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I love bridges. If I see a cool looking bridge, I want to cross it, especially if it goes somewhere that I'm not familiar with. Same with stairs outdoors. They feel like an adventure to me.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dragonflies! They're so cool. Their wings are amazing and it's like they're nature's small attack helicopters. The body is colorful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: Dragonflies are natures most successful hunter, with a kill rate of over 95%.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I saw two dragonflies on top of each other and my girlfriend goes "it's killing it!" and I am like "nah that's probably them having sex"... I look over and the dragonfly is probably 35% done eating the other dragonfly head. Gf was definitely right on that one...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Gives the term "giving head" a whole new meaning

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I know, right? They're awesome!

I'm just happy not to live in a world with dragonflies any larger. Dragonflies the size of a rat would probably be dangerous for most pets, and by the size of a cat you'd be waking up with a dragonfly eating your arm.

At this scale though they're just awesome. I have some wetland on my property, so it's quite often in the summer, that I'll drop what I'm doing and just wander off after a dragonfly.