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Bees don't have lungs. (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/31/they-survived-fire-and-lead-poisoning-so-what-happened-next-to-notre-dames-bees-aoe

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can't we just un-fish it like we do for other clades when we need to?

"There's an ape in the office!"

"Yes, his name is Tom. More importantly, he is a human being, and we don't refer to them as apes outside of an academic context and even then, only when necessary."

[Tom eats a banana, screams at an intern, and starts picking his nose]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, fuck paraphyletic groups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I meant, can't we just be more specific rather than use paraphyletic grouping?

"What's for dinner?"

"Fish"

"That could mean anything!"

"You know I meant Actinopterygii."

"Still pretty broad."

"Oncorhynchus."

"You know how I feel about trout."

"Ugh. tshawytscha."

"Well, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some commenters here really need to go and come into contact with Eremochloa ophiuroides

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Respectfully, I must disagree. I recommend Poa pratensis, but I admit that this varies based on the USDA plant hardiness zone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I certainly agree that the texture of Poa Pratensis is much more pleasurable. However, being in zone 8 and not wanting to seed my entire lawn every year, I'm more familiar with E. ophiuroides and Zoysia japonica.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That was a way more thorough response than I was expecting.

Also, "zoysia" is a name I haven't heard in a long time. How do you keep it under control?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My yard is surrounded by pine forest, nature does a good job of keeping it from spreading too far. No flower beds, decorative plants in pots.

It's low maintenance and looks good enough for the backyard and I don't have neighbors close enough to complain about rhizomes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Sounds like paradise. Keep living your best life.