ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 12 days agoPacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the waterlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the waterlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 days agoI 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)
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoThat 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…
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)
That article you linked literally starts with
No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I’m not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is…
Niiice—and thank you!!