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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 
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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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

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

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

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

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

This a no bone zone.

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

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

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

On behalf of the snake: no u

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

So that's the asshole that started it all.

I have a little gift for him:

spoilerjerma-finger

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

so many people are saying this

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] don@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year 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?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Alternatively, Gutsick Gibbon or Forest Valkai

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Honestly a bone head move, great job tikatalik you putz

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

Hey man thats just rude :(

[–] Belzebubulubu@mujico.org 0 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 7 points 1 year 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!

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reject tikataalik who left the water to walk alone on land, accept tiddalik who sucked up the water so all had to walk FrogPog

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Museums Victoria acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations where we work, and First Peoples across Victoria and Australia. No, we aren't giving your land back. But we did want to remind you that we stole it. You're welcome.

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

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

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

All tetrapods share a common ancestor but the land was already teeming with invertebrate life at the time. Take a look at this handy guide to see our lineage. :)

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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/

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

We eat a lot of yogurt.

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

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

Just forwarded it to my sons, spread the awareness!