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minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·2 days agoSo what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?
minus-squarepsmgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoBone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.
minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days 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-up27·2 days agoYeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don’t make the rules
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days 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.
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.
It’s still pretty rare though.