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...This warmth acts as a natural incubator for the giant eggs, which span 18 to 20 inches in width and require an extended gestation period of four years.

This unique environment accelerates the development of young Pacific white skates, giving them a vital advantage in the harsh conditions of the deep sea. The interaction between the volcano and marine life demonstrates the profound influence geological features can have on biological processes...

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago

The eggs are from these flappy guys:

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Little sea raviolis.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Is that a dragon larvae? Do you know how long does it take to fully metamorphosize into actual movie-like fancy dragons?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

That is a pacific skate, and that is the adult form!

[-] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago

Yeah I stopped reading once it said that weird pic was AI generated. If you want me to read your science article, don’t throw shitty AI images at me because now I have to think ‘what else did you use AI for?’

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah the whole article including the headline -- "terrifying"?? -- is 98% slop. Depressing.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

The news is cool, but that image is just AI nonsense.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I wish there was a good way to let publications know we feel that way. So they know is that we clicked.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'm surprised they even used it. It doesn't make sense.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Here are a bunch of pics of skate eggs: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Egg_cases_(Chondrichthyes)

And just fyi, this AI enhanced article is referencing an actual thing, but the images n the article are trash and so are some of the inferences. Here is the summary video from the source: https://youtu.be/e9nM7B_d13A

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks! I had so many questions the LLM didn't answer.

The discovery of the skate eggs surrounding the vents (not exactly volcanoes) happened in 2019. More recent was the video of a skate laying eggs.

Great stuff! Unfortunate reporting.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Learn to fuckin learn. Don't use a LLM to do the thinking for you.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

"...thousands of giant eggs from the elusive Pacific white skate."

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

It's so awful that these are harvested for skate boards. Are those sick ollies really worth it?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Who can put a price on being radical?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
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