this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
488 points (98.8% liked)

Science Memes

18162 readers
550 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Beacon@fedia.io 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolute win. Biggest animal in earth's history, top of the food chain with zero predators side from humans, travel over practically the entire globe.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago

side from humans

RIP

[–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't orcas prey on them when they're young?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Yes, they do, but only humans are the real danger for the species.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago
[–] 7toed@midwest.social 29 points 1 week ago

I thought you said shrimps! Not krill! By god what have you done to yourself??

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

most profitable evolutionary u-turn ever

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Until the whaling boats at least.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The current age is not a good time to be megafauna, but smaller species are also going extinct by the thousands!

[–] BottleCaptain@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

Not the sort of equality I am after.

[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

This reads like a burialgoods bit.