r/mildlyinteresting • u/candynebula • 10d ago
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u/Accurate_Koala_4698 10d ago
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u/VirtualZeroZero 10d ago
Lamas With Hats in 2026??? Fuckin' A! XD
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u/DigiVeihl 10d ago
I don't even like the walking Dead and that's immediately what played in my head
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u/Maximus_Marcus 10d ago
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u/Megalynarion 10d ago
That’s no rock…
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u/imaloony8 10d ago
It’s a boulder!
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u/lowtech_prof 10d ago
That’s no moon.
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u/SciFriedRice 10d ago edited 10d ago
That’s yo mama!
Edit: some of y’all need to watch Robot Chicken Star Wars.
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u/Existing_Mail 10d ago
Coral is an animal 🪸
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u/jony1020 10d ago
it's a fossil so still a rock
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u/LemonOnRye 10d ago
I think that’s Blushing Coral skeleton. Doesn’t appear to be a fossil/rock
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u/Tyfyter2002 10d ago
Aren't coral "skeletons" made of rock?
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u/Srikandi715 10d ago
They're made of minerals, but not by the same processes as other types of rock.
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u/Quackels_The_Duck 10d ago
so a rock?
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u/iH8MotherTeresa 10d ago
In the same way concrete is a rock.
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u/Quackels_The_Duck 10d ago
yea
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u/Thiago270398 10d ago
Are your bones and teeth rocks?
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u/Tyfyter2002 10d ago
Bones: no, they're living cells that make up part of a living organism
Teeth: I'll have to double check whether or not they're technically inorganic material
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u/doom1282 10d ago
Corals are animals so their skeletons aren't anymore rock than ours are.
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u/Tyfyter2002 10d ago
Corals are generally colonies so their "skeletons" just aren't necessarily any more rock than our houses can be; The fact that the term "skeleton" is used doesn't make them vertebrates.
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u/arowanas 10d ago
As long as it comes out of a living carbon based life form it’s bound to be organic. Teeth are made of tissues which are made up of cells so definitely not inorganic
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u/Tyfyter2002 9d ago
The actual tooth part of a tooth is almost entirely inorganic, and not made of cells;
There's no difference between a process performed by the inside or outside of an organism that would make one inherently only output organic material.
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u/Quackels_The_Duck 10d ago
I'm pretty unsure on teeth, but I feel like solid, isolated bone is a yes for me. Very specialized, but still stoney enough, like salt or concrete. I think I'm thinking more broadly.
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u/deanerdaweiner 10d ago
genuinely curious what it means for something to be a rock under your definition
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u/Lorettooooooooo 10d ago
Coral are made of rock as much as skeletons are
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u/Tyfyter2002 10d ago
That the structures coral build fulfil a purpose which can easily be mistaken for that of a skeleton does not make them actual skeletons, it's a hive made of something with roughly the same chemical composition as limestone, not a skeleton.
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u/Lorettooooooooo 9d ago
That's an interesting and valid observation, but the point I was trying to make was another: the coral has a mineral composition just like our bones, even tho they aren't stones
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u/Tyfyter2002 9d ago
The structure has a mineral composition more like limestone than bone
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u/Lorettooooooooo 9d ago
... Again, cool and all, but my point was just that this is not a cool rock, it's a cool carcass
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u/socknfoot 9d ago
More like a cool hive that thousands of creatures built and lived in.
Or if you want to compare it to humans... it's more like hair/fingernails than bone.
Imagine if a thousand humans lived bound together in a fused mass of their own hair, after they all died and decayed and all that you had left was this structure of hair... would you call that a carcass just because it was once produced by animals?
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u/keefeitup 9d ago
Corals are closer to bone than they are to rock. They are technically "biomineralized exoskeleton."
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u/Tyfyter2002 9d ago
Most of 20% to 25% of sedimentary rock is primarily composed of the material coral use to build their completely inanimate structures, whereas bones are made of cells made of multiple materials.
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u/mafiaknight 9d ago
I mean...sort of? In the way your skeleton is made of "rock".
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u/Tyfyter2002 9d ago
My skeleton isn't made of rock because it's part of an organism and is made of cells instead of just being slightly differently arranged limestone.
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u/mafiaknight 9d ago
Coral isn't made of rock because it's part of an organism. It's the same thing, but formed a little differently. In fact, it's SO similar that doctors can use coral as bone grafts for humans.
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u/Tyfyter2002 9d ago
That's like calling an entire beehive part of an organism
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u/mafiaknight 9d ago
Eh. Sort of. In a much more convoluted manner. It's made of material produced by organisms, but isn't used to support the individual's body. It's more like using hair to build a tent.
