fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 3 months agoHappy Valentine's Day!imagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down15
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageHappy Valentine's Day!fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareLongLive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoPlease educate me on what this parasitic-looking-helminthe is meant to represent.
minus-squareValsalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosoma_mansoni
minus-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoOh no. No no no no no. I stopped having nightmares about this little fucker years ago. You can’t make me go back!!
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s a wild read. It’s baffling how such an organism can evolve with such a particular way of living. In true valentine’s day fashion it goes through the heart. I’ll never go swimming in Africa or south America now.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI assume they’re fucking? But I’m not sure.
minus-squarepropter_hog@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoA previous post mentioned flatworms “penis fencing” to determine who impregnates whom, so I assume this is a post-fencing copulation session.
Please educate me on what this parasitic-looking-helminthe is meant to represent.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosoma_mansoni
Oh no. No no no no no. I stopped having nightmares about this little fucker years ago. You can’t make me go back!!
That’s a wild read. It’s baffling how such an organism can evolve with such a particular way of living.
In true valentine’s day fashion it goes through the heart.
I’ll never go swimming in Africa or south America now.
I assume they’re fucking? But I’m not sure.
Permanently
A previous post mentioned flatworms “penis fencing” to determine who impregnates whom, so I assume this is a post-fencing copulation session.
Love bugs