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[–] [email protected] 104 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".

Pretty neat

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

This one’s my favorite!

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Caterpillar > Cocoon > Butterfly / Moth

Wait...

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 9 months ago

Hamster > Guinea Pig > Capybara

[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For sure guinea pigs would evolve into capybaras

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Gary Newman -> Gary Oldman

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Gary Oldman -> Gary Oak

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lemming > Chihuahua > Honey Badger

Just angrier and angrier all the way through

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aren't shrimp and prawn already the exact same thing?

Like mountain lions and cougars.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Shrimp vs prawn is colloquial, not a scientific classification, so it varies from place to place and person to person, and depending on the specific animal we're talking about, but in general

The ones we call shrimp tend to:

  • Live in salt water
  • Be smaller
  • Have curled bodies
  • Belong to the sub-order pleocytema
  • Have plate-like ~~girls~~ * gills*

And the ones we call prawns tend to:

  • Live in fresh water
  • Be larger
  • Have straight bodies
  • Helong to the sub-order dendrobranghiata
  • Have branching ~~hills~~ gills
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

Ferret > Badger > Bear

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tapir -> Rhinoceros -> Elephant

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tapirs are one of those animals I always forget exist and am delighted when I am reminded of them.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Female/Male Maine coon cat into male lion look with mane

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Corgi into German Shepherd into Wolf

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Alpaca > Llama > Camel

Yeast > Mold > Brie Rind > Chanterelle

Algae > Fern > Sunflower > Eucalyptus Tree

Squirrel > Raccoon > Bear

Deer > Elk/Caribou > Moose

Cow > Yak > Bison

Magpie > Crow > Raven

Ant > Termite > Bee > Hornet

Tick > Spider > Crab

Fox > Coyote > Wolf

Pillbug > Horseshoe Crab > Armadillo

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Vulture > ostrich

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this is only possible by trading the Kanye

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Camels -> giraffes

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Elon musk > chimpanzees > humans

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Salamander -> Turtle -> Seaturtle

Duck -> Flamingo -> Ostriche

Pidgeon -> Parrot -> Turkey

Hamster -> Ferret -> Prairie Dog

Chameleon -> Komodo Dragon -> Alligator

Mosquito -> Anteater -> Elephant

Anchovies -> Salmon -> Dolphin

Fox -> Wolf -> Bear

Cat -> Cheetah -> Mountain Lion -> Tiger

Worm -> Eel -> Snake -> Anaconda

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Mosquito

I see what you did there.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Llama > Alpaca > Camel

That one is kinda dumb but it's all I can think of right now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Kiwi > Emu > Cassowary

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Monkey > Great Ape > Human

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Landlords > Leeches

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Duck --> Crocoduck --> Crocodile

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Beetle -> slightly bigger beetle -> slightly bigger beetle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

-> Paul Harrison -> John Lennon

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Goldfish > Swordfish > Megalodon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Weasel to ferret to mink.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Chimp to Orang utan to gorilla

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Anole > Iguana > Alligator

Mouse > Rat > Opossum

Armadillo > Pangolin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Waterbug -> Cricket -> Locust

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts in the actual animal kingdom

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts

No they don't. Are you thinking of grasshoppers, maybe? Although that's not exactly true either.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Here's a freaky one : Jaguar > Cow > Giraffe

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Hmm… maybe Zebra > Okapi > Giraffe?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Domestic housecat -> all big cats (like Eevee)

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

Fish would absolutely evolve into octopi.

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

I don't know, but you know that big Agra is going to develop synthetic evolution stones to artificialy grow plants and livestock.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Fish > Shark > Whale

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Pomeranian -> Shiba Inu -> Akita Inu (or maybe Malamute)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Pheasant evolves into Peacock or Turkey depending on evolution stone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Single scoop ice cream to double scoop ice cream to triple scoop ice cream

...What do you mean that's already a pokemon evolution??

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