I fully believe in human-catalyzed climate change and I think we need to take immediate collective action to slow/stop the changes we are inducing. That being said, the earth is certainly not becoming inhospitable, the balance is just shifting.

The term for the defensive curling-up behavior is “conglobating”

That’s totally fair. Ive never owned a pair since there isnt really a reason if you dont need prescription glasses so I didnt realize they could wear out so fast, but the concept and material science is really cool nonetheless

On an only semi-related note, photochromics are super dope and are definitely one of those technologies that make me feel like I’m living in the cool future we were promised.

That’s so much mayo lol

What is the orange stuff at the top middle and what’s the chopped stuff on the bottom right?

Seriously, I need this bad. I’m about to get a rikshaw instead

Lol luckily they are usually only between 2 & 8 millimeters long so they couldnt harm you even if they wanted to

I believe they are (at least one of) the only animals that have venom injecting claws.

Hey! That’s not nice. It’s true, but it’s not nice.