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    snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 19 days ago

    If someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?

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    If someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?

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      Here’s some I know:

      • Dolphins rape other dolphins https://theconversation.com/dolphin-sexual-politics-gets-the-tabloid-treatment-6063
      • Praying mantis females often eat the head of males they have sex with. Some spiders do that too, like the appropriately named black widow spider. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism
      • Mass extinctions have occurred in the past, way before humans existed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinction_events
      • Genetic mutations often lead to inviable offspring or awful conditions (I don’t know specific examples off the top of my head)
      • Parasites can take control of insects and lead them to drown (also don’t know examples off the top of my head)

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