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If someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

The insect world is a tiny nightmarish hellscape of armor, weapons, and sudden death.

Also, evolution isn't maximally efficient, it's just barely efficient enough. Eyes are a janky, often low-fi is good enough, affair. 99.9% of species that have ever existed are extinct. 99.9999999999% of species alive today do the bare friggin' minimum to throw DNA into either the wind or a hole and maaaaybe do nothing more than reproduce.

The Helicoprion existed.

Jellyfish. WTF?