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Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by mettamage » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC

enjrolas wrote: post #6

I did a bit of searching, and couldn't find a single timelapse of glacier mice movement. Time for a trip to the mountains with some cameras!

Volunteering as a potential random travel buddy here. I’m not sure if I have the time but let’s see if we can figure something out if you are potentially up for it. My email is in profile

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by BenFranklin100 » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC

jameshart wrote: post #20

Huh > they have been observed in Alaska, Chile, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Uganda and Venezuela Well, today I learned, Venezuela has glaciers. Then I googled that, and… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/... And so today I learned, Venezuela used to have glaciers.

We need to go nuclear with the newer type of plants. Built at scale, they are cost effective. Otherwise we are cooked, perhaps quite literally.

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by grvbck » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

davidjade wrote: post #11

glimshe wrote: post #2

TIL. Life never ceases to amaze.

Wait until you hear about Ice Worms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_worm

Thanks to your comment TIL that snow algae is a thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_algae

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by throwaway173738 » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

NuclearPM wrote: post #17

nannal wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use the same argument with dog meat.

Dogs are bugs?

I think you’ll find that words have definitions that can be changed.

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by noncovalence » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC

Always love seeing a link to wikipedia.org on the front page. Pretty much guaranteed to make me go "oh, neat" :)

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by sooperT » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC

Dunno about you, but I was really hoping to see mice not moss :/

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by hrldcpr » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC

noncovalence wrote: post #25

Always love seeing a link to wikipedia.org on the front page. Pretty much guaranteed to make me go "oh, neat " :)

Agreed. I would follow a bluesky/mastodon/rss thing that shares every time a Wikipedia article hits the front page.

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by halflife » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

nannal wrote: post #13

sanex wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's ok they're just bugs

I use the same argument with dog meat.

You managed to talk with the dog from fallout 1?

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by hammock » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC

jameshart wrote: post #20

Huh > they have been observed in Alaska, Chile, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Uganda and Venezuela Well, today I learned, Venezuela has glaciers. Then I googled that, and… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/... And so today I learned, Venezuela used to have glaciers.

Interestingly, the US has ADDED a glacier in the last 30 years, that of Mount St Helens, which was able to form after the explosion in 1980. It is the youngest glacier on earth

Re: Glacier Mice

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Post by the_gipsy » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

throwaway173738 wrote: post #24

NuclearPM wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dogs are bugs?

I think you’ll find that words have definitions that can be changed.

    #define bug dog