Did not realise that also included other crocodiles?
Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke
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_hovi_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
fascicle@leminal.space 3 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
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 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.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think ive heard that they still do prettt well even with missing limbs though
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The meme says “everything”.
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
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!?
BillyClark@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can’t do much ruminating.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If it ain’t broke…
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
…slam it on the water again.
dragonbringerx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure whatever that was is pretty fucking broken now…
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If it ain’t broke…
cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
“Ain’t broke” is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 3 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.
fartographer@lemmy.world 3 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
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Needs more crab
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Thats not… inaccurate.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Can’t iterate on perfection.
Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
These jaws aren’t suited for chewing. They’re suited for tearing.
Toneswirly@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
It must be working, considering the results.
Undearius@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I misread “buttfucking” as “butterfucking”, which I am now going to start using.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 2 weeks ago
The word or activity? Which will you start employing?
Undearius@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Well, it is organic lubricant, I suppose.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Crocodillians are so fucking cool!
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
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nice to know Demo hasn’t died of alcoholism yet. Still waiting on that next video though
Batmancer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Croc = Orcc
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Yeah for real, being that tense while eating can’t be good for your digestive system.
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?
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.
ulterno@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Maybe because anyone else that wants to use that needs to become them.
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.
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!
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Has your test worked out?
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Yes! Result: PieFed > Lemmy