Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Popular
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

NodeBB-ActivityPub Bridge Test Instance

  1. Home
  2. Categories
  3. Science Memes
  4. (゜O゜;

(゜O゜;

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Science Memes
sciencememes
36 Posts 33 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • mothra@mander.xyzM mothra@mander.xyz

    So... Millions of years ago, before Pikachu was surprised, we had this fish occupying its niche?

    C This user is from outside of this forum
    C This user is from outside of this forum
    cubitoom@infosec.pub
    wrote last edited by
    #14

    1 Reply Last reply
    50
    • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
      This post did not contain any content.
      B This user is from outside of this forum
      B This user is from outside of this forum
      boreengreen@lemm.ee
      wrote last edited by
      #15

      Kinda looks like he is about to say "Out of cyan; replace ink cartridge."

      1 Reply Last reply
      2
      • M magicshel@lemmy.zip

        D This user is from outside of this forum
        D This user is from outside of this forum
        doctordevice@lemmy.ca
        wrote last edited by
        #16

        As a matter of fact, don't let nothin' hold you back. If the Scat Man can do it, brother, so can you!

        1 Reply Last reply
        4
        • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
          This post did not contain any content.
          S This user is from outside of this forum
          S This user is from outside of this forum
          slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          wrote last edited by
          #17

          Somethin’ like a fish.

          1 Reply Last reply
          3
          • D deathsembrace@lemm.ee

            Technically this is the ship of theseus so are we really this fish?

            T This user is from outside of this forum
            T This user is from outside of this forum
            taco2112@lemmy.world
            wrote last edited by
            #18

            Fish of Theseus

            …I’m sorry

            1 Reply Last reply
            11
            • J jkosmonaut@infosec.pub

              👁️👄👁️

              R This user is from outside of this forum
              R This user is from outside of this forum
              rst987@infosec.pub
              wrote last edited by
              #19

              Look! The Lobotomite has returned!

              1 Reply Last reply
              7
              • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
                This post did not contain any content.
                M This user is from outside of this forum
                M This user is from outside of this forum
                mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
                wrote last edited by
                #20

                Modern fish are often dark on top and light underneath to fool prey/predators but also often colorful. Why do they assume one evolutionary step over the other? That beautiful blimpie belly calls out for decoration!

                soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS 1 Reply Last reply
                6
                • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
                  This post did not contain any content.
                  C This user is from outside of this forum
                  C This user is from outside of this forum
                  cornshark@lemmy.world
                  wrote last edited by
                  #21

                  How does it maneuver without any fins?

                  R C 2 Replies Last reply
                  12
                  • C cornshark@lemmy.world

                    How does it maneuver without any fins?

                    R This user is from outside of this forum
                    R This user is from outside of this forum
                    reddfugee42@lemmy.world
                    wrote last edited by
                    #22

                    I often wonder that about your mom

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    15
                    • S This user is from outside of this forum
                      S This user is from outside of this forum
                      speiser0@feddit.org
                      wrote last edited by
                      #23

                      For the uninformed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkwGhwU_FY

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      8
                      • M mouselemming@sh.itjust.works

                        Modern fish are often dark on top and light underneath to fool prey/predators but also often colorful. Why do they assume one evolutionary step over the other? That beautiful blimpie belly calls out for decoration!

                        soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS This user is from outside of this forum
                        soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS This user is from outside of this forum
                        soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                        wrote last edited by soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                        #24

                        Functional changes in coloration are much "easier" (read: more likely) to develop through random mutation than functional changes to complex mechanical structures like bone structure or musculature. Given their predecessors were already under selective pressure by predation for millions of years prior, it's reasonable to assume they'd developed countershading (light bottom, dark top). Plus current agnathans are usually pretty dull.

                        Edit: oh geez, I misunderstood your message. It totally could have been a rainbow party blimp. That mostly depends on what their habitat was like.

                        M 1 Reply Last reply
                        9
                        • soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

                          Functional changes in coloration are much "easier" (read: more likely) to develop through random mutation than functional changes to complex mechanical structures like bone structure or musculature. Given their predecessors were already under selective pressure by predation for millions of years prior, it's reasonable to assume they'd developed countershading (light bottom, dark top). Plus current agnathans are usually pretty dull.

                          Edit: oh geez, I misunderstood your message. It totally could have been a rainbow party blimp. That mostly depends on what their habitat was like.

                          M This user is from outside of this forum
                          M This user is from outside of this forum
                          mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
                          wrote last edited by
                          #25

                          Thanks for editing not deleting because TIL!

                          soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS 1 Reply Last reply
                          7
                          • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
                            This post did not contain any content.
                            y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comY This user is from outside of this forum
                            y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comY This user is from outside of this forum
                            y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                            wrote last edited by
                            #26

                            The eyes would suggest it's a predator.

                            F tlaloc_temporal@lemmy.caT 2 Replies Last reply
                            19
                            • B brokenlcd@feddit.it

                              It's funny when looked sideways, but when looked from the front it's two distortion filters away from analog horror.

                              J This user is from outside of this forum
                              J This user is from outside of this forum
                              jargonwagon@lemmy.world
                              wrote last edited by
                              #27

                              Horror already without filters. I'm going to see that thing in my nightmares, fuckin hell.

                              poinck@lemm.eeP 1 Reply Last reply
                              2
                              • M mouselemming@sh.itjust.works

                                Thanks for editing not deleting because TIL!

                                soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS This user is from outside of this forum
                                soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS This user is from outside of this forum
                                soleinvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                                wrote last edited by
                                #28

                                Of course! I'm a biologist, I try to use my powers for good.

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                6
                                • C cornshark@lemmy.world

                                  How does it maneuver without any fins?

                                  C This user is from outside of this forum
                                  C This user is from outside of this forum
                                  chuckleslord@lemmy.world
                                  wrote last edited by chuckleslord@lemmy.world
                                  #29

                                  Not well. That's why most of its ancestors have fins nowadays

                                  J 1 Reply Last reply
                                  13
                                  • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
                                    This post did not contain any content.
                                    D This user is from outside of this forum
                                    D This user is from outside of this forum
                                    drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #30

                                    Prototype fish

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    10
                                    • fossilesque@mander.xyzF fossilesque@mander.xyz
                                      This post did not contain any content.
                                      N This user is from outside of this forum
                                      N This user is from outside of this forum
                                      nigelfrobisher@aussie.zone
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #31

                                      This fish foresaw that evolution would lead to celebrity news, Return To Office mandates, and oversized utes, and decided it was happy precisely where it was.

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      8
                                      • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comY y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com

                                        The eyes would suggest it's a predator.

                                        F This user is from outside of this forum
                                        F This user is from outside of this forum
                                        flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #32

                                        That's what I thought! I'm too stupid to make anything more of it here for this community though

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        1
                                        • C chuckleslord@lemmy.world

                                          Not well. That's why most of its ancestors have fins nowadays

                                          J This user is from outside of this forum
                                          J This user is from outside of this forum
                                          jorge@lemmygrad.ml
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #33

                                          Don't you mean its descendants?

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          1
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Popular