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48 points

They’re weirder than the guy measuring cicada pee strength?

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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.

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8 points

Didn’t forget about the military applications of cicada urination. It’s not like the research is just frivolous.

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

🙋‍♂️🗣️ Why though?

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

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17 points

Wake up.

Scream.

Iono. seem pretty normal to me.

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What a stupid headline. Nature’s weirdos? Really? Plenty of “weirdos” in nature.

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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…

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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”.

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I prefer to measure by banana. This case calls for purified banana units.

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5 points

Nobody tell platypus…

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Because platypus will interpret as a challenge…

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