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Nadaesque t1_j6k58b1 wrote

Reply to TIL of Sloth Moths, unique species of moths that live exclusively in the fur of Sloths. They feed off algae on the sloths fur and secretions from the sloths skin, and even use sloth dung as a part of their reproductive process. by cjm81499

SLOTHS: You know what, I am gonna head down this evolutionary dead end by eating these plants nobody likes. Sure, we have no real future but at least there's not a lot of competition.

SLOTH MOTHS: Oh cool, mind if we come with?

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Nadaesque t1_j5qcidk wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie-ant fungus) has its own fungal hyperparasite sometimes referred to as the "anti zombie-fungus fungus" which limits its effect on ant colonies by Kubly

There's fungi who like to live near it, but nothing digests and destroys radioactive waste. To do so would either involve alchemy or colliders. A radioactive atom stays an unstable isotope until it absorbs or emits something.

That's what people don't really get about radioactive contamination of soils and such. Burn it in a furnace? Radioactive smoke.

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Nadaesque t1_ishkus3 wrote

Reply to TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. by vect77

You are probably wondering, why should I care about this?

Well, it makes a great target for male contraception. This spinny bit is the only spinny bit in humans. The problem with male contraception meds is that most of them really fuck with your desire to have sex in the first place -- it's a problem a lot of meds have, seeing as how nature re-uses bits over and over in the body, inadvertently hitting something else -- but this, this is a great target to hit.

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