Breed back better, or whatever Biden said (lemmy.nz)

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

What makes me lose my sleep:

Trees are extremely iconic and we see a lot of similarities between them, but they're mostly due to convergent evolution. Plants have been growing that stalk independently over and over and over. Crustaceans become crab-like, mammals become ant eaters, and plants become trees. *carcinisation intensifies*

[-] vacuumfountain@startrek.website 17 points 10 months ago

If like me you hadn’t heard of mammals turning into anteaters: Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds

[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

Great source of protein crawling there across the ground, it'd be a shame if someone wasn't there to eat it

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 7 points 10 months ago

What do fungi converge into?

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 16 points 10 months ago

The gods do not concern themselves with convergence

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

My tummy

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago

Truly the peak of evolution

[-] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 2 points 10 months ago

Party animals

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

What isn't iconic in nature though? Plants also have turned into similar looking herbs and shrubs over and over again. Or look at epiphytes! If there is an available niche it will get filled. And since plants all start with more or less the same basics, they fill it similarly. Evolution likes to repurpose stuff.