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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 7 hours ago

I've met enough ladies in my time to know some of them would be panicking given any insect larger than a fruit fly. And some men, too.

[–] Varesti@lemmy.zip 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm more afraid of the bugs that inherently understand a success rate.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Then you should avoid ants as they understand basic probabilities in search of optimization.

https://tomrocksmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/the-secret-life-of-ants-liza-smith.pdf

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 9 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Evidently at least some humans find them impressive, to have named them after a mythological hyper-predator.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

And we modeled the most powerful warship in two universes after them!

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Germans be like: Oh, a Libelle 🧚🏼‍♀️