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What Is It Like to Be a Bat? (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Trapped in an Escher painting

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 4 months ago

Going up the stairs,

Going down the stairs.

Going up the side-ways stairs!

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure we wanna pay for a dimension we're not gonna use

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago

I think about that kind of thing so often. That's why I don't mess with animals, I just leave them be. Something fun and cute for me, that appears to be harmless, can be felt as a terrible experience to them.

[–] sorter_plainview@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago

Working Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Poor caterpillar can't conceptualize a mobius strip.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

How absurd

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

One must imagine the inchworm happy.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

I like how spider understand they're on some giant threatening hand that they will yeet themselves off as soon as possible.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Wow this branch is really long."

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

"wow this branch is fucking disgusting to walk on, i hate these flesh trees"