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[–] fascicle@leminal.space 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess if human babies attached and ate a host slowly before getting huge we wouldn't think of them as adorable. These flies are us in reverse, they start horrible then grow into teddy bears of the sky

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What do you think being pregnant is?

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And parenthood.

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah that's true!