8 daysKeep in mind the y axis has been shortened, so slugs only took up ~7% of wheel usage
I mean, that’s still 7% more than I expected lol
- JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish8 days
This is fraction of wheel turns per species.
The fact that the slug, arguably one of the slowest species on the chart, got 7% is god damn impressive.
It probably didn’t even realize it was on a wheel. It probably sensed the frog was there earlier and kept trying to run away.
I haven’t read the original paper, but the graph says “wheel running”, which I’d assume means ‘% time spent on wheel’
- raman_klogius@ani.socialEnglish8 days
The bird feeder that spins when a squirrel gets hold of it. Who’s to say holding on for dear life is exactly the kind of thrill seeking behavior squirrels craved?
- Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish8 days
I have a mirror in my garden, I don’t know why it was there when I bought the house, and the local squirrels are obsessed with it, they definitely know it’s a mirror and not another squirrel and they like to pose in front of it.
Unfortunately it’s at the far end of a relatively long garden, and if I get close to it they run off, so I can’t really get a picture.
Unfortunately it’s at the far end of a relatively long garden, and if I get close to it they run off, so I can’t really get a picture.
(Not my OC, just to be clear. Pretty sure I found it here and thought it was neat so I saved it)
Also, you could set up a trail cam or a web cam or something
- 8 days
That squirrel is playing chicken with the cameraperson. They’re eating off a bird feeder - they’re gonna stay and take food until the very last second, then dash off.
Though the point is fair otherwise. Some squirrels will let people get ridiculously close to them. Another option for OP is to just wait a small distance from the mirror, the same way people sometimes wait for animals to approach when birdwatching, fishing, or hunting. It could take time, but at least that time is spent enjoying the peace of nature.
It’s good that we’re giving animals hints about how to develop technology but you’d think we’d start by handing out matches or something 🤷♀️
- Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish8 days
I just looked it up and your average slug lives for about six years, so even at slug speed that’s quite a lot of damage that slug could do.
- 8 days
That is way longer than I expected a slug to live… I would have though less than month but I never claimed to be a slugologist
- Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish8 days
Most animals live longer than seems reasonable. There a spider that lives in the corner of my garden shed and it still there after five years.
Herring gulls in extreme cases can live into their 30s. There’s probably a haggard old gull somewhere which remembers the '90s.
- stormdelay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish8 days
By etymology that would mean cellular magic, make of that what you will
- stormdelay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish8 days
Yes, it’s the adjective form of -mancy, so cytomancy would be cell/cellular magic, and a cytomantic slug is a slug with a cellular magic property of some kind. Think of necromancy/necromantic.
- CandleTiger@programming.devEnglish8 days
It’s a made-up word from a Brandon Sanderson young adult novel that includes magic-enabling slug familiars.
Squirrels will eventually enslave snails for their own 0.01 Hz electrical grid.
The wheel must turn
- Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish8 days
This made me curious so I searched out an article about it . It’s an interesting read and includes a couple videos of the critters using the wheel.
- JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish8 days
“Fraction of wheel turning per species”?
This is a highly biased graph. Of course the mouse is gonna have more turning than the slug or the snail.
The fuck kind of science is this?
- 7 days
I doubt the snail wiped down the equipment, slimey asscrack bitch
This is so wholesome. I’m really happy for them and it makes me wonder if maybe we could make environmentally friendly hamster wheels outside for animals to use.
- 8 days
I’ll have you know I’ve met some quite intelligent frogs, toads, and salamanders in my time.
My vengeance for these transgressions will be enacted patiently, and I assure you will be fully encompassing. A frog never forge- is that a hamster wheel? Aw fuck yeah dude… Holy shit this slaps
- DougPiranha42@lemmy.worldEnglish8 days
No, you’re brainless! Leave those fine animals alone to get their miles in in peace.
