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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    That’s fucked up.

  • Nusm@yall.theatl.social
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    2 months ago

    When I wake up screaming at 2 am, this right here, this is why.

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

    Ok well, I’m never swimming again.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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      If you wade or jump in, you’ll be fine.

      • moody@lemmings.world
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        2 months ago

        If your junk is dry, the fish can’t get to it

      • Bonus @lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        If you fall in, not so much.

        • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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          The most dangerous place to be is right on the shore. Either jump in or stay away. You have to commit around these nut-chompers.

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    2 months ago

    Thanks! I hate it

    • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Nibble nibble

  • sexy_peach@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    totally what my teeth look like

  • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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    What kind of people have teeth that look exactly like this? That’s nuts.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Donald R DeCicco

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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      2 months ago

      Fish people

      • Bizzle@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        It’s the “Innsmouth Look”

      • Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.ee
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        Hi, I’m Troy McClure

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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      The front row ones look more similar to our teeth than an apes, so that is pretty crazy to me.

  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    Is this an example of convergent evolution?

    • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Hey it is! Kinda. I Think.

      But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?

      • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.world
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        I thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish’s front teeth aren’t flat like ours. They’re more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing (so it technically still is convergent evolution)

        • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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          That article you linked literally starts with

          We apologize in advance for the nightmarish qualities inherent to the pacu fish

          No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I’m not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is…

        • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Niiice—and thank you!!

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    When fish have nicer teeth than me.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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      Have you tried a freshwater diet?

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    Please mark NSFL

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    2 months ago

    Sounds like propaganda from Big Almond.

    • VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Is this some Midwest Big Apple?

      • tomenzgg@midwest.social
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        No, that’s the Big Onion.

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    Ahktually, they’re related to piranhas and are omnivorous.

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    *humans

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    You people have never watched River Monsters with Jeremy Wade and it shows.

    • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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      Name checks out, hay seed

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    2 months ago

    Já viu um pacu de 30m?

    Aqui hahaha

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      Suddenly caralho

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    Can we use them for transplants?

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