I have been in the pool (build-in pool at ground level) the last few days and I noticed that there are a lot of dead flying insects in there. Or insects that are about to drown. I rarely swim in natural water and when I do, it usually is not that clear to see if it happens there as well. So are threy drowning in natural water as...
Do they drown in natural water? And if not, why do they die in poolwater?
I can answer the 2nd part of the question. Man-made pools have chemicals (chlorine being the main one) introduced to them as a means of stopping or slowing plants and fungus growing in them. These chemicals aren't just harmful to plants and fungus, but to all life. We (and larger animals) are OK because there are just enough chemicals to stop plant and fungus growth, but if we drank the pool water we would get very sick. Insects, being as small as they are, are affected by these chemicals and die quickly if they do not leave the pool in time.
I do not know if these chemicals also somehow alter the surface tension of the water and therefore makes it harder for insects to leave, or makes it easier for them to get stuck in it. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can chime in.
The 1 rule of this community is to post something, anything, before you leave. So posters will say "rule" as a means of saying "I am following the rule". Some will also write a little something followed by "rule" to make thier post a bit more interesting. This also happened on the reddit version of this community.
I wasn't around for it, but I understand that Digg was the "it" place until they did something dumb, and then reddit was flooded with Digg refugees. It seems like history is repeating itself, or at least rhyming.
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Do flying insects drown in natural water or only in pools? (k.fe.derate.me)
I have been in the pool (build-in pool at ground level) the last few days and I noticed that there are a lot of dead flying insects in there. Or insects that are about to drown. I rarely swim in natural water and when I do, it usually is not that clear to see if it happens there as well. So are threy drowning in natural water as...
I dunno what the fuck to post, also rule (lemmy.world)
What happened when people switched to reddit?
I was around at the time, but I went from /. and/or forums to nothing to reddit. I was also about 5-7 years late to reddit...
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