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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 40 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Birds eat the snails. Bird-eating Spiders eat the birds. Phorusrachids eat the bird-eating spiders.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

French people eat the snails. Acromantulas eat the French people.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago

Well, shit, nature is healing.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

I see they like serious gourmet shit.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This description of the food web seems a little dated. I haven't seen a bird-eating spider in years.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Really? There's one leading the DHS right now.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ancient Greek sure is a bitch to spell in English.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

I'm spelling it the Hiberno-Hellenic way

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

Me: What's a 'phorusachid'?

Wikipedia: Here you go!

Me: ... I regret everything.