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Absolutely diabolical (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Something Diabolical

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

He looks and sounds like a dark souls boss

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have much to say except why did they censor “fuck” and why did they spell it like the band and not the bug?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not like they had the name available to them when they made the meme. It's not like they could just look at the words they were referencing to see the proper way to spell it.

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

Yeah if they had that perhaps they wouldn’t look so foolish. Alas…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hardest exoskeleton of any known insect (researchers drove their Toyota over one of them, and it survived)

And an abnormal long lifespan for a beetle.

Intresting little critters

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unravel-secrets-diabolical-ironclad-beetles-near-unsquishable-strength-180976113/

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

Holy cow they live up to eight years!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh! These are so cute. I keep another type of ironclad beetle, the more commonly known Blue Death Feigning Beetle.

https://ibb.co/5W2pK0x

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Both the name and an appearance could be something of a Dark Souls boss. Or Hollow Knight

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

beatle

Sad McCartney noises

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Laughs in Ringo Starr

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It actually means di-aboly, as in having two abolies. An aboly is an organ exclusively found in beetles that regulates certain hormoes.

And it's called ironclad because they are well known for manufacturing and wearing suits of armor.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Misinformation makes the flying spaghetti monster sad

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is a ridiculous and baseless accusation that just by chance happens to be true

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

Best I could find, it might have to do with how difficult they are to pin in an insect collection

Apparently you need a drill to get through the shell XD

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

Something diabolic, then refused to die?