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[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 84 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

4 decades, and the best name that science could muster is “Number 16.” Well, RIP number 16, I'll throw a dead housefly out for you.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago

Maybe she worked with Agent 47

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's because creatures have no value beyond what humans can sap from them.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Average bible verse concerning other earthlings

[–] MOARbid1@piefed.social 41 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

All that time and it gets merc’d by a parasitic wasp?! Just seems so unfair. RIP 16

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 14 hours ago

From the day we arrive on this planet, and, blinking, step into the sun...

[–] RaoulDuke@fedia.io 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

His name is Robert Paulsen!

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

In death... a spider has a name.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

The research paper about her.

[–] xiao@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

Amazing

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago

Rest in Power to that sustainable queen