Biomimicry
Biomimicry
19 comments
-
-
This is some Pokemon shit.
-
I immediately thought of mimikyu!
-
-
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.
-
"You get free food for life but you gotta wear this giant yellow foam cowboy hat and never take it off. Even to shower"
-
The wild thing is: These are hundreds of mutations of several generations that happened randomly until it looked like this.
-
Getting Vincent Adultman vibes.
-
How do you do fellow termites?
-
-
wonder if I could seduce your mom that way
-
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
-
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.
-
Evolution: I'm winning it.
-
Who is this Mimi which is crying?
19 comments
So you’re a termite?
“…uhhh totally.”
What do we like to eat?
“Stuff and wood and junk.”
Okay good enough.