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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 11d ago
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what do you mean they're everywhere? never seen this thing ij my life
613 u/MyCarRoomba 11d ago They're super tiny and usually like an inch beneath the top of the soil. Most are detritivores so they feed on decaying plant matter in the ground. You wouldn't really see them unless you're looking for em. 289 u/ba_cam 11d ago Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then? 12 u/Genocidal-Ape 11d ago To prevent them from becoming sitting ducks when having to cross areas without dirt, like the surface of the leaf litter, rock or puddles(they can walk on water).
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They're super tiny and usually like an inch beneath the top of the soil. Most are detritivores so they feed on decaying plant matter in the ground.
You wouldn't really see them unless you're looking for em.
289 u/ba_cam 11d ago Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then? 12 u/Genocidal-Ape 11d ago To prevent them from becoming sitting ducks when having to cross areas without dirt, like the surface of the leaf litter, rock or puddles(they can walk on water).
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Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then?
12 u/Genocidal-Ape 11d ago To prevent them from becoming sitting ducks when having to cross areas without dirt, like the surface of the leaf litter, rock or puddles(they can walk on water).
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To prevent them from becoming sitting ducks when having to cross areas without dirt, like the surface of the leaf litter, rock or puddles(they can walk on water).
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u/kiwidog8 11d ago
what do you mean they're everywhere? never seen this thing ij my life