• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Entomology 101 - or Bugs for Thugs, as my professor called it - was the coolest elective I took in college. You could get extra credit for bringing in bugs to share with the class. I didn’t have a proper container, so I spent one class trying to contain an Emperor Scorpion in a Chinese food container and keep it from escaping. Good times.

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      4 months ago

      I wonder if just photos would have worked if they were good ones. If I had the money, i would 100% take one of these classes.

  • gerbler@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wtf is a Tunnel Web Spider? Do they mean Funnel Web Spider? The most venemous spider in the world? Cap.

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      4 months ago

      Apparently there is a tunnelweb spider in New Zealand. I’m guessing this was a spelling mistake though.

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    2 months ago

    I’ve only met one entomologist (by trade), in an airport in France and they were headed to a warhammer 40K tournament. We talked for maybe 4ish hours on the social complexity of ants.

    This was roughly 10 years ago, still an awesome memory.