@[email protected] to [email protected] • 15 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-square45fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down14
arrow-up139arrow-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?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 15 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•15 days agoCordyceps fungus. Prion diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease. Both are horrible
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink4•edit-215 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•15 days agoThere’s currently a case being studied in the US south that looks like CWD jumped to humans.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•13 days agoWith RFK jr in charge of HHS we are probably doomed
Cordyceps fungus. Prion diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease.
Both are horrible
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
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
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