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fossilesque @mander.xyz

6mo ago

Unusual Pollinators

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Just in case you wanted to see video evidence, you know, for science:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nqLkdarQyv0
- MVP 🙏
Is this upscaled with AI? It's full of very weird image artifacts.
- Original image:
  
  thanks!
  here is a side-by-side comparison of the neural network upscaling slop (left) versus a conventional zoom in on the original (right):
  and then of course there is the text:
  😦
  
  Really going the extra mile looking for the original image, thanks!
- Ye, with my Samsung.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/02/snakes-act-ecosystem-engineers-seed-dispersal
(rattle)snakes as pollinators are greatly underappreciated. Their stomach acid doesn't destroy the seeds contained in the stomachs of their herbivorous prey.
little flower kisses
i love the concept of animals getting zooted on nectar so they end up drunkenly pollinating flowers until they snap out of the daze and wonder where the fuck they are

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