Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke

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• testaccount372920@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Alternatively, if it has worked for tens of millions of years, then why is no one else doing it?

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because they already are and no one seems to be able to stop them.

    Can’t out croc the croc.

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  • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe because anyone else that wants to use that needs to become them.

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  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because they were able to survive without doing it.

    Though iirc some birds of prey do the sky version of this. Or maybe the cliff version.

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    • testaccount372920@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I love how there’s multiple species of birds that like to drop stuff from far up to break it open. Fucking chuck it!

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Has your test worked out?

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    • testaccount372920@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes! Result: PieFed > Lemmy

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• _hovi_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did not realise that also included other crocodiles?

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  • fascicle@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Chomp first ask questions later.

    I remember feeling really sad watching some nature show and they mentioned how they just bite whatever touches their mouth and sure enough it bumped into another croc floating next to it and it bit and spun off the other crocs leg

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    • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know exactly the video you’re taking about and it reminds me of something that I find mind-blowing. Just like crocodilians, sharks haven’t evolved much in millions of years. But there can be a seemingly chaotic and fast paced feeding frenzy with a dozen sharks all competing to grab a bite of something and somehow they don’t bite each other. How they manage to do that amazes me.

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    • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      youtu.be/p4VThh9frOo

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    • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think ive heard that they still do prettt well even with missing limbs though

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The meme says “everything”.

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• anzo@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reptilian muscles fatigue waaay faster than mammalian’s. That’s probably the reason why chewing doesn’t work for them. Also, the white muscle from reptiles is very good at giving explosive force, which is exactly what they are doing instead…

  This is a physiological difference given their evolution. I remember it from college. Biologist here.

  And . the same applies to why we can’t catch lizards, they are so fast… Right?.. until they aren’t. The trick to catch them is to make them run a little ;p

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, the white muscle from reptiles is very good at giving explosive force

    Why do we need to bring race into everything!?

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• BillyClark@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can’t do much ruminating.

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it ain’t broke…

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  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …slam it on the water again.

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  • dragonbringerx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure whatever that was is pretty fucking broken now…

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• FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it ain’t broke…

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  • cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Ain’t broke” is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.

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    • AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Ain’t broke” is a lot better of a description than “fittest”.

      Evolution selects for the first thing that happens to work. It’ doesn’t have to work particularly well, only well enough to not die from it.

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    • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Me: Choking on a bone

      My dinner guests: stunned after I bit into the whole Thanksgiving turkey and slammed my face into the table

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    • very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Needs more crab

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• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thats not… inaccurate.

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• TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can’t iterate on perfection.

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• Chais@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  These jaws aren’t suited for chewing. They’re suited for tearing.

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• Toneswirly@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It must be working, considering the results.

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• Undearius@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I misread “buttfucking” as “butterfucking”, which I am now going to start using.

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  • HowAbt2day@futurology.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The word or activity? Which will you start employing?

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    • Undearius@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, it is organic lubricant, I suppose.

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• Godric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Crocodillians are so fucking cool!

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• SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And now I just imagine them as wrestlers suplexing their meals.

  A croc themed beat em up game would be fuckin hilarious

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• Thatuserguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nice to know Demo hasn’t died of alcoholism yet. Still waiting on that next video though

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• Batmancer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Croc = Orcc

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• FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah for real, being that tense while eating can’t be good for your digestive system.

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