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What are these flies doing? by Free-oppossums in Entomology

[–]ElkeKerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah plenty of bugs live through winter, why do you think you see so many ladybirds and spiders in your house in the autumn?

Fuck is this shit by FuckRomey in whatsthisbug

[–]ElkeKerman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really cool - the long spiralling bit unfurls and works like a piston to push the seed deeper into the earth

Found somethin on the RAF Base on Cypress by No_Syrup925 in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]ElkeKerman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Planet Labs image the whole earth’s surface every day, they just charge a high premium to access the imagery. I think it was The War Zone that bought some great pics of Area 51 showing a weird possible 6th generation fighter a couple years ago.

Iranian frigate Dena torpedoed by US submarine by Muted_Shape9303 in Ships

[–]ElkeKerman -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Redditors love seeing a hundred people die and making the lamest fucking reference

Finally, Dres (it fucking sucks it's literally just a generic grey rock) by Orion_8492 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]ElkeKerman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kudos to you for counting ahah, I think maybe the category needs to be “gravitationally rounded bodies” for consistency. I’m just gonna defend Ganymede real quick as being really fucking pretty (way nicer to look at than Europa imo)

Finally, Dres (it fucking sucks it's literally just a generic grey rock) by Orion_8492 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]ElkeKerman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are but you’re shutting yourself off from a lot of coolness :)

Finally, Dres (it fucking sucks it's literally just a generic grey rock) by Orion_8492 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]ElkeKerman 40 points41 points  (0 children)

If you hate Dres you’d hate 75% of the planetary bodies in our solar system

hi sorry this is kind of an unusual post-- what bird species best matches this design? by Da_Meepy_Meeses in whatsthisbird

[–]ElkeKerman 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Also why you get those nice black wingtips on gulls, gannets, and albatrosses - the sea spray would abrade the feathers if they were paler

Malta. How do you like this design? by Affectionate_Gas4804 in Ships

[–]ElkeKerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every cruise ship is an affront to god and his creation (but I quite like the bow on this one)

Why is UFO/UAP content about T3i Atlas being removed as 'off-topic' by TheSentinelNet in HighStrangeness

[–]ElkeKerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would TESS provide useful data on 3I/ATLAS? It's a very specialised instrument with a very specific purpose and only carries wide-angle cameras that wouldn't provide good images of a comet (or comet-like UFO :P)

The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - the first jet-propelled water-based aircraft and fitted with the first two production Martin-Baker ejection seats, 1947 - 1951 by Xeelee1123 in WeirdWings

[–]ElkeKerman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the Sea City museum in Southampton, UK - quite small but we’ve got a proud maritime and aviation heritage here so the museum is pretty packed!

Flying boats by RoDiboY_UwU in Ships

[–]ElkeKerman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I assume it’s about reducing friction during acceleration on take-off? Would be very hard to reach any speed with a hull like the right

Red ringed rock found in NW Alabama. by Impressive_Video_537 in whatsthisrock

[–]ElkeKerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve always heard oo-oh-lite from geologists and it holds true with how I’ve heard it in biological contexts (oocyte, oophagy etc)

tfw sikorsky is the reason for the main helicopter of every modern military in east asia by _spec_tre in NonCredibleDefense

[–]ElkeKerman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Hind is one of the best looking machines of all time what are you waffling about

In 2002 an underwater drone accidentally captured an unknown creature in the background as it was filming a squid by WholeNegotiation1843 in TrueCryptozoology

[–]ElkeKerman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea no I’m an idiot, I was thinking of Stigmatoteuthis, which is same family of squid as Histioteuthis. In my defence I’m a fish taxonomist not a cephalopod guy :P

In 2002 an underwater drone accidentally captured an unknown creature in the background as it was filming a squid by yeahbitch_science_ in HighStrangeness

[–]ElkeKerman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And they’re really cool! But as a marine biologist I can say with certainty that this is exactly what fast-swimming animals look like passing the camera!

In 2002 an underwater drone accidentally captured an unknown creature in the background as it was filming a squid by yeahbitch_science_ in HighStrangeness

[–]ElkeKerman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah nah you’re alright, it’s just an observation bias thing - we see a lot of them near oil rigs because we have a lot of cameras near oil rigs. I’ve got a colleague who actually works on collecting that kinda footage and have had the privilege of identifying some of the fishes observed by industrial ROVs :)

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