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[–] Lurkinney@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Convergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it's ceaselessly fascinating

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

but also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.

Also like shrimp to fairies

[–] Azuth@lemmy.today 16 points 1 year ago

And lobsters are scorpion mermaids.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

While nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…

[–] Soku@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy and cute like these moths and bumblebees are.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Be careful of the monkey's paw.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it us, or it that's messed up?

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!