Jellyfish, which are older than bones and eyes: “pathetic”
peak fitness
Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com to science_memes@mander.xyz
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einlander@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Is this why we’re trying boil the oceans and make them toxic?
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Only way to beat primordial horrors beyond our comprehension
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Deeper than the mountains… older than the trees…?
John Denver was singing about sharks?
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s hard to fathom the cultural sensation that was Jaws and the deep effect it had on Denver.
regdog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This statement does not make sense. If they only survived 4 out of 5 extinction events then there should be no more sharks alive today.
scholar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They weren’t around yet during the first one
regdog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
OK, I think I get it now. But it sounds a bit confusing. If you are listing events that sharks were not present for, then you might as well say something like Sharks survived the Big Bang
double_quack@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Older than Saturn’s rings!
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 days ago
To clarify, “older than trees” doesn’t mean older than currently living trees. It means older than the very first trees. As in, before plants figured out how to grow wood.
huf@hexbear.net 2 days ago
pff, that’s nothing. how many have they caused?
cos we’ve been around only a few million years and we’ve already caused one
woodenghost@hexbear.net 2 days ago
Older than the star Polaris.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 days ago
gym shark
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 days ago
And even older than Polaris, the north star. It’s only 70 million years old.
lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Also older than the rings of Saturn
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Well, Polaris is made up of three stars and only one of them is estimated to be younger than sharks. Still cool, though.