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minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agofungi are conceptually lovecraftian horrors but in practice they’re basically just strange plants, and i find that neat.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days ago they’re basically just strange plants Actually they’re closer to strange animals, which just reinforces just how neat they are!
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoi know. The dichotomy is between the knowledge that they’re closer to animals than anything else, yet they don’t behave anything like animals and they permeate basically every part of the earth.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago Permeate basically every part of the earth. And perhaps beyond!
fungi are conceptually lovecraftian horrors but in practice they’re basically just strange plants, and i find that neat.
Actually they’re closer to strange animals, which just reinforces just how neat they are!
i know.
The dichotomy is between the knowledge that they’re closer to animals than anything else, yet they don’t behave anything like animals and they permeate basically every part of the earth.
And perhaps beyond!