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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 211 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How many other animals did they put through a sieve to reach this conclusion? How many?!

[–] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 97 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago

And that's why we have a lot of shredded stuff recipes.
After they realised that the subject didn't reassemble, they then went ahead to do other tests with the shredded matter, one of which was cooking and eating them.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Many, many poor little creatures with simpler or more robust or segmented nervous systems. Mostly common worms, cnidarians, starfish, metamorphosing insects, and more in that line of thought. It’s common in college bio to watch planarians unmangle themselves. Sucks for them, but they get food and relative safety, so I’ve always considered it an even trade