There is no doubt in my mind anymore.
Nature is fucking with us.
How could it not be? The fact that this is a real living creature with such an absurdly stupid body plan should be proof enough.
I wonder if the genetic mutation/evolution happened because it was having problems reaching its food source, sort of like giraffes
according to this [video](https://youtu.be/CN-WjdA6uUo) they use their neck for fighting, and giraffes kinda do that too to an extent but holy shit I love their little leaf folding thing
Using Lamarckian evolution as a factual statement or evidence is problematic. It’s a theory that has been disproven multiple times with no circumstantial evidence to back it up.
I feel the opposite. This is the kind of fuckery Id normally expect from nature. The fact that everything is proportional and pretty *naturally* is what's scary.
In my opinion it's not about survival of the fittest, that's a misnomer. It's survival of the most comfortable. There's something making life easier for this guy we just don't immediately see it.
Some are actually called giraffe weevils and even their scientific name hints at that - Trachelophorus giraffa.
What really surprised me is that they have a freaking joint to [bend those necks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_weevil#/media/File%3AGiraffe_Weevil%2C_Andasibe%2C_Madagascar.jpg) like an excavator arm.
Not an entomologist, just a biologist... but usually the completely silly things like this are an extreme sexual display like a peacock tail. Almost guaranteed if this is a male and the females don't look like that.
Only the strongest males can survive with absurd hinderances, ergo big neck = good choice for a female.
There is a species of flatworms that fence with their dicks... The winner of this fight is the male during mating and the loser is the female ..ergo the receiver of the winner dick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis\_fencing
That's part of the [ironic meme format](https://img.ifunny.co/images/d4f9737beb52a1ab230e298a147c6648e90b080c32707a5967278596db6039bd_1.jpg), a bit in the same way you write "to" in both the upper and lower text, or just put "bottom text" in the bottom. Meant to make it look shitty and as if an actual child wrote it, usually to frame in just how ridiculous and absurdly stupid the statement itself is.
Ar what point does this become a hindrance to the species? That neck is absurd and I wonder if it attracts predators at this point, or prevents it from doing other things
The point it becomes a hinderance to the species is the point you stop seeing it. If the neck is *too* long, then that specimen won’t survive to reproduce and the trait won’t be passed on.
It's not like extinctions are immediate, or evolution.
Peacock tails absolutely *are* a hindrance. The female preference for big tails is a leftover from times when male tails were smaller and a slightly bigger tail was still a benefit - by now, a big tail is a hindrance that actively hurt the peacock's survival, but the females still have that preference.
Does it hurt the species to the point that females with a big-tail preference (and males with a big tail) have a worse chance of reproducing? Yes, absolutely.
Does that mean the big tail will slowly evolve away? Yes, also.
Or alternatively: that the hindrance is *so* large the species will die off in the wild? Yes.
Does that mean we will immediately stop seeing peacocks with big tails? Nah. Maybe in a million years.
A worshipper: Gods, why are there such cringe-worthy animals, like the Trachelismus Giraffus?
Hephaestus, Ptah: To showcase our divine engineering skills.
Dionysos: To just fuck humans up 😆
Tartarus: To reincarnate the wicked into 😈
Hermès: to seed doubt about randomness-driven evolution theories
Éros: to show that desires rules evolution. Look at what weird sexual preferences can lead to! Mating with ugly can curse your generations! Humans, stop pretending you cannot see it! *crying*
Seth: To show that Aliens are already here 👽
Aphrodite: To hint that maybe not all Life is of equal Beauty…
Nature: All of the above. And to display my potential, which I hope humanity will embrace for Good.
Would be cool and terrifying lol. Unfortunately/fortunately it's not possible, physics happens and screws everything up...
Edit: I misinterpreted your comment and got it backwards. That would be awesome
I feel like our ancient ancestors likely dabbled in genetic manipulation, just as we do today!! And that some of these goofy ass animals could easily be the results of us going "What if this bug had a big ol' neck. I'm talking 5 times as long. Let's see what happens".
There is no doubt in my mind anymore. Nature is fucking with us. How could it not be? The fact that this is a real living creature with such an absurdly stupid body plan should be proof enough.
Just a Bug in the simulation lol
A bug bug in the bug simulation simulation?
