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[-] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago

So... Millions of years ago, before Pikachu was surprised, we had this fish occupying its niche?

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago

No, millions of years ago we were this fish

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Technically this is the ship of theseus so are we really this fish?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Fish of Theseus

…I’m sorry

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Now? No. Then? Absolutely.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It depends whether you subscribe to the belief of reincarnation. There's always a possibility that you're actually reincarnated from an alien in Andromeda somewhere and the reason why you can't remember anything is because the memory format of the alien physiology is not compatible with human brain.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

the source of all pikachu faces.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Look! The Lobotomite has returned!

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny when looked sideways, but when looked from the front it's two distortion filters away from analog horror.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Horror already without filters. I'm going to see that thing in my nightmares, fuckin hell.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It is cute, isn't it?

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

That is such a shit fish. I love it.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

🎶🎶Sacasacabambambaspapispis🎶🎶 🎶🎶Sacasacabambambsapapispis🎶🎶

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

As a matter of fact, don't let nothin' hold you back. If the Scat Man can do it, brother, so can you!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Catchy. サカサカバンバンバスピスピス ...

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

For some reason reminded me of this

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

The eyes would suggest it's a predator.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or just that it needs to focus on from of itself like filter crabs, or that it needs to see through things like kelp forests or hole enterances.

Given it's size and the extreme binocular vision, it's unlikely to have any ambush predators.

I looked it up, it has bony plates all over it's body and likely a lateral line, so seeing predators directly may have been less necessary. It was also a suction feeder, so likely an active predator of much smaller things. It may have needed good forward vision because it's maneuverability was poor.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's what I thought! I'm too stupid to make anything more of it here for this community though

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

She call me Mr. Boombastic

Sacabambaspis

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Wow. This is epic internet!

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

How does it maneuver without any fins?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

I often wonder that about your mom

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not well. That's why most of its ancestors have fins nowadays

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Don't you mean its descendants?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Prototype fish

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

This fish foresaw that evolution would lead to celebrity news, Return To Office mandates, and oversized utes, and decided it was happy precisely where it was.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Modern fish are often dark on top and light underneath to fool prey/predators but also often colorful. Why do they assume one evolutionary step over the other? That beautiful blimpie belly calls out for decoration!

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Functional changes in coloration are much "easier" (read: more likely) to develop through random mutation than functional changes to complex mechanical structures like bone structure or musculature. Given their predecessors were already under selective pressure by predation for millions of years prior, it's reasonable to assume they'd developed countershading (light bottom, dark top). Plus current agnathans are usually pretty dull.

Edit: oh geez, I misunderstood your message. It totally could have been a rainbow party blimp. That mostly depends on what their habitat was like.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for editing not deleting because TIL!

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Of course! I'm a biologist, I try to use my powers for good.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It has a South Park mouth

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

me when the event

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

"When we shine ze light on it..."

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Zeeky booky doog

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Somethin’ like a fish.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Preschool teacher: draw a happy fish Preschool student:

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda looks like he is about to say "Out of cyan; replace ink cartridge."

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know why but this creature is funny, scary and ridiculous all at once

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

proto whale has an emoji face

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I would love to take one from its natural environment and force it to live in a small aquarium.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh. We evolved from a googley eyed water hamhock.

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