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shrimp colour drama (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

They can still see true magenta though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Hardware vs software solution?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They still taste good. So they got that going for them I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not a fan, but that's neither here nor there. I'm weird.

I'm just not sure that flavor can be considered a positive character trait?

Maybe I'm stupid. Who knows? Clearly not me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Its the crunchy nature that I find appealing, the flavor is only okay by itself.

I like them in salad rolls, with marinara dip, and deep fried.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Usually you take the shell off before eating

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Maybe you taste good at least.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

!lemmysilver

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

So are any animals actually capable of seeing the invisible spectrums of light? Because humans technically can see them, since we make tools that allow us to. Suck on that, other animals. 😤

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Birds ?

I'm not gonna pretend I understand the magic words here https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0295

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Like infrared and ultraviolet? Yeah, there are animals that see those.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And all the other stuff we yse to see celestial objects and communicate long distance. Our phones are able to see colours we can't!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I've been thinking about how a species with a metal horn could evolve to use it as a radio and even a hive mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Seems limited. Pheromone mix is far more suitable for a hive mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Good luck sending messages that bounce off the atmosphere without RF though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Imagine aliens attacking us but getting fucked because their hive mind works on the same frequency of radio or wifi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Imagine airdropping a meme directly into the brain of an alien

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

In my head as they evolve and learn how it works they customize their antenna to fit their needs. But yeah, that would be funny. Like Signs but shorter. They land somewhere quiet electromagnetically. Could even make it one of those super sensitive telescopes you can't take any devices near for a bit of dramatic irony. There are some frequencies that are more quiet than others but most are pretty noisy. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to time travel to the past and see how much noise there is compared to now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm pretty sure if it worked on any frequency in the charged electromagnetic spectrum, they would get completely screwed long before they made it to earth.

As a qualified amateur operator, the radio spectrum is noisy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Really wish talking about what shrimp see didn't remind me that in farming them females have one eye removed to promote breeding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyestalk_ablation

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Anyone who eats shrimp should absolutely read this.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I am eternally gratefull the practice is forbidden in Europe in organic cultivation. It's one of the small wins that fly under the radar. It's still a long way to people choosing for organic, awareness is the start of every change.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

Can't fix what you don't know is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I don't think of it as drama so much as docucomedy.

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