▲ 80 ▼ Breed back better, or whatever Biden said (mander.xyz) submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lvxferre@mander.xyz 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vacuumfountain@startrek.website 17 points 7 months ago (1 child) If like me you hadn’t heard of mammals turning into anteaters: Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Technus@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago Great source of protein crawling there across the ground, it'd be a shame if someone wasn't there to eat it permalink fedilink source parent [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago What isn't iconic in nature though? Plants also have turned into similar looking herbs and shrubs over and over again. Or look at epiphytes! If there is an available niche it will get filled. And since plants all start with more or less the same basics, they fill it similarly. Evolution likes to repurpose stuff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vacuumfountain@startrek.website 17 points 7 months ago (1 child) If like me you hadn’t heard of mammals turning into anteaters: Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Technus@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago Great source of protein crawling there across the ground, it'd be a shame if someone wasn't there to eat it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago Great source of protein crawling there across the ground, it'd be a shame if someone wasn't there to eat it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago What isn't iconic in nature though? Plants also have turned into similar looking herbs and shrubs over and over again. Or look at epiphytes! If there is an available niche it will get filled. And since plants all start with more or less the same basics, they fill it similarly. Evolution likes to repurpose stuff. permalink fedilink source parent