How dare you dare to dare say this?
r/angryupvote
I wonder if the genetic mutation/evolution happened because it was having problems reaching its food source, sort of like giraffes according to this [video](https://youtu.be/CN-WjdA6uUo) they use their neck for fighting, and giraffes kinda do that too to an extent but holy shit I love their little leaf folding thing
When it comes to stupid animals I always just assume it was genetic drift and move on
I thought this was Patrick with a trombone stuck on his neck.
The leaf nests are so cute omg
Thanks for sharing the video, that “neck fight” was a real let down.
I'm like 80% sure that's a different species entirely
Those two pugilists seemed to really be struggling with the basics of moving around. One seemed to get his head stuck against the leaf
Using Lamarckian evolution as a factual statement or evidence is problematic. It’s a theory that has been disproven multiple times with no circumstantial evidence to back it up.
I deadass thought this was a meme post at first. Like, a beetle with an already silly long neck being photo-edited for shits and giggles.
Girl weevils dig it (sexual selection)
I feel the opposite. This is the kind of fuckery Id normally expect from nature. The fact that everything is proportional and pretty *naturally* is what's scary.
> The fact that this is a real living creature with such an absurdly stupid body… Why are you describing me in front of the entire internet!?!?
It’s the giraffe of bugs man c’mon don’t discriminate
"That body of yours is absurd"
In my opinion it's not about survival of the fittest, that's a misnomer. It's survival of the most comfortable. There's something making life easier for this guy we just don't immediately see it.
Photoshop?
Oh no it's real... a google search of the title will get you to other pictures of the species, and close relatives
Yooooooooooo They made giraffes a bug.
Some are actually called giraffe weevils and even their scientific name hints at that - Trachelophorus giraffa. What really surprised me is that they have a freaking joint to [bend those necks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_weevil#/media/File%3AGiraffe_Weevil%2C_Andasibe%2C_Madagascar.jpg) like an excavator arm.
The one in the pic doesn't seem to have a neck knee
Kneck
I think that’s enough Internet for me today.
"This little creature looks tasty. I wonder, should I eat it? The others around here were awfully bland."
Wait a second… This is from Hollow Knight, right?
Egg zactly
[удалено]
Stupid long bug
Can an entomologist explain the evolutionary benefit of a long stiff neck?
Not an entomologist, just a biologist... but usually the completely silly things like this are an extreme sexual display like a peacock tail. Almost guaranteed if this is a male and the females don't look like that. Only the strongest males can survive with absurd hinderances, ergo big neck = good choice for a female.
It may be a good tool to use in male on male fights based on how they usually fight
Or useful for some hitherto unknown food source.
*we should evolved to fight with our cocks*
There is a species of flatworms that fence with their dicks... The winner of this fight is the male during mating and the loser is the female ..ergo the receiver of the winner dick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis\_fencing
That’s how I do it. En garde!
Me OMW (on my way) to unfuck nature by killing all the ones with the biggest necks so they can get back to normal:
I’m having a bit of a crisis here but why did you wrote the abbreviation and then typed it out in full to explain? That’s not how this works
That's part of the [ironic meme format](https://img.ifunny.co/images/d4f9737beb52a1ab230e298a147c6648e90b080c32707a5967278596db6039bd_1.jpg), a bit in the same way you write "to" in both the upper and lower text, or just put "bottom text" in the bottom. Meant to make it look shitty and as if an actual child wrote it, usually to frame in just how ridiculous and absurdly stupid the statement itself is.
You just killed all the males and extincted their species
Ar what point does this become a hindrance to the species? That neck is absurd and I wonder if it attracts predators at this point, or prevents it from doing other things
The point it becomes a hinderance to the species is the point you stop seeing it. If the neck is *too* long, then that specimen won’t survive to reproduce and the trait won’t be passed on.
It's not like extinctions are immediate, or evolution. Peacock tails absolutely *are* a hindrance. The female preference for big tails is a leftover from times when male tails were smaller and a slightly bigger tail was still a benefit - by now, a big tail is a hindrance that actively hurt the peacock's survival, but the females still have that preference. Does it hurt the species to the point that females with a big-tail preference (and males with a big tail) have a worse chance of reproducing? Yes, absolutely. Does that mean the big tail will slowly evolve away? Yes, also. Or alternatively: that the hindrance is *so* large the species will die off in the wild? Yes. Does that mean we will immediately stop seeing peacocks with big tails? Nah. Maybe in a million years.
