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Mushrooms may be much more intelligent than we know.(royalsocietypublishing.org)

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Fungal sentences are slightly more complex than English, slightly less complex than Russian.

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1heCream [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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vegans in shambles

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Commander_Data [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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Jainism is the only truly ethical life path.

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kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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me n my homies getting enlightened and spontaneously photosynthesizing

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Commander_Data [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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That would be cool as shit.

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Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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i’ve actually been wanting to point out the fact that fungi are closer to animals than to plants for a while now, but didn’t wanna bum out the vegans

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BigAssBlueBug [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Eating the fruit bodies usually doesnt fuck with the mushings that badly

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sappho [she/her]@hexbear.net
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Yeah you’re just eating the penises, essentially. They are ejaculating reproductive parts. If there is a conscious part of a fungus, it’s the complex underground mycelium network.

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BigAssBlueBug [they/them]@hexbear.net
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They do yell if the fruit bodies are cut - look up the synth hooked up to mushrooms videos

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