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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Guess they are the ~~Trilobites~~ Horseshoe Crabs of plants: Done with evolution.

Edit: mixed that up.

[–] samus12345 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

But trilobites have been extinct for over 250 million years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I guess that analogy was the coelacanth of lemmy comments. Extinct.

[–] samus12345 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It wasn't wrong that they're done with evolution, but it doesn't work as an analogy because ginkgos and magnolias still exist. Perhaps they were thinking of the horseshoe crab, which has changed relatively little in 445 million years.