Science Memes @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 1 mo. ago

Assassin Bug

47 comments

That's some dark souls shit right there.
- I was thinking Warhammer.
  
  Night Lords reading this like "nice"
  
  #nidthings
- More like Monster Hunter
This community is just cool_science_facts now. I am here for it tbh.
- We go for the Dawkins definition of "meme."
  
  I have to head off to work, can you give me a quick lowdown on this scientific meme definition?
So what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?
- Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules
  
  Hunting giant insects back in the day would be terrifying, but exoskeleton armor would be bad ass.
- Yes but they are insects so it's pretty cool
  
  Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it's prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.
- It's still pretty rare though.
- Bone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.
So they’re the Reavers of the insect world.
- But I thought they were just a legend…
- Q: How does a reaver clean his blade?
  
  A:
  
  Tap for spoiler
  
  He runs it through the Wash.
Like what we do with fur and leather?
- Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules
Great camouflage. Carrying a sack of dozens dead ants on your back does not draw attention at all.
- Camouflage through intimidation. If you saw a dude sneaking around covered in human skulls, no you didn't.
  
  I didn’t indeed. You got a point there.
  
  Like that guy who walked in on Batman and was just like.....nope.
  
  I didn't see nothin'.
- I guess spiders don't want to eat a pile of dead ants, even if it's moving. Not the sharpest tools in the shed, spiders.
- Ants "see" mostly by smells. This would probably smell like another ant and thus wouldn't be bothered.
We already had an Ocean Soulslike (Another Crab's Treasure). Now we need a Bug Soulslike.
- Isn't that Hollow Knight?
  
  Too easy, frankly, and the awesome ways you can modify yourself don't match with Dark Souls. Actually having significant, meaningful differences in your combat isn't Dark Souls.
  
  Half /s
- Hollow Knight?
- I mean... Yeah? But I was referring to a Full Soulslike game in 3D, and I see Hollow knight more like a Metroidvania with some Soulslike features.
Litter bugs (green lacewing larvae) do this as well. Great bug to have in your garden as they feed on aphids, scale, mealy bugs - pretty much all the pests you don't want on your plants.

Also they are metal af.
That must be terrifying to see at it's scale. Wtf.
Same.
"Nature is fucking metal"
Permanently Deleted
To attract those bugs, play SLAYER!!!
dont hate on the style
The Cadaver Collector is real!?
Found Earth's version of Skinner

You've viewed 47 comments.