The Intelligence Of Survival Mega-Thread

[Eren Eeager]

you won't believe how artistic this fish is, just to attract females

 

[Leo Gura]

@Eren Eeager That's one hell of an honest signal.

[Extreme Z7]

14 hours ago, Eren Eeager said:

you won't believe how artistic this fish is, just to attract females

 

Creatively lazy humans topple in shame.

[Tim R]

 

I can't quite believe that this hasn't shown up yet in this thread.

This organism does not have a single neuron and yet, it re-designed the subway system of Tokyo more efficiently than it is currently designed.

I'm a german biologist and it really bothers me that so many scientists still don't want to accept the fact that this slime  mold is pretty damn smart, tough it has no brain. The mind does not require a brain. That's a tough swallow for them.

Edited August 9, 2020 by Tim R

[Adam M]

Skip to 33:20 for an amazing depiction of how the Alcon Blue Caterpillars trick ant colonies into feeding them for years. Stunning footage! This series "Our Planet" on Netflix is superb!

[Osaid]

 

[Tim R]

WOW

[mmKay]

If that isn't a proof for aliens right under our nose i dont know what is lol. 

( Yeah, another Kurzgesagt vid, but damn) 

[Bittu]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

TLDR: Mental Hospitals are very abusive. Related to survival of pharmaceutical companies and materials paradigms of reality.

 

[Alex bAlex]

 

[Carl-Richard]

Wolf lets the dog chase him, pretending to be scared and lures him away from the owner, and then it turns around and attacks

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[DefinitelyNotARobot]

On 7/20/2020 at 4:15 AM, Leo Gura said:

Devil bird!

You've witnessed the devil bird, now prepare for the devil wasp!

This wasp stings its prey with incredible precision directly into its brain, disabling the fight-or-flight reflexes. It then drags the cockroach into a small hole, lays its egg on top of the cockroach and seals the hole with small rocks and wooden chunks. The cockroach is then eaten alive from the inside out...

Ouch...

It's horrific yet intriguingly beautiful!

Here are a few more mind controlling, parasitic lifeforms:

Let's take a moment to appreciate not being one of those insects.. 

Edited September 17, 2020 by DefinitelyNotARobot

[Matt23]

Beautiful.  Felt that heart-love when the meerkat risked its life trying to protect it's clan.  As well as when the clan came and helped the solo meerkat. 

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by Matt23

[Thewritersunion]

interesting. 

[mmKay]

 

[UNZARI]

apparently the kangaroo doesn’t fight back because it only picks fights with worthy opponents. insane how he’s just holding the guys dog hostage lmao

[Scholar]

Fascinating, it's like they have a peace treaty amongst each other.

[PepperBlossoms]

I have watched two youtubers discuss survival in relation to variety.  By variety, I mean number of configurations.  

One view - people start dying when they stop growing (stop adding more variety; keep the number of configurations the same or even decreased)

Another view - we resist change in order to survive (Leo video- (I didn't watch it all yet though)) (we keep the variety and number of configurations the same; we reject new variety/configurations)

I would say that there could be a trend of increasing, decreasing, or keeping the amount of configurations the same could which allow for an increased or decreased life duration - however, it does not necessarily EQUAL increased or decreased life duration.

The number of configurations is constantly changing all the time.  How we respond and interact with those configurations is not necessarily based on the quantity.

However, I can see that the more configurations there are, the longer it may take to fully observe/identify/learn/understand all of the existing ones before any adaptation/creation could be thrown in the mix.

[Raphael]

I didn't watched it yet, but I think that this video qualifies for this thread.

 

[mmKay]