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Paper Diamonds
Sep 2, 2011

ChairmanMauzer posted:

I wonder how this guy lands with the dog under him.

Sounds like it might be a ruff landing.

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Paper Tiger
Jun 17, 2007

🖨️🐯torn apart by idle hands

https://twitter.com/Tippen22/status/1476985855981993984?s=20

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Cats can have little a heat, as a treat

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches






That smile. That damned smile

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

The more cats it gets the warmer it gets. Is this a demonstration of a postitive feedback loop

BasicLich
Oct 22, 2020

A very smart little mouse!
pawsitive feedback loop

Buttchocks
Oct 21, 2020

No, I like my hat, thanks.

That's not how cat5 ethernet works.

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

Buttchocks posted:

That's not how cat5 ethernet works.

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

ynohtna posted:

No, my doggies. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't even have to chase the ball.

I can only show you the sliding glass door...it is you who has to decide if it's open or closed

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

https://i.imgur.com/C6F6oBN.mp4

This Is the Zodiac
Feb 4, 2003



A rare blessed boomer.

ReelBigLizard
Feb 27, 2003

Fallen Rib
Penelope in the window

Busket Posket
Feb 5, 2010

✨ⓡⓐⓨⓜⓞⓝⓓ✨


Buttchocks posted:

That's not how cat5 ethernet works.

hot cocoa on the couch
Dec 8, 2009

ReelBigLizard posted:

Penelope in the window


A+ photograph, thanks for sharing

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://i.imgur.com/pFPyGJO.mp4

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnW-OuggoE

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy
A walk off 2 out home run timed so perfectly to the stadium PA music is super blessed imo


https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1480672263993282569?s=20

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

Just need to share some giant bunny feets

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006


Tf kind of advantage does this give in nature? Is it like Dazzle camouflage or something? From my perspective it's a giant "notice me and eat me" banner to birds.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://i.imgur.com/lpld4Bd.mp4

blight rhino
Feb 11, 2014

EXQUISITE LURKER RHINO


Nap Ghost

This Is the Zodiac posted:



A rare blessed boomer.

he does the books for the 'club'

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


Looks like he’s wearing a mask so double blessed

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

mind the walrus posted:

Tf kind of advantage does this give in nature? Is it like Dazzle camouflage or something? From my perspective it's a giant "notice me and eat me" banner to birds.

Exactly. So if you've managed to survive even with a giant "notice me and eat me" banner, you must be one hell of a strong, healthy, capable, sexy butterfly. Even with a handicap you're surviving, so you must be pretty studly!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection

ncumbered_by_idgits
Sep 20, 2008

The Walrus posted:

A walk off 2 out home run timed so perfectly to the stadium PA music is super blessed imo


https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1480672263993282569?s=20

Oh my goodness. This is baseball for developmentally disabled kids in Scottsdale, AZ.

Fine. FINE. I withdraw my request to have Arizona bombed off the map.

In all seriousness, it’s been a while since I shed a tear of happiness but this right here did it for me. I coached both my boys until they started playing high school ball and a requirement of being part of our team was that the kids and parents had to help out at least once a year with a program very similar to that in our hometown. Most of us ended up doing it a few times a year and some of the boys continued into high school. Dammit I haven’t thought about that in a few years.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019


In Australia we just have snakes. No need to go to all this hassle.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

mind the walrus posted:

Tf kind of advantage does this give in nature? Is it like Dazzle camouflage or something? From my perspective it's a giant "notice me and eat me" banner to birds.

A lot of the "look at me, I am very visible to predators" stuff in animals is so that a predator will indeed notice them and eat them. But they are mildly poisonous, or covered in yucky/annoying barbs/fur etc. so that the predator will think "that very distinctive and easily spotted thing is not good for eating. I know this because of the bad experience I had eating one before, so will leave it alone next time."

It's why a bunch of fish are shiny and colourful and pretty. A clownfish makes a far worse sandwich than a tuna.

True, for this strategy to work, some will die. But I guess it must be evolutionarily worth it in the long run, and over large numbers.

Ocean of Milk
Jun 25, 2018

oh yeah
Zefrank has a good video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chT3sbLvlt4

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something
Making yourself more visible to predators doesn't really matter when your entire adult lifespan is measured in hours or days. There are some outliers that can live for months, but most butterflys would die of old age in 2 weeks.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
No they live forever actually

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Making yourself more visible to predators doesn't really matter when your entire adult lifespan is measured in hours or days. There are some outliers that can live for months, but most butterflys would die of old age in 2 weeks.

That doesn't make sense. Things eat butterflies; they live long enough to get eaten. Unless birds only eat old, geriatric butterflies or something, they would still benefit from traits that make it more likely for them to evade predators. They've got to survive long enough to reproduce at any rate.

...unless few of them survive to reproduce but they have a zillion offspring or something?...

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Having a zillion offspring is how all bugs do it

The Peccadillo
Mar 4, 2013

We Have Important Work To Do

mind the walrus posted:

Tf kind of advantage does this give in nature? Is it like Dazzle camouflage or something? From my perspective it's a giant "notice me and eat me" banner to birds.

My guess would be yeah, it looks confusing as hell and if a predator tries to go for it anyway it goes for the very lively bits which it doesn't seem to need to move around, they're fluttery nonsense hanging off of it

Horniness probably factors into that too; look at this flashy boy whose cool and smart enough to keep all his visually attractive bits without being eaten by a bird

OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CVS89W9Du97

DiHK
Feb 4, 2013

by Azathoth

How... how do the balls know which color matching bar to fall on...

Samuel L. Hacksaw
Mar 26, 2007

Never Stop Posting

DiHK posted:

How... how do the balls know which color matching bar to fall on...

Pegboards can be built so that every entry x inches of point only has one exit point. Alternately, magnets and it's sped up.

butt dickus
Jul 7, 2007

top ten juiced up coaches
and the top ten juiced up players

DiHK posted:

How... how do the balls know which color matching bar to fall on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-pVICrnqM

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:

Pegboards can be built so that every entry x inches of point only has one exit point. Alternately, magnets and it's sped up.

Reading this stoned and horny made me re-read it, i tell you what

Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless

DiHK posted:

How... how do the balls know which color matching bar to fall on...

Uniformly colored spheres are really easy to do well in CGI.

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OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]

DiHK posted:

How... how do the balls know which color matching bar to fall on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIR4R1tL5w

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