• @[email protected]
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    10929 days ago

    Ok now I’m curious about what the fuck the two centipedes I found in my basement that I thought were fucking were actually doing. They sure looked like they were fucking.

  • @brap
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    9429 days ago

    The last time I left sperm packets on the ground I was branded a “pervert” and a “freak” and told to leave the restaurant immediately before they called the police.

  • @fireweed
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    Sooo are centipedes like fruit flies and not engage in any real form of sexual selection, or is the female going around judging the fuck out of every jizz pile she encounters?

    “Mmm-mm, look at that poor viscosity, obviously from a low-quality male. This one on the other hand: deep color, firm texture, nice and sticky… clearly produced by a male with the superior genes I want to pass along to my offspring.”

      • @acetanilide
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        529 days ago

        I am tempted to research it but I don’t want to be on another list

        • @[email protected]
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          2129 days ago

          So, this is off topic, but it’s so wild I had to include it:

          https://theinsectory.com.au/centipede-care-guide/

          Sexing centipedes is no easy task, most species cant be sexed at all visually. Try to avoid sexing them if you have no intention of breeding, as risks far outweigh rewards and you could easily kill your centipede as well as causing a lot of unneeded stress.

          To sex your centipedes (make sure you’re comfortable, as this is a very risky procedure). Put the centipede in a glass or plastic jar with a small hole in the lid, start filling the jar with water until its full. Keep an eye on it, once your centipede becomes unconscious remove it from the water and place on some paper towel. The sex organs are found in the last segment, apply slight pressure to the second last segment and they should pop out. Take some high quality pics and compare them to pics available online. You can also knock them out with CO2 gas.

          I’m running out of time to find real husbandry, but I imagine it’s a rather hands-off affair

          • @acetanilide
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            729 days ago

            Whattt. That is absolutely wild. Well now I have to learn more.

    • @Xenny
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      728 days ago

      Centipedes are all perfect beings and need no selection

    • @NormalPerson
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      629 days ago

      Or just slip in it like a banana peel and boom pregnant

  • @jenny_ball
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    6629 days ago

    have you seen a centipede? completely unfuckable

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      Most cephalopods die after mating. Their sex hormones make them go crazy and they stop looking for food except to eat themselves occasionally. Once the sex hormone glad starts pumping them out, it doesn’t stop until they die a horrible death. Live fast and die young.

      • @[email protected]
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        2029 days ago

        I was very excited about humanity killing itself off and letting the superior line of sapience take over until I learned this fact. It’s going to be a bit before the octopi are ready to create a civilization.

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          1029 days ago

          They don’t do any parenting, either. Nor do siblings ever team up. Baby octopus just has to take care of itself, alone.

          It’s weird, they’re so intelligent, but don’t teach anything to the next generation.

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            1029 days ago

            Arguably the biggest reason they don’t develop civilizations; you have to be able to pass learned knowledge on down generations.

            • @[email protected]
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              329 days ago

              Sooner or later some octopus will survive beyond reproduction and then we can welcome our new mollusc overlords

              • ✺roguetrick✺
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                329 days ago

                Some deep sea cephalopods do, it’s just not the norm.

          • ✺roguetrick✺
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            Squid siblings often team up. Very social animals with communication done by color flashing. Humboldt squid have a very high social intelligence compared to a solitary animal like most octopus. Unfortunately that live fast and die young still applies. They need to hunt to grow and they’re not adverse to cannibalism. Still, need to be smart to team up and hunt with a crew that will eat you given the opportunity. Ruthless killers and frighteningly intelligent pack hunters that signal to each other which prey they’re going after.

      • @[email protected]
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        329 days ago

        You mean you have to choose between a life without sex and a gruesome death? … Tough call.

  • Orbituary
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    1029 days ago

    I’ve heard that this is how incels reproduce.

  • @Nuke_the_whales
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    1029 days ago

    So we’re just walking around and stepping on centipede cum?

  • @TastyWheat
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    928 days ago

    I’m pretty sure this is how the junkies in my town reproduce.