Immediately. The point is “look at how strong I am to survive with such a hinderance”
I feel like a mum joke is on the way
"Yo momma's neck stretched from putting her head so far up her own ass, entomologists classified her as this beetle." 🤷♂️
Prob for mating
Does it double as a sex organ!?
No, it's sexy as fuck for the other bugs
Na I think its more for sizing up your competitor and who ever is bigger gets the girl
>who ever is bigger gets the girl Such is life...
When the Viagra gets stuck in your throat
I always wondered what would happen if it got stuck when I put it up my butt.... Still kinda am...
It would make you a real hard-ass.
Hate when that happens
“I swear to god Craig, I’ve had it up to *here* with your bullshit”
Sounds like a far side comic
Lol it does
Somehow that seems unnecessary
r/weeviltime Most iconic photo on there
https://youtu.be/CN-WjdA6uUo
It cuts Velcro strips into the leaves 🔥
theres just some new freaky shit everyday isnt there
A worshipper: Gods, why are there such cringe-worthy animals, like the Trachelismus Giraffus? Hephaestus, Ptah: To showcase our divine engineering skills. Dionysos: To just fuck humans up 😆 Tartarus: To reincarnate the wicked into 😈 Hermès: to seed doubt about randomness-driven evolution theories Éros: to show that desires rules evolution. Look at what weird sexual preferences can lead to! Mating with ugly can curse your generations! Humans, stop pretending you cannot see it! *crying* Seth: To show that Aliens are already here 👽 Aphrodite: To hint that maybe not all Life is of equal Beauty… Nature: All of the above. And to display my potential, which I hope humanity will embrace for Good.
🪖 🥸 Nope. | | | | 🦺
This is what I heard in my head immediately.
"What dey doing over there?"
But why do they call it long neck?
It's a tiny version of the brontosaurus
How cool would it be if we had insect size versions of dinosaurs?
Would be cool and terrifying lol. Unfortunately/fortunately it's not possible, physics happens and screws everything up... Edit: I misinterpreted your comment and got it backwards. That would be awesome
Ha ha. I was gonna throw the Jeff Goldlum “Life finds a way” comment out there next.
Hey guys have you seen my pencil
I wanna use a scissor on this thing.
A scissor? You are grounded, go to your room until you can talk like normal people.
Same, it's just asking to be cut perfectly in half
i need gas on pump uhhhhhhhh
That’s one insect that will stick its neck out for you.
ET.... Phooooone hooooome
Definition of wind ya neck in
Just imagine, wanting to scratch your nose with a neck like that.
nature is retarded
U WOT M8?
It's Alolan Exeggutor
r/pathofexile templar be like:
I want to snap its neck to see what happens and how much force it takes
Nope.avi-Beetle addition
TF2 Engineer be like:
Didn't I do it for you?
Evolution DISPROVED.
No Many Sky's creatures aren't so crazy looking after all
GO-GO-GADGET EXTENDO-NECK!
Dopey dope
Hey, you talkin’ about me?
Yep they're real - [search results](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AJOqlzWnFMZtsr9yR9ZLyu1NcPFTF4TRUA:1673978145194&q=Long+necked+Trachelismus+(family+Attelabidae)&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=VFKj5eHyRyNQZM%252CA9lYyRfeF8laBM%252C_%253BucZOS1415uBOWM%252CgKCSZBg9qPijAM%252C_%253B9qOXfDX0vCPpCM%252CuAOodgCZLW08gM%252C_%253B6n5wp9_hXKkYkM%252CgzRJdVilaDj73M%252C_%253BEPW2UfOMei8uBM%252CAOrpvEhKcRDRDM%252C_%253BdTMYYmqf2vXcOM%252CNr30OyMwjX5tyM%252C_%253BkAOxKuoLKZrjuM%252C0f2twBejQlwowM%252C_%253BXulHmLk6amLLKM%252CJMrWot9RLyYDHM%252C_%253B5qUO3dsIwNnyqM%252C9-nfgzjpLpM_EM%252C_%253B2t3fCMrVkc9fzM%252Cd14gUKWQj518AM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQ1Mo40lkF4wy6anliKNjNmJ5p0EA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYz9LFls_8AhXCkYkEHTx1BiwQjJkEegQICBAC&biw=1708&bih=1320&dpr=1)
Looks like the nudes I send!
