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[–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Guess they are the Trilobites Horseshoe Crabs of plants: Done with evolution.

Edit: mixed that up.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    But trilobites have been extinct for over 250 million years.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I guess that analogy was the coelacanth of lemmy comments. Extinct.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    It wasn't wrong that they're done with evolution, but it doesn't work as an analogy because ginkgos and magnolias still exist. Perhaps they were thinking of the horseshoe crab, which has changed relatively little in 445 million years.

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