How many times have they evolved into grass eaters?
So if it's not crabs (carcinization), I guess it'll be anteaters?
Submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not aware of any ant-eaters evolving to eat grass
BussyGyatt@feddit.org 2 months ago
Everyone is bighype about carcinization- crablike this, convergent evolutionary pressures that- nobody ever mentions arborification. Did you know that ‘trees’ evolved independently dozens of times? Trees and crabs, that’s what we’ll find on alien planets I tells ya.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If everything evolves into crabs eventually, wouldn’t the next step of evolution be crab-eaters?
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The apex crab-eaters would slowly evolve to be more crab-like.
MTK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I can only imagine the frustration of early anteaters as they have to leave most of the ants because they didn’t evolve long tongues yet.
Like trying to get the last pringles with your hand
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s the easy way out. Ants are always plentiful.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Why does this graph look like the Death Star?
isgleas@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 months ago
Good ol’ vermilingualization
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Hear me out - a crab shaped anteater