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Spitfire, in Twins!
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Hey, a double yolk! That’s good luck right there.

MudSkipperKisser,

I keep hearing that, stay tuned!

Zathras,

And good protein!

c0mbatbag3l,
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The protein is in the whites not the yolks.

quicksand,

What’s in the yolks?

c0mbatbag3l,
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Primarily fats and vitamins from what I understand, a bit of it is protein but it’s not as significant as the egg whites.

bjoern_tantau,
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Strange. A weird “fact” I heard in my childhood was that the yolk contained more protein (also called eggwhite in German) than the egg white. Meh, too tired to research it.

dumptruckdan, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism
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The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.

(Ogden Nash)

mononomi, in Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites

Cool, might be especially interesting as we expect more ticks here in the Netherlands following climate change.

mySFWaccount, (edited ) in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

Also, Jaguars are from America*, and Leopards are from Africa/Middle East.

Edit: definitely not a lot of jaguars in North America!

jake_eric,

I’d say Jaguars are mainly from South and Central America. Central America is technically part of North America, but point is they’re more in the South.

MarmaladeMermaid,

Jaguars are from South America. North America has the Mountain Lion aka cougar, puma, screamer, panther or pantera concolor.

Technically not a “big cat “ but it’s the largest of the small cats, 75 - 140 pounds.

TheGreenGolem,

No, Jaguar is brit.

over_clox, in Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites

Yeah, I think I’ll pass and just try to avoid ticks in the first place. One day I was following a trail through some tall grass, and by the time I got home, I found I had 3 ticks latched into my skin in various places.

After I got them all off, I was sick as a dog and running a gnarly fever for the next week. 🤒

NOT_RICK,
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They’re disgusting creatures. Takes a lot for me to hate anything more than mosquitos but at least they have the decency to fuck off once they get you.

Norgur, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

Let's mildly interest the shit out of this one: While Black Panthers aren't a species, the class of animals tigers and leopards and some other big cats belong to is called "Panther" (plural "Panthera"). So... Tigers are Panthers while black Panthers might not be.

jake_eric,

Why would black panthers not be?

Norgur,

I somehow threw Jaguars in with the lynxes which would have meant that a black panther that's acutally a Jaguar would have been a lynx. Idk what befell me there... Jaguars are Panthera, too, so my "might" is not true. Black Panthers are Panthers.

Osea_3, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

So is melanism in big cat species more common than albinism?

Match, in Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites

I found this very interesting! Thanks for sharing

UziBobuzi, in Hairless Guinea Pig
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Fun fact: in enthusiast circles they're known as skinny pigs.

evinc2,

That is an amazing fun fact.

AttackBunny, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

Literally every time I would say this, on the that other place, that I won’t name, I would get downvoted to oblivion.

Large cats (tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards only) are part of the panthera genus. Probably where the name came from, but there is no one specific animal that is a panther.

I guess the mountain is sometimes referred to as a panther, but it’s not accurate.

Gomez, in A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies

One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them. The worms will soon be here.

And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.

I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Necronomicommunist,

You think worms are insects?

Aremel,

I always thought they were. If not insects, what are they?

the_kalash,

The word “worm” is a bit like “fish” in that it doesn’t actually refere to any specific group of animals, but a many different groups of animals that look alike. It doesn’t have defined taxonomic meaning.

But there are some insects that are called worms colloquially, like mealworms.

Rufio,

I thought all insects have 6 legs, 2 antenna, and an exoskeleton, therefore worms like mealworms aren’t insects either.

the_kalash,

Yes, the mealworm is the larval stage of the Darkling beetles.

Rufio,

Interesting, thanks for the fun fact! My kid is absolutely obsessed with learning all things about animals so I’m keeping stuff like this on deck for when he’s a little bit older and can understand. I’ve learned more about animals in the last year watching videos with him than all through school, which is equal parts sad and awesome.

ZoopZeZoop,
Mr_Dr_Oink,

I always thought of them as molluscs

Til

the_kalash,

Also correct, for example roundworms are molluscs.

Mr_Dr_Oink,

Cool! Also learned from another comment that the word “worm” is like “fish” in that it describes a variety of creatures that all look similar but are from different groups of animals.

Til even more

Aremel,

Very interesting. Thanks for the link!

ZoopZeZoop,

You betcha! Taxonomy is awesome!

xyzinferno,
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A quick way to tell if something is an insect is if it has a head, a thorax, an abdomen, exactly 6 legs, and antennae

The 6 legs is usually the biggest giveaway, discounts millipedes, centipedes, worms, spiders, etc. from being insects

Mr_Pap_Shmear,

TIL I’m an insect

OldWoodFrame, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

This is wild I had no idea.

Janis,

www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/

so that chadwik dude plays a super hero with melanism??

Diprount_Tomato,
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💀

expatriado, in Black panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinism

which makes black panther a bit redundant

Diprount_Tomato,
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Did you even read the post?

Diprount_Tomato, in Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites
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Someone should make something like a tick vaccine with this

nicerdicer, in A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies

On first glance it seems that this worm was brought back to life with scientific intervention exclusively. But with the disappearence of permafrost these worms will thaw on their own and will resume living and procreating. What I want to say is, that many species of these ice-aged worms may be alive already without anyone noticing, trough permafrost has been thawed away. Who knows what impact these worms will have on our recent fauna and flora?

Stugan,

Stop :(

FartsWithAnAccent,
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Maybe they’ll save us all from climate change?

Come on little guys, we’re counting on you because corporations and politicians aren’t really helping

maynarkh,

I’d bet on the worms over the oligarchy

FartsWithAnAccent,
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One day the worms will eat all of us, even the oligarchs

Riccosuave,
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ChickenLadyLovesLife,

If you walk without rhythm … huh! Ya never learn.

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