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[–] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Fun fact re the parasitic lice: Our head lice evolved with us, but we inherited pubic lice from gorillas much later.

I'm not saying a human and a gorilla got down together, but that's a lot more fun than thinking some idiot slept in a gorilla nest.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Can we get a "humans are space orcs" tag going in this sub?

[–] lapsedsquire@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

That whole thread made me crack up! Thanks for posting!

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You know, many mammals do a lot of those. But the ones about boiling the poisonous plants always gets me.

If it was just boiling, maybe it could be dismissed as luck, but there are all kinds of convoluted procedures. Like that one that you must press, and then dry, and then roast, on that order; not too little, and not too much.

How did people discover this stuff?

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not reading all of that.