this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
145 points (98.0% liked)

Science Memes

19759 readers
2166 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Janx@piefed.social 1 points 22 minutes ago

I don't think they have furry legs...

[โ€“] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

Nope, it's a tarantula! Brachypelma smithi :)

[โ€“] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

Immediately recognized the smithi, well done!

[โ€“] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Beautiful job! My first thought was "is that a Brachypelma emilia?"

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, just meming but it's really good!

[โ€“] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 3 points 10 hours ago

Hehehe whoosh!