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inspired@kbin.socialto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?18·1 year agoThis is an interesting question but I don’t think it is restricted to green. Isn’t the same true of purple, blue and red? I’m not talking about just reddish like human hair or a red panda but truly bright red like a cardinal. I would imagine it has something to do with our evolutionary history. Complete speculation here but laced with a few facts I picked up. I hear the common ancestor of mammals emerged around the time the dinosaurs became extinct and was basically a tiny rodent like a shrew. I wonder if as a small animal that can’t fly or swim it had to hide a lot and basically just came in shades of brown. So maybe any genes for other colors were lost before that common mammalian ancestor emerged and although mammals have lots of patterns they don’t have many colors.
inspired@kbin.socialto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green?16·1 year agoBest I’ve got is sloths. And they’re only green because algae grows on them. And I know it sounds like cheating because they aren’t intrinsically green but before you completely discount it there are animals that wouldn’t be the color they are in a different environment. For instance, flamingos are only pink because of the seafood they eat. If fed a different diet they can be almost white.
inspired@kbin.socialto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Shouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?52·1 year agoShouldn’t athletes expecting to medal just want to skip the competition and go straight to the podium? I mean, that’s the reward, right? It is pretty easy to come up with many other analogs where there is a reward/goal that would feel hollow without whatever experience precedes it.
inspired@kbin.socialto Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.world•Heart Pump Is Linked to 49 Deaths, the F.D.A. Warns5·1 year agoI misread it as heat pump, was sure I was wrong, read it again and got it wrong again. So… I guess I’m glad you wrote this comment to get me to read it a third time.
inspired@kbin.socialto Global News@lemmy.zip•Chinese firm behind ‘news’ websites pushes pro-Beijing content globally, researchers find41·1 year agoThe branding is very consistent and the about page mentions US Congress funding. You can stop now.
inspired@kbin.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•Hezbollah Chief: US “Directly Responsible” For Gaza Atrocities, Will Soon Pay “Heavy Price”1·2 years agoAs a legal matter, maybe not. As a practical matter I’m pretty sure it is evident.
inspired@kbin.socialto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Couples, what secret language do you use to tell each other details that the company you're in doesn't understand or notice?3·2 years agoPog mo thoin! I only remember the rude stuff. Literally read a bumper sticker like one time and it never left after over 20 years.
inspired@kbin.socialto Technology@lemmy.ml•"waves of technological innovation" have gotten faster over time, "students might now find themselves learning skills in college that are obsolete by the time they graduate"81·2 years agoThe obsolete skills they are learning are “prompt engineer”.
inspired@kbin.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•A 57-year-old UPS driver in Texas died after collapsing in the heat while making deliveries1·2 years agoLet us know if you come up with a citation. Absent that I’ve read a bunch of articles regarding this topic and it seems highly implausible so I’m going to assume you’re remembering wrong.
I’m imagining him switching his VP pick to be the dead worm. Do I still need to read the article?