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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

Mammals swimming in scuba gear

Horseshoe crab: “Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!”

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 23 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It’s already a crab, the perfect manifestation of any life form.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The nobility of the sea. True blue bloods, if you will.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

And not just any crab. One of the first. A proto-crab that drew the invidious gaze of many branches of the Tree of Life and inspired iteration. The form others aspire to be. The inevitability of life.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not a crab, it's more related to scorpions and spiders, which also already exists, only luckily way smaller.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

It's not a crab in that sense

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anteaters: Am I joke to you?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Well, in these times, with 2m insects and spiders, for sure also ants are huge preys for anteaters.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Humans: fine, I'll do it myself