It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
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@mattblaze @alice especially with regard to bees
@MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice
Bees are chill. You leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. Wasps will sting you just because you failed to cross the street when you walked by them. Total jerks. -
@alice Wolverines and badgers are notorious assholes...they don't seem particularly bright to me (but then again, I'm probably speciest)
What about Octopuses and other types of cuttlefish? They seem to be pretty smart and don't seem to be *particularly* assholish.
@roknrol has anyone seen an octopus troll another animal?
Never mind, https://futurism.com/the-byte/spiteful-octopuses-punch-fish-angry
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One summer while I was wearing shorts, I had a big hornet fly over, bite into the side of my thigh and then proceed to sting me like half a dozen times for no apparent reason.
I feel like hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets are all pretty much raging assholes.
@alice Definitely.
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@alice Squirrels. Nature's unintelligent little sociopaths.
@ColesStreetPothole @alice Scrub jays. Intelligent, but boy they are mean, hassle every other bird in the yard.
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One summer while I was wearing shorts, I had a big hornet fly over, bite into the side of my thigh and then proceed to sting me like half a dozen times for no apparent reason.
I feel like hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets are all pretty much raging assholes.
@alice vespids are the americans of pollinators
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@alice - The peacock mantis shrimp: https://asknature.org/strategy/appendage-creates-tremendous-forces/
@tompearce49 but are they jerks or do they just have the capacity to punch things?
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@alice - The peacock mantis shrimp: https://asknature.org/strategy/appendage-creates-tremendous-forces/
@tompearce49 @alice Yes. An animal with three names of other animals, all of which it isn’t. Rude before you even meet one.
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@roknrol has anyone seen an octopus troll another animal?
Never mind, https://futurism.com/the-byte/spiteful-octopuses-punch-fish-angry
@alice Did anyone find out the full story? Maybe those fish had it coming.
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@MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice
Bees are chill. You leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. Wasps will sting you just because you failed to cross the street when you walked by them. Total jerks.@bruce @MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice I think he meant how wasps will go out of their way to kill bees which aren’t harming or competing with them in any way.
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One summer while I was wearing shorts, I had a big hornet fly over, bite into the side of my thigh and then proceed to sting me like half a dozen times for no apparent reason.
I feel like hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets are all pretty much raging assholes.
@alice Hornets *especially*. I can usually just ignore a wasp but a hornet is just gonna do as much damage as it can because it hates everything (but mostly me).
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@ColesStreetPothole @alice Scrub jays. Intelligent, but boy they are mean, hassle every other bird in the yard.
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@alice Did anyone find out the full story? Maybe those fish had it coming.
@alice What about crows and ravens? Are they assholes on purpose or just annoying to humans?
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One summer while I was wearing shorts, I had a big hornet fly over, bite into the side of my thigh and then proceed to sting me like half a dozen times for no apparent reason.
I feel like hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets are all pretty much raging assholes.
@alice A classic from birdsite:
Wild bee: just getting snack
Me: no prob beeMason bee: just make house
me: build a way BHoney bee: jus sampling the lavenders
me: you know i got an assortmentBumblebee: hey *bonk* I just *bonk* I h
me: *holds flower still*Wasp: ILL SEE U IN HELL
me: TELL THEM WHO SENT U -
It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice pigeons…. At least if you’re in a city anyway.
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@bruce @MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice I think he meant how wasps will go out of their way to kill bees which aren’t harming or competing with them in any way.
@bob_zim @bruce @MRutenberg @mattblaze @alice And hornets enslave bees. Super big, genocidal assholes.
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It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice Male sea otters, if they can't find any female otters to rape, will rape baby harbour seals to death.
Yes, otters are quite smart, but this is human, or at least dolphin, level of assholery. -
It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice Horses are smart but can be dickheads.
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It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice Are octopi known to be assholes or are they the outliers here? Also pigs are absolutely smart and also assholes.
Having a hard time thinking of assholes on the other end of the spectrum. Bedbugs probably, they're little shitheads but right up there with amoeba on the "stimulus/response and no smarter" scale.
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It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice Tarantula hawk wasps paralyse spiders, lay eggs inside them and the larvae eat their way out of the still-living spider.
Very low intelligence, extreme assholery. -
It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.
Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.
What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?
Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?
@alice Scorpions are jerks. Most arachnids, including black widows, would prefer to go hide in the shadows rather than confront anything. But scorpions will put that tail up and come after you.
