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  • Which Animals are the worst, and why so?

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  • I've never really felt awkward about killing mice and other pests. I get that some people do, but it's not important to me.

    For the bait I've been using pre-baited traps. I know this must sound pathetic but, the bait seems to work really well and it lasts for 6 or more mice so it's not an outright waste.

    Dealing with previous infestations I've found that a range of strategies is best. Traps & poison, different brands. If you only do one thing they seem to wise up.

    If I have to go back for more traps I might try chocolate, thanks.

  • Given the obviously wide reaching implications of the Epstein files why arent other world governments demanding access or copies?

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  • Yeah thats kinda what I meant about not having any basis for the request.

    Its a criminal case and there's no indication that any of it occurred on Australian soil so its nothing to do with us.

    If an Australian official was implicated we could stand them down. If an Australian was charged overseas we could provide consular support. Thats it though really

  • Given the obviously wide reaching implications of the Epstein files why arent other world governments demanding access or copies?

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  • I don't think anyone is going to like this answer but... it's just not how global politics works.

    Why would other governments demand copies ?

    Australia is a close ally of the US. We don't really have any basis to make such a demand. Additionally, they're not going to give them to us because obviously they want to protect pedo-in-chief.

    So the answer is, if we tried the answer would be a hard "no" and the request would damage our relationship.

  • What is the most ridiculous conspiracy theory?

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  • Ok thats great. Well done.

  • [solved] What Happened to slrpnk.net ?

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  • Thankyou. I did think there would be a post somewhere, and I did try searching but couldn't find that.

  • Which Animals are the worst, and why so?

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  • Yeah I do have an immense dislike for seagulls.

    Yesterday one took a biscuit out of my kids hand.

  • Which Animals are the worst, and why so?

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  • Just at the moment I have a special hatred for mice.

    The mice around here are tiny and often don't trip a mouse trap.

    IDK if we have one or several dozen in our house but one of the little bastards was watching me watching it this morning. It's infuriating.

    Imagine a person just standing in your living room watching you because they know you're too slow and decrepit to catch them with your bare hands. The moment you turn your back they're eating your food and shitting under your sofa.

    We haven't had a problem in the last few months. The weather has changed so I guess the little bastards are on the move. Yesterday I put baits outside and a few traps inside, but I'm going to escalate later today with more traps and more baits.

  • Which Animals are the worst, and why so?

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  • This is the obligatory response copypasta to that Koala copypasta:

    I don't know why it is that these things bother me---it just makes me picture a seven year old first discovering things about an animal and, having no context about the subject, ranting about how stupid they are. I get it's a joke, but people take it as an actual, educational joke like it's a man yelling at the sea, and that's just wrong. Furthermore, these things have an actual impact on discussions about conservation efforts---If every time Koalas get brought up, someone posts this copypasta, that means it's seriously shaping public opinion about the animal and their supposed lack of importance.

    Speaking of stupidity and food, one of the likely reasons for their primitive brains is the fact that additionally to being poisonous, eucalyptus leaves (the only thing they eat) have almost no nutritional value. They can't afford the extra energy to think, they sleep more than 80% of their fucking lives.

    Non-ecologists always talk this way, and the problem is you’re looking at this backwards.

    An entire continent is covered with Eucalyptus trees. They suck the moisture out of the entire surrounding area and use allelopathy to ensure that most of what’s beneath them is just bare red dust. No animal is making use of them——they have virtually no herbivore predator. A niche is empty. Then inevitably, natural selection fills that niche by creating an animal which can eat Eucalyptus leaves. Of course, it takes great sacrifice for it to be able to do so——it certainly can’t expend much energy on costly things. Isn’t it a good thing that a niche is being filled?

    Koalas are no exception, when their teeth erode down to nothing, they resolve the situation by starving to death

    This applies to all herbivores, because the wild is not a grocery store—where meat is just sitting next to celery.

    Herbivores gradually wear their teeth down—carnivores fracture their teeth, and break their bones in attempting to take down prey.

    They have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any mammal

    It's pretty typical of herbivores, and is higher than many, many species. According to Ashwell (2008), their encephalisation quotient is 0.5288 +/- 0.051. Higher than comparable marsupials like the wombat (0.52), some possums (0.468), cuscus (~0.462) and even some wallabies are <0.5. According to wiki, rabbits are also around 0.4, and they're placental mammals.

    additionally - their brains are smooth. A brain is folded to increase the surface area for neurons.

    Again, this is not unique to koalas. Brain folds (gyri) are not present in rodents, which we consider to be incredibly intelligent for their size.

    If you present a koala with leaves plucked from a branch, laid on a flat surface, the koala will not recognise it as food.

