• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Fun fact, turns out they only decapitate mates while under stress from the environment, which includes being observed apparently.

    For decades, Researchers thought it was the default behavior and were wrong, they were in fact causing it. Feels bad.

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      Wait…is someone watching us?

      Nooooooooo, nonono, absolutely not. Trust me honey I have very good eyesight and I can’t seAAAAAAHHHHH

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      Funny how this and the alpha wolf research are both extremely popular, but are actually just bad science.