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TranscriptionA series of Tumblr posts. The first on is by avagarde and it reads “It's so unfair i don't get to see where evolution will go in 50 million years.” geekysteven responds with “crab.” The last post is by Existentialmemes and it reads Crustaceans: Crab, Mammals: Weasel, Plants: Tree, Amphibians & Reptiles: Unchanged because they are perfect, Birds: 360° around back to dinosaurs, Fungi: I shan't speculate on the affairs of gods.”

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ungulates - Even MORE stomachs.

Cetaceans - why not even bigger?

Cephalopods - Starships and philosophy and tragic poems about how short life is.

Bivalves - even less brain, brain make feel bad, brain bad

Felines - Find and domesticate the nearest dominant life form

Murmurations of birds and schooling fish - Horrifyingly surreal swarm intelligences that can take the shape of things like pointing fingers and signs to communicate or a big pair of cartoon scissors that chase you.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Platypuses - Now have added echolocation, flight, extra limbs, and bioluminescence. Too many skill points to spend, no build guide.

Kiwi birds - Will have finally switched places, now they are large eggs that give birth to a smaller bird.

Armadillos - Form a union with pillbugs and turtles, finally get better pay and benefits.

Golden Retrievers - No change to perfection, now the dominant life form.

Giraffes - Short necks and really long legs.

Daddy Longlegs - Surprisingly, develop more balanced proportions and are called "Paternal Medium Legs" but are still quite horrifying and love to hide under your bed.

Zebra - More tasteful patterns, like a nice vellum eggshell with fine, elegant pinstripes and a watermark with floral trim.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But will sharks be large fish exactly like the ones now, or smaller fish exactly like the ones now?

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Somehow crocodiles will make little to no changes.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Octopuses will probably be flying at some point fyi. If they choose to.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I fear the millennium where octopuses figure out how to not die during child rearing.

If those smart motherfuckers ever figure out how to pass on knowledge, humans might get a run for their money.

Thar would be a Children of time knockoff.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Anteaters also seem pretty popular with mammalian evolution.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Echo location ant eaters

Until the ants evolve into anteatereaters it's the smart play, free protein all day

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 2 days ago

Can't blame 'em tbh

[–] gergolippai@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm upvoting, but in the end, it's cocroach.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Tardigrade would laugh derisively but it's having a little 1,000 year snooze. In space.

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s part of the joke because birds are already dinosaurs

[–] Dalvoron@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

I took it as meaning birds are currently at 180 from dinosaurs and a further 180 will return them to dinosaur status, completing the full 360.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Can't believe the mistake in this one - Fungi are the gods.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Only unfair if your not gonna be 70 billion years old, boom gottem.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I've also heard kangaroo