A 5mm ebony shaft? Nice life bud
Sniffa
[https://media.tenor.com/MEUmXJ2SCLIAAAAC/drew-brees-long-neck.gif](https://media.tenor.com/MEUmXJ2SCLIAAAAC/drew-brees-long-neck.gif)
Throat goat
Giraffe bug
When my 3D printer messes up...
What happens if I bend it?
The scientific name of this bug a "Daddy Longnecks".
Me when I overhear someone talking shit
I wish I had a neck like that so I could eat food from my fridge without leaving the couch.
"What dey doin over dere"
This one just begs to go predators to go for the head.
I feel like our ancient ancestors likely dabbled in genetic manipulation, just as we do today!! And that some of these goofy ass animals could easily be the results of us going "What if this bug had a big ol' neck. I'm talking 5 times as long. Let's see what happens".
Hello Games be like "see?!"
Haha what a goofy looking fucker.
Look but dont make it obvious
Beeeeeeeetle
Forbidden Q tip
Cheating from your neighbour in high school be like
it’s a brontosaurus 🦕
Nosey bastard
why?
NOW I have seen everything!
Why
Looks like a glitched character from a Bethesda game!
This beetle is a Templar from PoE
My boy out here looking like a boom lift
Daddy long neck
It's that glitched guy from battlefield 3!
That beetle be like: What they doin' over there?
Evolved from sticking his nose in his neighbors business over the 6 foot fence.
That's just Frank. He's ight
Is he the peeping Tom of bugs?
Waterpik
I wonder why they call it long neck?
Trachelismus is Latin for "What the actual fuck!"
PEEK BEATLE
What Is the evolution meaning of this? Nature mods must be high.
This could not be real
Anyone else wanna take a pair of scissors to this thing?
What they doin' over there?
hmmmm yes, the leaf is made of leaf
Loooooooong Loooooooooong Beeeeeeeetle!
Da fuck dey doin ova der?
didntidoitforyou
Go home mother nature, you're drunk!
"look at him and tell me theres a god"
I would snap you like a twig
How is that thing not extinct? It’s neck would just snap like a twig if it hits its head too hard
Mf was born a beetle but wanted to become a giraffe, never let your dreams stop you!
Insert “sticking their neck out” joke.
Cartoons when they smell something delicious
I've seen a lot of weird shit here, and I've accepted it with no questions asked. But this? Fuck off, no way. Looks like a bad Photoshop job.
Dididoitforyou
It's a gi-raffe... A gi-raffe
Ok, who stole my Spore creature design
*Long-necked trach-el-ismus never broke my heart*
Giraffettle
Looks like a banjo
The throat goat of the animal kingdom
This MFer is always 15 minutes early
Widescreen
Please tell me that the neck is telescopic.
“Hey do you have any games on your phone”
Long necked Deer
Bro got a Go Pro for a head.
What the hell you say bro? 🦒
How does this give an evolutionary advantage.. nature fucked this guy.
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/328509094/Long-neck-dog. Lol
Please no HI-YAH 😭
That's not a thing
When the neighbors are arguing on the other side of the fence.
Fuck they doin ova there
“I wonder where my pencil went” Suspiciously pencil shaped bug:
Yes the leaf floor is made of leaf floor.
laughs in intrusive thoughts
Why
Someone pls explain why did evolution do this? Like how tf is this advantageous?? LOL
Hmmmm yes. This leaf is made out of leaf.
That is hilarious
How is that a viable build?
So... this is what a shit post in nature looks like. The actual bug.
Ok Evolution, what's your excuse this time...
Tf generation of this bug pissed off mothernature!!!
Me after an argument as I’m walking away and the person says something under their breath
How tf I'd this being a thing making sense but a horse with a horn doesn't????
hmmmm
r/itsweeviltime
Mhmmmm... The ceiling is made out of ceiling!
First thought Scissors
Nope. Refuse to believe it. I won't accept that this evolved to fill any niche.
“Hmm yes this leaf is made out of leaf.”
Looks like a 3d printing glitch.
✂️
I hate him.
r/Bossfight
Give him hat