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Oldest known sex chromosome emerged 248 million years ago in an octopus ancestor (www.livescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cephalopods are so much cooler than we give them credit for. These guys sex!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

For some weird reason, I'm picturing Roger from American Dad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So it had sex with the rest of the animals?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

The first consentacle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Nice

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] draw for me The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] draw for me an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it

style: animal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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Prompt: an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it

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Image with seed 2201559768 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 2201559768 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 2201559768 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 2201559768 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: an octopus being captured under water and flown to above atmosphere then brought back down into the ocean so it could tell its octopussies that it got abducted and no one will believe it, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here are some images matching your request

Prompt: The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago

Style: animal

Image with seed 3492120318 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 3492120318 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 3492120318 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###Image with seed 3492120318 generated via AI Horde through @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com. Prompt: The oldest-known sex chromosome emerging from an octopus ancestor 248 million years ago, wildlife photography, photograph, high quality, wildlife, f 1.8, soft focus, 8k, national geographic, award-winning photograph by nick nichols###

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Well that seems inaccurate. Sorry folks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Scientific studies in Japan show strong correlation of evolution on tentacles and sex chromosomes. 👀