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minus-square@AppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish70•9 months agohttps://ca.news.yahoo.com/iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica-revealing-104553716.html to save you a click, they found an ecosystem where they didn’t really expect to see one but it’s not a great big novelty, just the normal sort of “never seen that species before” kind of novelty that comes with nearly every trip below the waves.
minus-square@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoit’s very funny how this kind of thing constantly repeats, and then you look at the horror and it’s utterly mundane and kinda pathetic elephants aren’t afraid of mice, but humans are apparently so desperate for horror that we’ll be spooked by jellyfish
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹linkfedilinkEnglish16•9 months agoThe elephants are afraid of stomping the little creatures to death, actually.
minus-square@MonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoI am spooked by jellyfish entirely without horror.
minus-square@flora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoYeah, I was wondering what about a tentacled animal would be so exciting, given that there are so many other tentacled animals out there already…
minus-square@humanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months ago100 squid sized chuthulus? Or 1 chuthulu sized squid?
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica-revealing-104553716.html
to save you a click, they found an ecosystem where they didn’t really expect to see one but it’s not a great big novelty, just the normal sort of “never seen that species before” kind of novelty that comes with nearly every trip below the waves.
it’s very funny how this kind of thing constantly repeats, and then you look at the horror and it’s utterly mundane and kinda pathetic
elephants aren’t afraid of mice, but humans are apparently so desperate for horror that we’ll be spooked by jellyfish
The elephants are afraid of stomping the little creatures to death, actually.
So it’s not fear, it’s empathy?
Yes.
That’s a cool fact. Thanks.
I am spooked by jellyfish entirely without horror.
Yeah, I was wondering what about a tentacled animal would be so exciting, given that there are so many other tentacled animals out there already…
100 squid sized chuthulus? Or 1 chuthulu sized squid?