Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies - eviltoast

😳

    • gregorum@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      You spend all that time and money on a PhD in entomology, you’ve got to justify it somehow. How else are you gonna get that grant money to fund your entire career?

      Measuring Cicada pee, that’s how.

        • bean@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          edit-2
          7 months ago

          “Our troops can pee 10x in length by strengthening their prostate through cicada smoothies!”

          🙋‍♂️🗣️ Why though?

          “SILENCE, PEASANT!” Pees from across the room.

    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 months ago

      Headlines are meant to get attention and this one does that. What you’re saying is absolutely true though. There’s an incredible amount of weird and horrifying stuff that happens in the animal kingdom. Humans included…

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 months ago

    Man, you gotta be careful with these things. The NIST is liable to see that and declare the “single cicada piss stream” as the new unit of measurement to replace the already rather Victorian “inHg”.