So you’re a termite?
“…uhhh totally.”
What do we like to eat?
“Stuff and wood and junk.”
Okay good enough.I think we have one of those in the Office of President of the United States of America
It’s wild that the benefits of this outweigh the cost of making it enough to stick around.
The wild thing is: These are hundreds of mutations of several generations that happened randomly until it looked like this.
I want to know how it even started. Like, what was its equivalent of a half eye so that the termites would start feeding it?
“You get free food for life but you gotta wear this giant yellow foam cowboy hat and never take it off. Even to shower”
Getting Vincent Adultman vibes.
How do you do fellow termites?
says a lot of how insects identify each other
Yes, that’s what I wondered, too. In ant nest parasites they usually are visually very different from the ants, but get the pheromones right. In this example here, visual clues have to be important for the beetle to have evolved such a sophisticated mimicry.
That’s what happens if you only have access to a handful of brain cells.
my mom has some of those
As evidenced by homo sapiens
That’s so freaking cool
Evolution: I’m winning it.
Hey bro, I am not a beggar bro. I am just carrying this termite to the hospital. Can you give some food for the road bro, promise I am not a beggar.
Who is this Mimi which is crying?
Imagine if incels grew kittens on their back to lure lonely women…
