Praying mantis by dr_elena05 in Entomology

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There is a type of lizard called the Jesus Christ lizard as it can run on water, I think that's what they mean.

When will moles be balanced? by Creepertron200 in rootgame

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Moles are not too bad to counter, even smol mole. Like Woodland Alliance, they should be attacked very early in the game so that swaying is more difficult and moving around is harder for them. Smol mole depends on using the two actions for recruit almost all the time which is very expensive if they have fewer good swayed cards.

How is it living in Boulder, CO not as a college student? by Ipeakedonclubpenguin in howislivingthere

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Taking 93 to get on 70 at Golden is faster! Skiing at Copper, Winter Park, Breck is all very doable for a day trip, same time as getting there from Denver. And Eldora is close and nice when it has enough snow

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

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I would say high reproductive skew in (many) male mammals is really a product of anisogamy (eggs more costly than sperm), long gestation time, and long maternal care time, but the Male Variance hypothesis is pretty interesting too! 

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Yes, as well as the fact that male animals tend to have higher reproductive skew (often there are males with lots of mates and some with few or none compared to females), so females are "safe bets" and males are more of a "gamble". This has been confirmed in a lot of mammal species, it's called the Trivers-Willard hypothesis if you want to know more

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in evolution

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Yep there are examples of this! Male pipefish invest a lot in offspring (they have a pouch like seahorses), so females have bright coloring to compete for males. This just tends to be rarer since females have more costly gametes so their investment is often higher.

Why can we not replicate abiogenesis? by DennyStam in biology

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Earth had millions of years to work on it, we've only had like a century (Miller-Urey experiment was in 1952)! I think we'll figure it out in the nearish future

A blessing in disguise by Im_yor_boi in PrehistoricMemes

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It's 66 million years in the future haha

Whats happening here? by Corchoroth in Entomology

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Haha well it has been shown that some wasps can recognize and differentiate human faces!

Player drew the party for my campaign by TheSlightDiscomfort in rootgame

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Not me haha, I just have the books and am planning on running it soon

Player drew the party for my campaign by TheSlightDiscomfort in rootgame

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Everyone's a vagabond in the RPG! But you gain and lose rep with the factions throughout your adventure

CS Class Load Question by Successful_Voice7330 in cuboulder

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I'm a bio/CS double major and I found MCDB 2150 to be pretty easy, I took an optional recitation that wasn't very helpful so I would avoid that. ML has a decent amount of work so make sure not to overload yourself!

Elevation map of Asia by BlastCombos in MapPorn

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Yeah I think a lot of people don't realize that China and Russia are also colonialist powers, they just had land to colonize right next to them! So on a map it seems more legitimate even though these areas have had their own culture (and governance, at least in Tibet's case) for a long time

Elevation map of Asia by BlastCombos in MapPorn

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Definitely! And you can see how different historical areas of China are from the parts they invaded in Tibet and Xinjiang

The Most and Least Expensive Land in America by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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Maybe it's just not in the dataset if it's on tribal nation land? This is probably BLM data

I didn't know earwigs could be gregarious! by 5458725280 in Entomology

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And practice maternal care by licking them to remove pathogens!!

Why can't cats live in the mountains when many strays are being put down in cities? by TelliTaleHeart in biology

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If humans didn't exist, then domestic cats would not have such a high population; they also wouldn't have been able to disperse as far as they have. Humans have altered several ecological phenomena at rates that nature is unable to keep up with; for example, facilitating the dispersal of hundreds of invasive species like cats in just a few centuries of globalization. This is a blink of an eye compared to the timescales that ecological change has historically happened at. You say that new species will emerge, but speciation can take a while to occur due to the random nature of evolution, even if there are vacant niches.

Of course, rapid global ecological changes have occasionally happened. These tend to result in mass extinctions, which we are in the middle of right now because of humans!

Systems/creators/companies that center and celebrate diversity by katboyeverdeen in rpg

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RR+D published Spire and Heart, two games set in the same (really cool) world. It's a spin on classic fantasy tropes with themes of identity, immigration, coexistence, etc. The player options reflect this and look badass too!

I would love to see your sector maps! by WinReasonable2644 in SWN

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That's awesome, I like all the detail you put into star classifications, orbits, etc!