Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke
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Science MemesCrocodillians are so fucking cool!
It must be working, considering the results.
Can't iterate on perfection.
Alternatively, if it has worked for tens of millions of years, then why is no one else doing it?
Because they already are and no one seems to be able to stop them.
Can't out croc the croc.
Has your test worked out?
Maybe because anyone else that wants to use that needs to become them.
Did not realise that also included other crocodiles?
Chomp first ask questions later.
I remember feeling really sad watching some nature show and they mentioned how they just bite whatever touches their mouth and sure enough it bumped into another croc floating next to it and it bit and spun off the other crocs leg
https://youtu.be/p4VThh9frOo
I think ive heard that they still do pretty well even with missing limbs though
I know exactly the video you're taking about and it reminds me of something that I find mind-blowing. Just like crocodilians, sharks haven't evolved much in millions of years. But there can be a seemingly chaotic and fast paced feeding frenzy involving a dozen sharks all competing to grab a bite of something and somehow they don't bite each other. How they manage to tell peer from prey in conditions like that I have no idea.
Surely it must be related to their ability to sense changes to water pressure to an incredible degree. Otherwise they could never keep a Sharknado stable for more than a few seconds.
This was the coolest shit I'm going to read all month
The meme says "everything".
My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can't do much ruminating.
I misread "buttfucking" as "butterfucking", which I am now going to start using.
The word or activity? Which will you start employing?
Well, it is organic lubricant, I suppose.
If it ain't broke...
"Ain't broke" is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.
"Ain't broke" is a lot better of a description than "fittest".
Evolution selects for the first thing that happens to work. It' doesn't have to work particularly well, only well enough to not die from it.
It's also a local maxima trap. To shift to chewing, they would have to change both bite behaviour, and teeth structure. The intermediate stage is a lot worse than either style.
Even if chewing was the better option, it's inaccessible from the crocs current method.
not to die too early from it.
Passing on genes is successful enough for evolution.
Like male cochineals, who can't feed themselves after reaching adulthood, but are able to reproduce before dying of hunger. Evolution can be really cruel.
Me: Choking on a bone
My dinner guests: stunned after I bit into the whole Thanksgiving turkey and slammed my face into the table
Yeah for real, being that tense while eating can’t be good for your digestive system.
Nice to know Demo hasn't died of alcoholism yet. Still waiting on that next video though
