Shirish Shrestha @shirishkool - Tumblr Blog

I’ll 👏 ship 👏 whatever 👏 the 👏 fuck 👏 I 👏 want 👏 thanks

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Actually 👏 many 👏 postal 👏 services👏 have 👏 rules 👏 and 👏 regulations 👏 on 👏 what 👏 you 👏 can 👏 and 👏 cannot 👏 ship 👏 many 👏 regulations 👏 depend 👏 on 👏 the 👏 destination 👏 weight 👏 and 👏 content 👏

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ill never forget how funny this is

rarnon

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(via Tripod Holes 10 | n j w v)

thebrainscoop

This is Julodimorpha bakewelli, a species of jewel beetle found in Australia. These innocuous looking insects are important but threatened because of a misdirected evolutionary desire: the males are intimately attracted to discarded brown beer bottles, which strongly resemble the most desirable, biggest, shiniest and bumpiest female imaginable. As a result the males pile on and end up dying of dehydration in the hot sun, desperately attempting to mate with the inanimate containers in vain. (at The Field Museum)

somuchscience

And the internet pulls through with pictures of this odd occurrence!

thebrainscoop

omg

edit: there’s a video

UPDATE 1/11/16: THEY CAN’T BE STOPPED!

Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles

via Phys.org:

THE frisky male jewel beetles (Julidomorpha saundersi), which made headlines in the 1980s for attempting to mate with discarded beer stubbies, seem to be at it again—only this time they are targeting fluoro-coloured safety equipment. Read more

shirishkool

Stupid bugs