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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 56 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Hate that fucker! Because of him i have to go to work every day!

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they invent the backwards time machine I'm gonna go kick this fucker back in the ocean. I could be eating thousands of brine shrimp right now.

[–] kadotux@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: If it weren't for this mf, we'd all be working underwater!

[–] yuriy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah dolphins seem pretty happy. Though idk the ocean is scary

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

This a no bone zone.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The image looks like our distant ancestor there is crawling in from another dimension, the way the water still encloses its body so high up... or at least like it portaled over from a deep ocean part of the ocean floor.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

and one eye looks like its on top of the head.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the artist just screwed it up, but there's a snake species that really does have eyes positioned like that, on top of its head. Arabian sand boa:

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

That snake looks dumb as hell. Evolution really fucked with them. It looks like a puppet made by a child when you just describe a snake and they've never seen one.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unless that snake is endangered it is doing just fine and is adapted over millennia to be built that way and thus live it's best life

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Yup, it's so it can hide under the sand and still see prey.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

On behalf of the snake: no u

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hot take, it wasn't well adapted and that's why it's not around anymore. Trash animal

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yo homie that's my great-great-great-...-great-grandpa that you're talking about

[–] don@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

Also true of ~75% of plant and animal species that didn’t survive the Chicxulub impact about 66 million years ago. I mean, if you can’t survive an extinction-level event, tf are you even good for?

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Honestly a bone head move, great job tikatalik you putz

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 7 points 5 months ago

If he doesn't do "I'm a half tetrapod half fish. Of course I...." snippets with half-hearted throwaway jokes he can go extinct for all I care!

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] titaalik@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey man thats just rude :(

[–] Belzebubulubu@mujico.org 0 points 5 months ago

He deserves it! I have to work 10 hours a day minimum wage because he went into land >:(

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

I do not know about you guys, but you know, this issue keeps me awake at nights.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like kids these days need to watch more LindsayNikole videos.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Alternatively, Gutsick Gibbon or Forest Valkai

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie it feels a bit strange that my great great great grandpa was a fish.

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

5 generations to fish. It seems your family reproduces once every 75 million years on average.

That feels higher than usual for humans/fish.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

We eat a lot of yogurt.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does all land vertebrates come from the same ancestor? I found surprising that only one species were trying to colonize the land.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I think this was specific to tetrapods, though I don't know if there are any land vertebrates that aren't descendants of tetrapods.

https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-origin-of-tetrapods/

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a great metal album about it, Charlie Griffiths - Tiktaalika

Just forwarded it to my sons, spread the awareness!