HylicManoeuvre

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TIL about the five modes of snake movement: concertina, serpentine, sidewinding, rectilinear and slide-pushing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Boy do I have a post for you!

TIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligrade in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I will steal this))

Scientists use bioactive glass to treat bone cancer. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

👌🏻

1:48 Spitfire Mk.1 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If I was in WWII they'd call me spitfire

TIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbs in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I can relate to the queasiness [email protected]

TIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligrade in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Damn, good point. Couldn't come up with a counter-example so just copy/pasted off of Wikipedia verbatim lmao Look out for tomorrow's TIL when I look up what that type of locomotion is called lol

Actually, I'm really at a loss at what to call this paraphyletic group; tetrapods come to mind but they technically still include snakes...

TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Fair enough, thought of converting it to 100k but was too lazy lol

TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair enough. The data is presented very weirdly. I changed the post

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You're very welcome

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Also confer this very topical article

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/[email protected]
NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Oh noo I'm literally using Voyager to browse Lemmy

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TIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&white (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle" (en.wikipedia.org)
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