• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Back in 2009 I was working nightshift onboard a ship in Nigerian waters. I was stuck where I was, operating the machinery, so I radioed in if someone could please bring me a coffee, because I was sure I just saw a flying dog.

    “Oh, those are fruit bats, you’ll see more of them” they replied from inside, knowing exactly what I was talking about without needing more details.

    And yes, I did see more of them over time; they liked hanging from the back deck work crane when it was not in use. Awesome creatures, and pretty large too.

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      1 year ago

      Aussie fruit bats (or flying foxes) are huge. I’ve almost walked into one at night while it was hanging from a tree and monching on the flowers. It was just as startled as me, and when those wings unfurled it just about blocked the path.

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    1 year ago

    Is the y-axis supposed to be the sound they make? I’ve never encountered those words before.

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    1 year ago

    I live for your memes fossilesque

  • 474D
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    1 year ago

    I thought that was a bear on the right…

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    1 year ago

    People are afraid of a true spectrum so instead the world is divided up into just 4 buckets.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a graph. Literally two spectrums overlaid onto each other.

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        1 year ago

        Also these divide into nine buckets (or 16, 25, etc). They might not been the sharpest spoon in the shed.