I started out as a fish, how did it end up like this?
back to the ocean we go
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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problematicPanther@lemmy.world 5 months ago
borth@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I was only a fish… i was only a fish!! 🎶🎵
vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I was only a fish, now, watch me take a breath now, here we go
My need for air is killing me, and taking control…
_____@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Don’t cry, I am just a fish !
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 months ago
We must go back
Zron@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We must return to the ocean.
Accept the crab form, embrace it and all the limbs we shall gain.
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Probably wrong here but if the divergence happened before gills were formed then we both evolved secondary jaws for different purposes
Also those structures seem to take up an awfully big part of the embryo if they’re going to just become the hyoid and jaw, is there a more in between shot of the embryo developing?
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
And now my anxiety disorder uses of all of them to gradually destroy my temporomandibular joint. Thanks, evolution!
Soup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Our inner ears used to be part of the more complex jaws of something before us, if I remember correctly. I think there’s an arrow on the image showing it. Real cool.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
Ocean Man, take me by the hand lead me to the land,
That you understand
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 5 months ago
OCeeean MAAAan.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 months ago
Why is the shark embryo adorable and ours is not?
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 5 months ago
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
that turtle one is cool
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 5 months ago
Because we are ugly, mutant fish.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ugly, ugly giant bags of mostly water.
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Baby humans are adorable though. Baby sharks on the other hand…
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 months ago
Doo do doo dododoo.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Please babe! I can change! Here’s proof!
uberfreeza@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is something that gets examined pretty well in Your Inner Fish, particularly in the chapter named Your Inner Shark. It analyzes how the embryo develops and how the embryos are very similar to start.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Check out the username of the original post
uberfreeza@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s why I mention it!
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Kind of a shame that our fish ancestors didn’t have more gills. I wonder what we’re missing. I mean, we’re obviously missing something, right?
ma1w4re@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Mafia be like: “back to the ocean you go”
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sleep wit da fishes ya bum
HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I was going to say that I have an awesome book about this stuff, and then I saw the author of the post is the author of that book. The book is called “Your Inner Fish” and it is EXCELLENT.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
They made a TV show out of it on PBS!
www.pbs.org/your-inner-fish/
HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Excuse me, what?! Going to have to check that out ASAP.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
aaaaaaaaaand… straight on the pile.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Ditto. 😄
delgato@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The intro paleontology class I took had this for mandatory reading, definitely one of my favorite non-fiction books.