*knife splits entire scene*
"...and it IS cake!!"
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2025
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but the cake isn't edible
I'm pretty sure none of those cakes are.
I'm a bot
“You’re not supposed to be here!”
“You neither”
When a spider that's white eats a big flower fly, that's amore.
Crab spider and hover fly for those curious
Hover flies are pretty cool to watch. I get them a lot on the flowers of my luffa.
Luffa deeznuts!
I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me, I apologise, it will happen again.
Why is the fly masquerading as a wasp? I’m curious.
(Sorry if this was a joke that went over my head and not an earnest question)
Afaik its a strategy to scare off predators. The general idea goes like... predators dont want to get stung --> predators less likely to eat wasps --> fly pretends to be wasp --> predator less likely to eat fly for fear of being stung. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry here is a Wikipedia page if you feel like reading a much better longer description written by people who know a whole shitload more about biology than I do.
Oh that makes sense. Thanks.
He doesn't feel safe in his own skin
Plot twist, they're actually terrifying predators and he's wearing a wasp's skin
Spider giving Borderlands vibes
Dat cell shading 👌
Borderlands is actually not cel shaded. It uses outlines and comic-like textures but regular shading.
They're dudes playing the dude, disguised as another dude!
that's amoreeee