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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i'm so in love with "he've", I can't breath

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

I was tickled by hurry scurry too hehe

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Kind of sums up the mating ritual of the striped bark scorpion.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 1 day ago

Sounds lie you heavin'....

[–] Zweieck@lemmy.org 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Please tell me those are baby scorpions and not some fucked up parasite

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In all cases: both

For what a baby does to a body…… both..

[–] grranibal@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

As far as i know scorpions carry their babys on top of them

[–] HappyCatLuvs_U@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

lil scorpion got a family 😭💜

We should all be so lucky

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Please let number 5 be proper English.

Also, are male scorpions getting babies? Or should "he" be "she"?

[–] espurr@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yet it is time for number 6, to suspend disbelief and play...

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

In !science_memes@mander.xyz I would say it is reasonable to expect an above average amount of truth per meme. But yeah.