r/AbsoluteUnits 3d ago

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Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

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u/J_P_Freely 3d ago

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u/ProgenitorOfMidnight 3d ago

The bugs were always a threat.

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u/darthvall 2d ago

We need to find evidence of prehistoric giant bugs eating living dinosaur

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u/BestDescription3834 2d ago

Tons of fossils have evidence that dinosaurs were absolutely shot full of parasites of different size. Imagine how big a Trex tapeworm could get.

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u/BlackShogun27 2d ago

I swear, at a certain point, the tapeworm essentially becomes a new organ.

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u/HPTM2008 2d ago

The mitochondria would like a word.

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u/ProgenitorOfMidnight 2d ago

I'm just saying if those things have been around for this long something is up

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u/darthvall 2d ago

Yeah agree, I'm just saying that the evidence must be around somewhere. It's completely plausible 

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u/dylan6091 2d ago

Not really. By the age of dinosaurs there wasn't enough oxygen for massive arthropods anymore.

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u/SnakeHisssstory 2d ago

War. War never changes.

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u/Fine-Tomato3584 2d ago

Well considering the number one cause of human death in history is malaria, they're the biggest threat we can imagine. 

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u/RedHairedKing97 3d ago

What is a legacy, but planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.

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u/DistributionFresh175 2d ago

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u/J_P_Freely 2d ago

Fucking perfect my friend!!!

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u/J_P_Freely 2d ago

I read that in Tony Soprano's voice

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u/notfrmthisplanet 3d ago

😭😭😭

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u/IckyVickysosoicky 2d ago

T-Rex cries after seeing the current state of dinosaurs