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Kinda wished you'd have looked directly at the sun upon seeing these pics.

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So it had junk a foot long!?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It wasn't a foot long ... it was just a foot

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

By definition, a foot is a foot long …

[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan -1 points 2 years ago

Jared Fogel has entered the room

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago

Oops! All legs!

[–] ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Ah, sweet manmade horrors beyond my comprehension

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

Do you want the Forest? Because this is how you get the Forest.

[–] numberfour002@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I've heard it from great authority that if it has 6 legs, then it is an insect. I'm sure the topic of nomenclature and taxonomy is no more complex than a surface level rule of thumb.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Ok, I'm going to turn off the internet and go live in the woods now.

Fourth leg.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've heard of having a 3rd leg, but a fifth and sixth? Now you're just showing off.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

if it's real then I guess if nothing else, we now know this is possible.