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Moths in slow motion [video]

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Re: Moths in slow motion [video]

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Post by headsoup »

Those ant lab slo-mo videos are awesome. Can't say I haven't binged a few times on them on YouTube (lockjaw ants, springtails, Etc).

A lot of the insects do look completely silly taking off though, sometimes like they're a marionette! But fascinating.

Re: Moths in slow motion [video]

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Post by seoulmetro »

hbn wrote: post #14

I don't know what it is, but I get a weird, visceral, wincing reaction seeing bugs up close like this. Bugs are a real weakness for me. I don't get put off by blood at all. I can handle (and in fact enjoy) gore in movies, horror movies, etc. But man, I don't know what it is with insects. Their tiny spindly legs, weird beady eyes, the wings, their hair, their antennae. Can't stand looking at it. Fascinating creatures,…

I get the same thing with any form of biological 'inside', but outsides I"m usually fine with. Hand drawn depiction of how nasal cavities work? Eugh, dizziness and instant relation to my own gaping head.

Bug shots, bug squishing, blood in movies? Squished brain etc.? All good to most degrees.

I pass out during 2D animation demonstrations on how bodies work.

I pass out during nasal allergy tests. I can't imagine how I'll go with a covid test.... pass out most likely.

Re: Moths in slow motion [video]

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Post by ajuc »

gamerDude wrote: post #17

This made me feel so much better about moths. With the video so close up they looked super cute and snuggly. Something I have never associated with a moth before. Secondly, I found it pretty cool to see how their flight wasn't as controlled as I had thought of. It looked like a bit of a mess on take off. Again, just disarmed me from the moths I've grown to despise flying around the house. Very cool to see them from a…

> I found it pretty cool to see how their flight wasn't as controlled as I had thought of.

In Polish the word for butterfly is "motyl" which comes from "motać" = to move around randomly, to struggle or to move in circles :)

BTW I always found it suspicious that "moth" is so similar to "motyl" yet it's apparently unrelated.

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Post by ioulian »

hbn wrote: post #14

I don't know what it is, but I get a weird, visceral, wincing reaction seeing bugs up close like this. Bugs are a real weakness for me. I don't get put off by blood at all. I can handle (and in fact enjoy) gore in movies, horror movies, etc. But man, I don't know what it is with insects. Their tiny spindly legs, weird beady eyes, the wings, their hair, their antennae. Can't stand looking at it. Fascinating creatures,…

When I was young, I was also afraid of insects, especially flying ones. But I've read somewhere that you are afraid of animals if you don't see what they are thinking. Take for example dogs or cats, you can easily see what they are "thinking", by their movement, ears, tails...

Insects are so small that you can't see that, you don't know where they are looking, or if they are afraid or not.

Looking at macro photography of insects, you can see how they are build and the spiders (especially the jumping spiders) are quite cute. Knowing how they look and their behavioural patterns, and just reading more about them, allowed me to be less afraid of them.

Now I don't know if that is "scientifically correct", but it helped me.

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Post by mhh__ »

hbn wrote: post #14

I don't know what it is, but I get a weird, visceral, wincing reaction seeing bugs up close like this. Bugs are a real weakness for me. I don't get put off by blood at all. I can handle (and in fact enjoy) gore in movies, horror movies, etc. But man, I don't know what it is with insects. Their tiny spindly legs, weird beady eyes, the wings, their hair, their antennae. Can't stand looking at it. Fascinating creatures,…

That sounds like the caveman instincts kicking in.
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