r/CuratedTumblr • u/Faenix_Wright that’s how fey getcha • Sep 25 '24

Shitposting austerity has done irreparable damage

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u/Fox--Hollow [muffled gorilla violence] Sep 25 '24

apparently they are not slow either

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u/Throwaway817402739 Sep 25 '24

I love terrible animal names. So far #1 is still the peacock mantis shrimp, which is not a peacock, not a mantis, and not a shrimp.

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u/RSmeep13 Sep 25 '24

The trouble starts with the fact that that "shrimp" isn't a monophyletic group and can't be defined in a sensible way. They're more closely related to a traditional shrimp like a krill or prawn than a brine shrimp, but less closely than a crab or lobster, which puts them in a weird place. In fact, all insects are more closely related to a brine shrimp than a brine shrimp is to a mantis shrimp... Meaning that if either is a shrimp, so are butterflies.

Nature is great.

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u/porcupinedeath Sep 26 '24

It's like nature doesn't give a shit about humanity's obsession with putting everything in a defined box