• OtterEnglish
      210·
      9 months ago

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

      Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as “the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab”.

      Pretty neat

    • HipsterTenZero
      10·
      9 months ago

      reject modernity, return to monkey. Reject monkey, advance to crab.

    • Clbull
      10·
      9 months ago

      The moth transformation occurs when the cocoon is near a lamp.

  • mizzyc
    580·
    9 months ago

    For sure guinea pigs would evolve into capybaras

    • max
      10·
      9 months ago

      And hamsters into guinea pigs.

  • FrickAndMortar
    340·
    9 months ago

    Lemming > Chihuahua > Honey Badger

    Just angrier and angrier all the way through

    • ripcord
      70·
      9 months ago

      Aren’t shrimp and prawn already the exact same thing?

      Like mountain lions and cougars.

      • Fondots
        110·
        9 months ago9 months ago

        Shrimp vs prawn is colloquial, not a scientific classification, so it varies from place to place and person to person, and depending on the specific animal we’re talking about, but in general

        The ones we call shrimp tend to:

        • Live in salt water
        • Be smaller
        • Have curled bodies
        • Belong to the sub-order pleocytema
        • Have plate-like girls * gills*

        And the ones we call prawns tend to:

        • Live in fresh water
        • Be larger
        • Have straight bodies
        • Helong to the sub-order dendrobranghiata
        • Have branching hills gills
          • Fondots
            40·
            9 months ago9 months ago

            The organs that aquatic creatures use to breathe

            Edit: I see now that autocorrect did me dirty

    • Alto
      70·
      9 months ago

      Tapirs are one of those animals I always forget exist and am delighted when I am reminded of them.

      • Devi
        51·
        9 months ago

        That’s shrews for me. They’re like rodents, but way cuter.

  • Surp
    180·
    9 months ago

    Female/Male Maine coon cat into male lion look with mane

  • seasick
    150·
    9 months ago

    Corgi into German Shepherd into Wolf

  • antlion
    130·
    9 months ago9 months ago

    Alpaca > Llama > Camel

    Yeast > Mold > Brie Rind > Chanterelle

    Algae > Fern > Sunflower > Eucalyptus Tree

    Squirrel > Raccoon > Bear

    Deer > Elk/Caribou > Moose

    Cow > Yak > Bison

    Magpie > Crow > Raven

    Ant > Termite > Bee > Hornet

    Tick > Spider > Crab

    Fox > Coyote > Wolf

    Pillbug > Horseshoe Crab > Armadillo