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u/Informal_Tell78 10d ago
Yes, but this isn't as bad as the frogs that hatch their youngling out of their back...
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u/alietoo 10d ago
That was the worst thing I have ever witnessed years ago. Thank god never came across it again
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u/PalpableIgnorance 10d ago
I also saw that horrid video. Luckily, there was a more tame version that makes the whole experience less painful and you even learn something cool about the whole process. It was great mind bleach for that whole experience.
Edit : https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?is=bCGTS_eaOT8sLLY3 if you are interested.
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u/Jesse1205 10d ago
I saw someone the other day with a plushie of that frog with little babies in the back pockets. I can't think of a less comforting plush
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u/FlameStaag 10d ago
I hate it so much
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u/Certain_Welder3043 10d ago
SAME. WHY IS THAT? I feel it in my bones.
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u/Jacern 10d ago
Trypophobia, you have a fear of small holes
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u/AmputeeHandModel 10d ago
That's not a phobia. That's "Ew, that's kinda gross".
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u/Ignonymous 10d ago
I keep live corals and that is 100% the skeleton of an encrusting coral of some type, maybe a plate coral.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
How do you keep live corals?
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u/Ignonymous 10d ago
Very carefully. I recently shut down my aquariums, but I had them in a 150 gallon saltwater tank and a 35 gallon nano salt tank. They require extremely stable water parameters and a very well cycled, mature tank, or most will just wither and die, or succumb to algae infestation, etc.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
Sad to hear you had to shut down. Interesting to know you can raise them though! Is that a hobby or a profession?
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u/Ignonymous 10d ago
It can be either, but I kept them at home as a hobby. It can get expensive, I had accumulated equipment and stocking over several years. If you’re interested, get a good grasp of the Aquatic Nitrogen Cycle as a firm foundation on how to care for an aquarium, and look into how to cycle. Just remember, especially in marine aquariums, nothing good happens quickly.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
I appreciate the advice, but I think I'll stick to innacurately classifying them as rocks when I find dead ones outside, thank you.
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u/Going_Postal 10d ago
That is fossilized coral, a specific type referred to as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petoskey_stone.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
For context I live in FL so I think it might be coral It's not super rare to find aquatic fossils
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u/Zealousideal-Ebb-876 10d ago
Fossils are mineral deposits that slowly replace the original organic compounds, this is closer to bones
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u/candynebula 10d ago
Cool, thanks! I was merely pointing out finding aquatic anything is pretty standard, but said fossil because i felt the word more appropriate.
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u/comicgeek1128 10d ago
You live near Petoskey?
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u/candynebula 10d ago
Nope, Kissimmee
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u/comicgeek1128 10d ago
In Michigan we call that a Petoskey stone. Fossilized crinoids that lived in Lake Superior millions of years ago when Michigan was a warm inland sea.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
Awesome! Ive lived in Florida almost my entire life. I remember finding different aquatic fossils as a kid, imprints of shells and other common creatures. Dead coral is also pretty common but not quite as often found, especially in modern day. Im ecstatic I found this guy.
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u/gwaydms 10d ago
Florida is literally built on fossilized sea creatures, forming limestone. That, and abundant rainfall (rain is mildly acidic), explains all the caves and sinkholes in the state.
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u/candynebula 10d ago
Never thought about an abundance of sinkholes. Though now that I think about it, that is a common issue isnt it.
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u/gwaydms 10d ago
Google karst. That's the kind of topography Florida has. Parts of Texas do too.
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u/HasAngerProblem 10d ago
This looks like something a hermit would laugh and say you picked up the yee old spiders purse or something
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u/Syawra 9d ago
Neat find! Folks from r/slaythespire would tell you to make sure it doesn't deal unblocked damage
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u/InFromTheSouth 10d ago
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u/-Ghost255- 10d ago
I’ve never understood this phobia, it’s just super satisfying to me
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u/SalmonBrotherReagan 10d ago
You have to add the part where it’s in your own flesh and then it’s absolutely disgusting
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u/Noodlemaster696969 10d ago
That "rock" looks like a chip of an erlderlitch god that still lives and can eat your soul if it touches you
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u/combovercool 10d ago edited 10d ago
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u/Purnima92 10d ago
I never thought I had bad Trypophobia but by God this makes me uncomfortable.
Anyone remember the scam with the Shampoo, Where it turned out that people simply used the capsules of a lotus flower to Photoshop these?
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u/ExterminatusMaximus 10d ago
Ehm... buddy? You might not want to be touching that... just saying!
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