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Swarmy

Swarmy

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  • Swarmy
    PC broke down today... And yes I know it's Christmas... My luck is just amazing! Anyways should have it fixed next week. So Merry Christmas! :harley
    Ren.
    Ren.
    Nooooooooooooooooo ... Mister PC stay strong.
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Seems to just be the cooling system... At least I hope. The repairs shop should be open tomorrow :blobok
    Velvet
    :blobaww Swarmy!
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    Velvet
    Velvet
    Yeeh bugspray, the lady was screaming as if the mantis was gonna eat her =/

    And idk why Elizabeth :ano Looked like an Elizabeth to me, so big and regal

    I have pictures tooooooooo!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Pfff weak people :hehee

    She was royalty!

    You'll show me on discord :kaga
    Velvet
    Velvet
    Add me so I can show you then :ruri Gosh

    She hasn't come back to visit me but I guess its too cold right now
    Catamount
    OMFG LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT THEM youtube.com/watch?v=F6ogBK4NmtE THEY ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE GALAXY
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    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Mantises spent a lot of energy producing the eggs so each bit of nurishment she can get is essential! Also while she's devouring his head the male keeps pumping sperm so she can produce more :lmao
    Catamount
    Catamount
    And humans still think they are superior smh
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Yeah what would I give to lose my head during sex :thumbs
    Wrecked Baloney
    Got anything about parasitoid wasps?
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    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    How they keep control over her after emerging is still a mystery but it's be shown that 1 or 2 wasp larvae sacrifice themselves and remain inside the caterpillar, so maybe they control her!

    Anyway this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to these wasps! It's been estimated there may be more than a million parasitoid wasp species alive right now and most of them have unique behaviours and parasitic methods!
    Wrecked Baloney
    Wrecked Baloney
    ...I should have PM'd this...
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Yeah these word count restrictions are a pain :lmao
    Zaxxon
    Thanks, Gonta. :dango
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Wait what :lmao
    Zaxxon
    Zaxxon
    Been wanting to say that for a while before I saw the whole game, but fuck it.

    Danganronpa V3 has a dude giving you a run for your money for insect appreciation. Gonta Gokuhara. :kannasip
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    I must absord his essence! :wth
    Jimin
    I forgot to ask you but are things OK COVID-wise over there?
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Better than last month, that's for sure! People are starting to calm down.
    Jimin
    So when are you gonna provide me an all expenses paid trip to Sofia? :cat
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    When you propose to me :harley
    Jimin
    Jimin
    We gonna be a power couple? : o
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    We gonna glow like the sun man!
    Ren.
    You are correct we are neighbors!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    How's the pandemic there bro?
    Ren.
    Ren.
    For me personally it is ok, I work remotely and there is no one that I know that has COV19!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Awesome!

    So what's your name dude?
    Asaya7
    Yoo, can you remember my problem with mites that i mentioned ages ago?

    Sadly, they seemingly have spread to pretty much all my animal enclosures (even my snakes =/ ). I have yet to see any of them actually latch on to any of my animals (be it insects or my snake), but they are also starting to roam my flat. Do you know of a way to combat these pesky little motherfuckers?
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    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    They attack each other on sight! Especially 2 males... I tried breeding them too but it's hard as hell.
    Asaya7
    Asaya7
    i guess for breeding both parties need to be well fed before?

