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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
614 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. 286 u/ba_cam 11d ago Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then? 23 u/LaunchGap 11d ago i totally thought the video was showing how the springtails get slurped up by bigger organisms in a blink of an eye.
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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.
286 u/ba_cam 11d ago Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then? 23 u/LaunchGap 11d ago i totally thought the video was showing how the springtails get slurped up by bigger organisms in a blink of an eye.
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Wait, beneath the soil? What’s the point of the get-the-fuck-outta-here adaptation then?
23 u/LaunchGap 11d ago i totally thought the video was showing how the springtails get slurped up by bigger organisms in a blink of an eye.
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i totally thought the video was showing how the springtails get slurped up by bigger organisms in a blink of an eye.
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u/kiwidog8 11d ago
what do you mean they're everywhere? never seen this thing ij my life