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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Fun fact: every species on earth has been evolving for the same amount of time. Assuming that life wasn't spontaneously generated multiple times on planet Earth, which seems relatively unlikely.

For some reason, I feel oddly defensive about the whale being insulted. Suck on that you stupid marine biologist, you should understand evolution more better.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, maybe he refers to the branch with the greatest common ancestor of us and whales. So our branch of evolution can have mating calls 100KM rather than their branch with measly 80KM

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah I guess, but that doesn't really help. Humans already killed most of the whales so rubbing in our technological superiority is quite gauche.

You never know if whales are going to get revenge for this kind of stuff someday 😅

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The revolution has begun, brother. Join the deep dive brotherhood today!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Unless the nuclear war and global warming kill off 99.999% of us, making our infrastructure unsustainable, then our mating call goes back down to a fraction of a kilometer. Whales: 1, humans: 0.

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