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minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·1 day agoSo what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?
minus-squarepsmgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoBone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.
minus-squareZiglin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoIt’s still pretty rare though.
minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 day agoYes but they are insects so it’s pretty cool Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it’s prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoYeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don’t make the rules
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoHunting giant insects back in the day would be terrifying, but exoskeleton armor would be bad ass.
So what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?
Bone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.
It’s still pretty rare though.
Yes but they are insects so it’s pretty cool
Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it’s prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.
Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don’t make the rules
Hunting giant insects back in the day would be terrifying, but exoskeleton armor would be bad ass.