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[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t have much to say except why did they censor “fuck” and why did they spell it like the band and not the bug?

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not like they had the name available to them when they made the meme. It's not like they could just look at the words they were referencing to see the proper way to spell it.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah if they had that perhaps they wouldn’t look so foolish. Alas…

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It actually means di-aboly, as in having two abolies. An aboly is an organ exclusively found in beetles that regulates certain hormoes.

And it's called ironclad because they are well known for manufacturing and wearing suits of armor.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is a ridiculous and baseless accusation that just by chance happens to be true

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Best I could find, it might have to do with how difficult they are to pin in an insect collection

Apparently you need a drill to get through the shell XD

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Both the name and an appearance could be something of a Dark Souls boss. Or Hollow Knight

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

beatle

Sad McCartney noises

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Laughs in Ringo Starr

[–] No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hardest exoskeleton of any known insect (researchers drove their Toyota over one of them, and it survived)

And an abnormal long lifespan for a beetle.

Intresting little critters

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unravel-secrets-diabolical-ironclad-beetles-near-unsquishable-strength-180976113/

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Holy cow they live up to eight years!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Who the fuck keeps censoring curse words on Lemmy? Stop that!

He looks and sounds like a dark souls boss

[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh! These are so cute. I keep another type of ironclad beetle, the more commonly known Blue Death Feigning Beetle.

https://ibb.co/5W2pK0x

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Something diabolic, then refused to die?