science_memes·Science Memesbyfossilesque Hummingbird MothsView original on mander.xyz556Comments10Reply
LLurkinney lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyConvergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it's ceaselessly fascinating28Reply
Swedneck replydiscuss.tchncs.debut also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.6Reply
HHobbes_Dent lemmy.worldWhile nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.16Reply
Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyi want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy and cute like these moths and bumblebees are.5Reply
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Convergent evolution has got to be the coolest shit in biology, it's ceaselessly fascinating
but also evolution can be fucking horrifying: barnacles are crustaceans, slice them in half and you see a twisted gross crablike thing inside the shell.
Also like shrimp to fairies
And lobsters are scorpion mermaids.
While nobody is looking Hummingbird Moth is making a speed run to crab.
I wonder how they taste sautéed in butter and garlic…
Fuzzy
i want to live in a world where all insects ended up fluffy and cute like these moths and bumblebees are.
Is it us, or it that's messed up?
Bee of the Bird of the Moth.