

To add to the comments; many people and laws still view animals as objects, to do with as one pleases. I still hear americans -i’m from europe- talking about animals as ‘it’.
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To add to the comments; many people and laws still view animals as objects, to do with as one pleases. I still hear americans -i’m from europe- talking about animals as ‘it’.
Edit; typo
Not funky, but interesting articles, also for non-sciency people
He was one of the first writers that imho was able to create truly alien species and really bring them to life. I’ve read and watched SF for decades and almost always the aliens were like humans in a humanoid body, with human emotions and desires. But the spiders and the octopus species were truly alien, while he was able to create them as wonderful species in their own right.
So far i’ve only read the first two ‘Children of…’


They can probably understand way more words than you think
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I know that dogs are, but i don’t know the percentages. You can see it by observing the front paws when they start to walk; which one do they usually start with


Afaik there is a specific spot between the shoulders with brown fat that acts as a temperature regulator. As a caveat, i read this in a (scientific) article decades ago.


After a certain age, older people often start to snore. Everything starts sagging, including the soft part of the upper palate.


Funny thing is; i have never, ever heard even one woman complaining about silhouette because of pockets. But every woman complains about lack of pockets, or that they are ridiculously small


So grateful to everyone in the comments who use them. Thank you all! Where i live most don’t use them. I don’t get why; aren’t these people annoyed when others don’t use the blinker?


One of the ways i select a movie or series is by watching the poster. That tells me enough about whether it will be about male heroes and (maybe) female sidekicks or mothers in the kitchen. Particularly american ones have a lot of those movies. So, these i will not even try to watch anymore.


Actually, both types of fish species needed to be stored


English, which is not my native language
Stop comparing yourself to others. You are you, and you can’t possibly please or displease everyone anyway


Ah, the origin of kissing


True, but it’s an important reason for many people to start to learn how to make their own clothes. It takes effort, but one can learn how to do this. And it used to be a very common skill. With today’s junk on the market, we have a good enough reason to start learning.


Me neither; after all, complaints about pockets are around everywhere. But at least i’ve learned how to deepen existing pockets. Next step will be how to create pockets


Decent fitting clothes with deep pockets and quality fabrics with the colors i like
I’m just copying what they were saying on an AMA, see https://phtn.app/post/lemmy.world/9249279
One of my dogs was on the streets for at least a year. He eats crazy fast and he doesn’t care what it tastes like.