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The one on the right had a bad case of memes.https://t.co/NXj7VYMeeY https://t.co/VJsBFqLyms
We're weaponizing gut parasites to quell locust?2005 https://t.co/zGNtgoib8g …2014 https://t.co/knsXo7tT3X2017 https://t.co/k4mlgftJYW
Sure, locust are bad: https://t.co/dUF1qVZUOFBut maybe destabilizing ecosystems as mass scale by introducing foreign wheat also bad?
"solitary and lonely creature, the desert locust. But just give them a little serotonin, and they go and join a gang https://t.co/AEhk9DezTs
I don't often post memes, but when I do it's because I'm learning about grasshopper poop loops and natural nitrogen cycles. https://t.co/j90990kgOw
"few hours crowding can induce this radical change in behavior, but can we break that down[?]" https://t.co/dwloo5kIZn
Really weird how often serotonin, starvation, and behavior change show up. Also see in ants, bees, humans... https://t.co/SqJQ3942di
TL;DR: Ants get pissy when they're hungry: https://t.co/gJhzemoV6R
"women want to eat babies" => actually that serotonin + dopamine make us seek each other /forage. Food anticipation? https://t.co/P2rJxM6CNU
Oh wow, they poked a locus in the armpit and hit a nerve. https://t.co/coTWoboQw8 https://t.co/BLelTTxfAD
Seems changes on the outside are also expressed in their brains. The large scale epigenetic effects of poking locus.https://t.co/7U0BRW6LW8 https://t.co/LtcAFxZfnm
Humans might have subtle forms, e.g. seasonal affective disorder. But not expressed epigenetic.Memes though...https://t.co/r5kFGYhpQ4 https://t.co/N3JYZBdCnk
Memes, Tulpas? Maybe: A cultures of polyphenistic bees, persisting as patterns of thought in your head. https://t.co/TgC1Lih6hK
"They are nature’s rioting mobs, moving opportunistically [...] without much concern for sustainability." — @vgrhttps://t.co/gwEGTvvrzx https://t.co/uEL54GA1Lp