    I've seen some videos of the YT channel DarkDen (maybe you even know it?) and he definitely lost some males to females when tryint to breed them lol.
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Jumpers are just weird bugs... They are closer to mammals when it comes to behavior!
    Son Goku
    Hello Swarmy,how are you? :)
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    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Nah I can't afford a VR set as well... I still have to finish the walkthrough but honestly I'm not that big of a fan of this particular entry. Somehow it doesn't really feel like HL.
    Son Goku
    Son Goku
    I'm lucky enough to have a Rift, just not a powerful enough PC for Alyx in particular. I am a big fan, but I feel like it's more because I'm attached to the Half-Life 2 pieces of it. Like, seeing Civil Protection in higher res and such.
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    The production value is insane I can see that but the game feels a bit off and I don't know why... A bit too much humor and slow pace I guess.
    I've always been a bigger fan of HL1 than 2 but yeah it almost surreal to see all of this in hi res... Especially the antlion which have been my favs since I was 14!
    Saishin
    Hello Swarmy,how are you? :)
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    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Prolly... My PSP broke some years ago. Which is sad cause I really liked that console... Monster Hunter was awesome on it!
    Saishin
    Saishin
    Can't you repair it? :(
    How did it break? :hmm

    When this quarantine will finish? :argh
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Well it cracked after I dropped it hard :maybe
    Also the battery is now swollen...

    Who knows... The economy is going to hell...
    Mider T
    It was a year after Starship Troopers, which also had a war against bugs. Both were epic because it dealt with disillusionment after blind loyalty to the state, in a visually entertaining medium.
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    Mider T
    Mider T
    The book was a whole lot more clear on that point (which makes sense since it was a Robert Heinlein book), the movie took alot of creative liberties with the source material to make it into an action movie so the original point is harder to grasp for casual viewers.
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    I read the book after seeing the movie but I was left with the impression that it was a lot more serious and genuine about how a military society can be a good and prosperous thing?
    Then again so was the movie, I mean fascist tendencies aside life in the SST movie universe seems a lot more liberal than today. Voting was limited to those that serve but it seemed like most people had freedom and peace to enjoy.
    Mider T
    Mider T
    Well you had to serve to get citizenship (along with a few other ways explained in the sequels) but for the most part yeah. Citizenship was earned.
    Prokopton
    That sucks man, entomology is awesome and deserves more research/development funding lol.

    I did physics and worked various jobs in tech for a few years. In the process of becoming unemployed atm, planning on doing a computer science PhD.

    But I read a lot as a hobby lol, biology is one of my favourite subjects. E.O. Wilson is one of my favourite scientists, he's awesome.
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    Prokopton
    Prokopton
    It was the opposite for me. I didn’t like memorizing stuff but biology can be much more interesting than I thought back then.

    Oh, it was my own decision. I currently work in medical-imaging and am basically fulfilling the last bits of my contract.

    He apparently wrote an encyclopaedic work on ants, I never got round to reading it, I mostly read his general science books.
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    I have a huge problem with memorization. Being an entomologist is essentially a game of memory, there are nearly 1,5 million species discovered!

    Got any plans for the future?

    I prefer popular science books! If I want to know the pure facts I turn to books that cover that. I'm a huge fan of Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer, it's an amazing book for those interested in parasitology and entomology!
    Prokopton
    Prokopton
    Have you tried Anki? Look up the concept of spaced-repetition if you haven’t man – it’s basically a complete game-changer in terms of memorizing

    Well I’m actually really interested in combining my two main interests atm, CS and genetics so research in applying AI to genomics

    Yeah Carl Zimmer is another favourite author. I like beginning with pop-sci but have a compulsive need to understand details ;p
    Catamount
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    Oh yeah been following that show for so many years now! There are 2 movies I think? I haven't seen all episodes or the movies but they sometimes air on TV here!
    Catamount
    Catamount
    i never knew it goes beying experimental short animations
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    It's an actual kids show in France, I have no idea how and why they also used to air it here but I loved it! Was going to watch the movie but it never hit the cinemas here so yeah...
    SuperSaiyaMan12
    Surprised you haven't added Lucas the Jumping Spider to your sig Swarmy!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    He was interesting in the beginning but his creator kind of milked the hell out of the concept... I know Lucas became way too popular way too fast but sometimes less is more.
    Rivayir
    Our great insect overlord has returned and the bees shall buzz with joy!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    You mean wasps :LOS
    Rivayir
    Rivayir
    Wasps are not your bros!
    Swarmy
    Swarmy
    They keep nature safe :hehee
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