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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So in addition to crabification, we also have antification. Evolution really just found an energy minima at eight legs, huh?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's more that the lobster plan (long body) is really quite good in many niches, but the crab plan (wide body, no exposed tail) works better in more productive ecosystems that have more predators. So anything lobster shaped coming up from the deep mud will have to reduce its tail or get sniped by a fish

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

so wait are we just walking terrestrial lobsters? and.. gorillas are primate crabs maybe?

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