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had an edible the other day for the first time so i decided to use my newfound talents with the CSP 3D models to draw two of my OCs also getting high together. they Would do this in canon mind you

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Brenthia Moths: these moths can mimic the appearance and mannerisms of a jumping spider so convincingly that actual jumping spiders will sometimes attempt to court them

The markings, posture, and movements of a Brenthia moth (genus Brenthia, also known as a metalmark moth) all contribute to its disguise; the moths move around in short, jerky motions that mimic the movements of a jumping spider, and their hindwings are covered in black-and-white bands that strongly resemble the tucked-in legs of a salticiid spider, especially when the moth displays its unique wing position. The disguise serves as a defensive strategy, enabling the moth to avoid being preyed upon by actual jumping spiders.

In some cases, that disguise may work a little too well, as jumping spiders may actually mistake the moth for a potential mate and then attempt to engage it in a courtship/mating dance (which must be a pretty awkward and bizarre experience for the moth, tbh).

The resemblance between a Brenthia moth and a jumping spider may not seem terribly convincing to us, as human beings, but as this article explains:

When discussing animals mimicking their predator, it is important to remember that we humans are not the target audience. This means that the imitator may not look too convincing in its mimicry to us, but still manages to trigger a desired response from said predator.

Jumping spiders have also been known to respond to Brenthia moths by exhibiting a territorial display, which is yet another behavior that the spiders generally reserve for other spiders.

This study expands on the adaptive benefits of the moth's disguise:

In controlled trials, Brenthia had higher survival rates than other similarly sized moths in the presence of jumping spiders and jumping spiders responded to Brenthia with territorial displays, indicating that Brenthia were sometimes mistaken for jumping spiders, and not recognized as prey.

The illustration below shows the basic/general resemblance between a Brenthia moth and a jumping spider:

Sources & More Info:

New Scientist: Moth's Disguise is so Good, Spiders Love it Instead of Eating it

Animal Behaviour: Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Science: This Moth Could Pass for a Spider

PLOS ONE Journal: Metalmark Moths Mimic their Jumping Spider Predators

Gil Wizen: Jumping Spider Mimicry in Brenthia Moths

Moths of North Carolina: Brenthia pavonacella

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Shape language :3

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it's almost almost christmas

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ueein nyough

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Every day I go "wow... people who draw the ISAT characters with noses and sharper angles draw them so beautifully in their art style. I should draw like that :)" and then I think "it's time to draw the squishyyy" before drawing another circle-headed noseless Siffrin

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I think that's not an earth mover

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Breaking News: A third plane has missed the towers because they already fell down

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So, we know iterators not only have moving parts, we know that memory conflux is modular, being assembled and reassembled by backroom robot arms

On that note, have you noticed how pieces of the conflux cells are mounted over poles, as if the poles are a grid-rail of sorts?

Well, that's because they most likely are exactly that

Notice how the first step in the closing of a karma gate is a rapid deployment of poles to act as rails for the segments of the first barrier layer

Even puppet chambers aren't just segmented by projection tiles, but also by a grid made out of these rails (most likely for the arm to slide through)

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all this “pokemon sex bad” “feral sex bad” takes are just regressing us back to the “furries are people that like beastiality” cold takes that everyone assumes off the bat and i just don’t how much more i have to hammer into people that someone doing weird furry sex is not equivalent to actual animal abuse and that a lot of furries are strict animal welfare advocates

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hey guys who wants to see a christmas decoration someone in my area put up

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'Til I can hear it crack

There's this urban legend that if you have to pass a den of badgers, you should fill your boots with onions, because when a badger bites you it will hold on until it can hear your bones crack.

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