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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sometimes classics are classics for a reason. And by classics I mean crabs 🦀.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The destiny of all species is to eventually become crab.

Why do you think humans have evolved to have less hair than our ancestors? Its the start of a long journey that will eventually being us back to CRABB.

[–] scintilla@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't forget trees. There are so many different lineages for trees.

[–] Wofls@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

and trains, trains are also a peak of evolution, hopefully we'll get there biologically too someday

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Also Mustelids, because Mustelids are hella cute and who can blame nature for wanting to create more cute things?!

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I disagree.

Posting the same joke with different meme formats would be the equivalent of convergent evolution.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

I think two different meme templates that are used for the same type of joke could be considered the equivalent too. To me it makes more sense to compare a meme template to a species and a particular meme to an individual of a species.

[–] barbedbeard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is this the real life?

Fun fact: Almost every species of jumping spider evolved color vision separately.

[–] crt0o@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Convergent would be two people coincidentally making the same meme

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nature's repost would be gene transfer. Both horizontal and vertical

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Plants literally clone themselves

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Unless used as a verb, then it's divergent.