    If you present a human with a random piece of meat, they will not recognise it as food (hopefully). Fresh leaves might be important for koala digestion, especially since their gut flora is clearly important for the digestion of Eucalyptus. It might make sense not to screw with that gut flora by eating decaying leaves.

    Because eucalyptus leaves hold such little nutritional value, koalas have to ferment the leaves in their guts for days on end. Unlike their brains, they have the largest hind gut to body ratio of any mammal.

    That's an extremely weird reason to dislike an animal. But whilst we're talking about their digestion, let's discuss their poop. It's delightful. It smells like a Eucalyptus drop!

    Being mammals, koalas raise their joeys on milk (admittedly, one of the lowest milk yields to body ratio... There's a trend here).

    Marsupial milk is incredibly complex and much more interesting than any placentals. This is because they raise their offspring essentially from an embryo, and the milk needs to adapt to the changing needs of a growing fetus. And yeah, of course the yield is low; at one point they are feeding an animal that is half a gram!

    When the young joey needs to transition from rich, nourishing substances like milk, to eucalyptus (a plant that seems to be making it abundantly clear that it doesn't want to be eaten), it finds it does not have the necessary gut flora to digest the leaves. To remedy this, the young joey begins nuzzling its mother's anus until she leaks a little diarrhoea (actually fecal pap, slightly less digested), which he then proceeds to slurp on. This partially digested plant matter gives him just what he needs to start developing his digestive system.

    Humans probably do this, we just likely do it during childbirth. You know how women often shit during contractions? There is evidence to suggest that this innoculates a baby with her gut flora. A child born via cesarian has significantly different gut flora for the first six months of life than a child born vaginally.

    Of course, he may not even have needed to bother nuzzling his mother. She may have been suffering from incontinence. Why? Because koalas are riddled with chlamydia. In some areas the infection rate is 80% or higher.

    Chlamydia was introduced to their populations by humans. We introduced a novel disease that they have very little immunity to, and is a major contributor to their possible extinction. Do you hate Native Americans because they were killed by smallpox and influenza?

    This statistic isn't helped by the fact that one of the few other activities koalas will spend their precious energy on is rape. Despite being seasonal breeders, males seem to either not know or care, and will simply overpower a female regardless of whether she is ovulating. If she fights back, he may drag them both out of the tree,

    Almost every animal does this.

    which brings us full circle back to the brain: Koalas have a higher than average quantity of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains. This is to protect their brains from injury... should they fall from a tree. An animal so thick it has its own little built in special ed helmet. I fucking hate them.

    Errmmm.. They have protection against falling from a tree, which they spend 99% of their life in? Yeah... That's a stupid adaptation.

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  • Oh yes. ofc. thank you.

  • Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s Italian general-purpose helicopter, with a tip jet driven rotor built by Fiat Aviazione. Only one was built.

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  • What is the most ridiculous conspiracy theory?

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  • Pretty cool chart.

    I feel like Roswell, UFOs, and Area 51 belong in the yellow science denial section. Yes they're commonly held beliefs, but any science person I've seen offer an opinion says there's probably life elsewhere in the galaxy but it doesn't visit Earth.

    I don't think the "moon landing was faked" is here anywhere?

  • Whats the best way to clean up 15 years of stuff around the house?

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  • I'm really sorry. This sounds like a super difficult situation.

    I think there's some good ideas in this thread, but if im brutally honest - its your mum that needs to hear them.

  • Why does postal voting favour the American Democratic Party?

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  • Transport too. For a poor person getting to a specific place on a specific day is a thing. It's probably doable but if it's not a priority... and both sides are the same... and your kid is unwell... and your vote doesn't really make a difference.

    OTOH a postal vote is very achievable.

  • Everything's fine. Nothing to see here.

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  • Yeah.

    Kinda surprised there isn't already a term for submitting / presenting AI slop without reviewing and confirming.

  • Do you reckon more blowjobs are given by straight women, or gay men?

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  • I think any generation can make jokes about their boring sex lives.

  • Storyden: A forum for the modern age.

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  • Some kind of weird WebGL error on their site I've never seen before.

    Doesn't load for me.

    LibreWolf doesn't seem to be offering to activate canvas.

    Oh well.

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    How to request to take over community on lemmy.world ?

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  • Take a look at this post in the fedigrow community:

    https://lemmy.zip/post/40774008

    I think it basically says to post in the support community at lemmy.world

    However, you might get some input and advice from others in fedigrow.

  • What non-American Wikipedia alternatives exist?

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  • I don't think there's anything comprehensive enough to be called an alternative?

    I'm curious as to why you're asking though.

    You can download a dump of wikipedia.

    Kiwix is a project aimed at allowing you to view offline / scraped copies of websites with minimal fuss.

  • Does anyone know an app for storing receipts and tracking warranties for linux?

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  • How many receipts do you have to keep track of?

    I just take photos which sync to immich.