The Good Genes
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 29 Aug 18:31
https://mander.xyz/post/36929427

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eatCasserole@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 19:02 next collapse

My DNA is so ready to carcinify.

BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Aug 19:06 next collapse

I always get the urge to yell “SPONGEBOY, ME BOB”

BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Aug 19:07 next collapse

My current job involves holding tongs regularly

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world on 29 Aug 19:13 collapse

Let me guess:

QC at a tong factory?

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 19:32 collapse

click-clamp

Shit.

click-clomp

Damnit… these are bad.

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 19:12 collapse
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml on 29 Aug 19:21 next collapse

My dog knows it’s time to go outside when I clack the tongs.

Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net on 30 Aug 04:18 collapse

Burger time

lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Aug 19:31 next collapse

From Wiktionary: The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.

lvxferre@mander.xyz on 29 Aug 19:34 next collapse

I’m not a Pan-Crustacean, I refuse carcinisation! I shall reach my final form as a proud mammal who eats Pan-Crustaceans for breakfast! Behold!
<img alt="" src="https://i.natgeofe.com/k/b337b43d-17c5-48c5-b342-258e1ebb7e30/aardvark-tongue-out.jpg?wp=1&w=1084.125&h=609">

(Context)

frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Aug 20:15 next collapse

Look at the world around you. What’s the argument for not turning into a crab?

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net on 29 Aug 20:25 next collapse

Crabs don’t have to deal with back pain so I’ll grant them that.

xylol@leminal.space on 29 Aug 23:33 collapse

As far as we know

spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works on 30 Aug 00:06 collapse

There’s a study for you:

Crabby Back: An Exploratory Investigation of Perceived Dorsal Pain in Crustaceans

I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world on 29 Aug 23:58 next collapse

Just look at the world around you

Right here on the ocean floor

Such wonderful things surround you

What more is you lookin’ for?

Doot do do doot do do do doot do… 🎶🦀🧜‍♀️

fading_person@lemmy.zip on 30 Aug 00:08 next collapse

Ocean acidification :(

BussyGyatt@feddit.org on 30 Aug 00:29 collapse

oh, right.

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 Aug 11:53 next collapse

There are things that regularly try and succeed in eating them.

apotheotic@beehaw.org on 30 Aug 14:17 collapse

Ok and? How does that differ from my girlfriends

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 Aug 15:57 collapse

Do they give back the parts they took?

apotheotic@beehaw.org on 30 Aug 16:20 collapse

They don’t ordinarily keep my parts, so yea

DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 12:58 collapse

Under the sea

thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Aug 20:35 next collapse

Crab people Crab people

lemmyknow@lemmy.today on 29 Aug 20:46 collapse

Taste like crab, talk like people

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 30 Aug 00:58 next collapse

So much of the kid pidgin. Reading that makes my head hurt.

svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Aug 01:33 collapse

Does that also include the urge to make woop woop woop noises while doing so?