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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Those ugly bastards got milked so that we could live. They really did help save our ass during the pandemic

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks yummy what are they drinking?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Some kind of blueberry drink, looks like. Through their backs.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

Blue drink enema goes hard

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

They just have already ate the boba.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

Lore-accurate Lunacid mana potions

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At least the nautilus listened

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He didn't. All but one of his diverse descendants were wiped out along with the dinosaurs, relatively "recently".

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean if you want to suck the fun out of it only 4/22 of horseshoe crab species survived.

Saying any species not evolving for millions of years is a misnomer anyway. A living fossil only superficially resemble ancient species. Since both nautilus and horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils I thought it's a fair comparison.

But this is a silly little comic ultimately about the existential dread of modern human life so this level of pedantry isn't needed.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

More like add all the fun, that's interesting!

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago

They are the true blue bloods of the animal kingdom, they are already at the pinnacle.

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Coelacanth started going with them then stopped, figuring horse shoe crab knew what was up

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whale went the whole way but eventually came back.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

sometimes you have a make a mistake to understand why it's a mistake. lol

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Must be fun winning evolution off the hop

[–] Elaine@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What’s the guy on the computer supposed to be about?

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago

Something about the drudgery of modern existence, I suspect.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 14 points 3 weeks ago

That's what they evolved into. Crab is happy staying a crab

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The implication is that the crab is content with it's life but the spawn of some of those seeking a better life through evolution ended up miserable, toiling away oppressed by their own kind. A fate no one at the time could have imagined. We are these spawns.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Crocodile, shark, pill bug... They're all creatures that are now famed as "living fossils". Even looks like a coeleocanth fin in one of the panels.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I like triops.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure I understand. There's a nautilus, croc, shark, trilobite - so is the point that non of them really evolved? I feel dumb today.