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1y ago

Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies

Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies

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They're weirder than the guy measuring cicada pee strength?
- You spend all that time and money on a PhD in entomology, you’ve got to justify it somehow. How else are you gonna get that grant money to fund your entire career?
  Measuring Cicada pee, that’s how.
  
  Didn't forget about the military applications of cicada urination. It's not like the research is just frivolous.
Wake up.
Scream.
Iono. seem pretty normal to me.
What a stupid headline. Nature's weirdos? Really? Plenty of "weirdos" in nature.
- Headlines are meant to get attention and this one does that. What you're saying is absolutely true though. There's an incredible amount of weird and horrifying stuff that happens in the animal kingdom. Humans included...
Man, you gotta be careful with these things. The NIST is liable to see that and declare the “single cicada piss stream” as the new unit of measurement to replace the already rather Victorian “inHg”.
- I prefer to measure by banana. This case calls for purified banana units.
Nobody tell platypus...
- Because platypus will interpret as a challenge...
There ain't no fuckin bug on this green earth that can fry chicken harder than me

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