes and reductions in growth that can harm them in future reproduction cycles. If this is too bad, they'll take off the unfertilized, or youngest eggs and eat them!

partial cannibalism (only eating a few of the eggs) may be something to benefit the future of the current surviving eggs, and total cannibalism is a "fuck it ill try again next time" method

i am making an assumption that there is something physiological to stop them doing this accidentally? the only papers i could find talk about deliberate choices! if anyone else with more experience than a 30 minute rabbithole search wants to weigh in that would be nice!

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MANICA, A. (2002) ‘Filial Cannibalism in Teleost Fish’, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 77(2), pp. 261–277. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793101005905.

Okuda, N. and Yanagisawa, Y. (1996) ‘Filial Cannibalism by Mouthbrooding Males of the Cardinal fish,Apogon doederleini, in Relation to Their Physical Condition’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 45(4), pp. 397–404. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00002532.

Takeyama, T., Okuda, N. and Yanagisawa, Y. (2006) ‘Filial Cannibalism as a Conditional Strategy in Males of a Paternal Mouthbrooding Fish’, Evolutionary Ecology, 21(1), pp. 109–119. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-006-9127-7.

parosphromenus

The only mouthbrooders I have personal experience with are betta dimidiata, and they will swallow their kids at any minor inconvenience. I had 3 males carrying eggs, and when I fed them some shrimp, they all just swallowed them right in front of me on day 3 of carrying.

I have also seen my dimis swallow when startled. Its impossible to tell if its accidental or purposeful, but I’ve seen one swallow when I reached into the tank to adjust their heater.

Anecdotally, I’ve heard from others in my conservation group that clutch size can be very inconsistent. Dimidiata males are passed each egg individually by the female, so you can get a very accurate population count if you’re patient. A normal clutch size is 20, but some people report as few as 4 making it to being free swimming. Considering the fry are just eating their egg sacks, and wouldn’t be experiencing starvation, its pretty likely that the dad was snacking.

Obligatory fish tax. This is Tama, with eggs in his mouth.

fishyfishyfishtimes

Let’s get eaten by mildly inconvenienced papa

haughty-ojousama

"why didn't you show any signs of being trans"

cuz I knew I'd be punished? duh! like c'mon, boys aren't supposed to dress like girls or want to, I would have been reprimanded, don't pretend I wouldn't have.

estrogenesis-evangelion

"uh huh. and why didn't you say anything about this when you were in the infinitely precarious position of being a child with practically no rights surrounded by adults who could have and would have and maybe even did gaslight and discount and argue over and bully and emotionally or physically or sexually abuse you into complying with their ideas of who you ought to be? hmm? why didn't you mention this at the time in your life when nobody would have taken you seriously or believed that you are an honest and trustworthy narrator of your experiences & identity? huh? 🤡"