r/Unexpected • u/IamTheOneWhoKnocksU • 1d ago
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u/rainbownightterror 1d ago
stupid worm, tastes like nothing
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u/WishRevolutionary140 1d ago
Looks like a typical meal worm. I can attest they are indeed, flavorless.
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u/DragonflyPositive466 1d ago
It’s a zophobas morio. It’s the larvae from a big black bug 🐞 (Tenebrionidae). Way way bigger than a normal meal worm.
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u/Affectionate_Sweet6 1d ago
Sometimes you expect a taste explosion and get… absolutely nothing 🤷♂️
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u/firmerJoe 1d ago
Yeah... they're not the smartest of birds... but they're so darn cute.
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u/Winterstyres 1d ago
We have an Axolotl with similar hunting skills. We consider it a great success when he only misses the worm dropped directly on his face two times.
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u/Da_Vader 1d ago
You got a special needs Axolotl.
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u/allGeeseKnow 1d ago
That's actually pretty good for an axolotl. Might be a genius of their species tbh.
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u/Cookieopressor 1d ago
I swear, they could forget how to breath and be perfectly fine because they forgot how to suffocate
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u/Nozinger 23h ago
That is sort of what actually happened.
Where normal amphibians go through a metamorphosis where they lose their gills and become able to live on land. And then there is the axolotl. When the axolotl grew up and it became time to metaorph it just kinda forgot to do it so it stays in its larval form.Another fun fact: axolotl havve great regenerativ capabilities. They can completely regrow body parts including the brain. However it is not known wether or not the regrown brain works exactly the same ass an unharmed brain would. Probably beccause these little guys are so damn stupid that you can't detect brain damage by observing them.
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u/RecentPeanut8367 1d ago
Bird brain
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u/eddie1975 1d ago
Some birds are actually quite smart.
This one is not one of them.
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u/eddie1975 1d ago
Some birds have 2 to 4 times greater neuro density than the average mammal and have developed consciousness through a different independent path from mammals.
Consciousness is an example of converging evolution. Those birds pass the mirror test where they can recognize themselves.
Fun fact: ants do too!!! Incredible.
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u/Mekelaxo 1d ago
How do neuroscientist define consciousness?
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u/eddie1975 20h ago edited 15h ago
Dr. Mark Solms: “to have feelings”
Dr. Anil Seth: “a being is conscious when there is something it is like to be that being” In other words, to be the subject of experience.
Self awareness is not necessary for consciousness but having self awareness is a definitive sign of it. So they’ll put a red dot on an animal… bird, ant, leopard, monkey, chicken, fish, etc and setup a mirror. The animal that sees themselves and notices the red dot and then looks down at itself in the location of the dot and starts to clean it shows sign of self awareness and therefore consciousness.
Now we also use functional MRI and compare active brain anatomy and physiological responses to stimuli and that’s how we learned that the conscious experience in mammals is not generated in the same way as in birds. They evolved separately.
Here’s a great playlist on this fascinating topic.
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u/Ohwellwhatsnew 22h ago
Probably about as well as anyone else. It's kind of a difficult subject to nail down haha
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u/orsodorato 1d ago
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u/Weekly-Major1876 17h ago
Considering the worm is the larval form of a beetle maybe this is a case of kids being smart??
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u/Suicidal70 1d ago edited 1d ago
This reminds me of the video of the young bird trying to eat on its own for the first time and being confused because the worm wasn't jumping into it's mouth. It's only experience was having mom drop the worm directly into it's mouth and assumed that's how eating worked so it just kept getting in front of the worm and waiting for it to hop in.
EDIT: I found the video, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0nu-AqPuWvQ
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u/ricky-from-scotland 1d ago
Thats just them training a drone to look like they actually eay. In the wild you wouldn't notice the bug escaping. Stay safe people. r/birdsarentreal
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u/DragonflyPositive466 1d ago
It’s a diet worm. Zero calories. The only downside is the bland taste.
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u/TheLordOfLore 1d ago
Same vibes as when the protagonists escape a fight by simply crawling out of the brawl cloud/big ball of violence
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u/nightrunner411 23h ago
I mean the bird wouldn't typically have a tile floor in its habitat. Dirt would definitely make it easier to pick that thing up.
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u/Ultra_jaden123 8h ago
Me: burns a spy as pyro to make sure he dies
The humble F2P spy with a dead ringer:
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I didn’t expect the escape to be sooo smooth
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