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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".

Pretty neat

[–] FrickAndMortar 9 points 1 year ago

This one’s my favorite!

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[–] abominable_panda 88 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Caterpillar > Cocoon > Butterfly / Moth

Wait...

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago

Hamster > Guinea Pig > Capybara

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For sure guinea pigs would evolve into capybaras

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[–] badcommandorfilename 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Gary Newman -> Gary Oldman

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Gary Oldman -> Gary Oak

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[–] FrickAndMortar 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemming > Chihuahua > Honey Badger

Just angrier and angrier all the way through

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't shrimp and prawn already the exact same thing?

Like mountain lions and cougars.

[–] Fondots 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Shrimp vs prawn is colloquial, not a scientific classification, so it varies from place to place and person to person, and depending on the specific animal we're talking about, but in general

The ones we call shrimp tend to:

  • Live in salt water
  • Be smaller
  • Have curled bodies
  • Belong to the sub-order pleocytema
  • Have plate-like ~~girls~~ * gills*

And the ones we call prawns tend to:

  • Live in fresh water
  • Be larger
  • Have straight bodies
  • Helong to the sub-order dendrobranghiata
  • Have branching ~~hills~~ gills
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tapir -> Rhinoceros -> Elephant

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tapirs are one of those animals I always forget exist and am delighted when I am reminded of them.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Ferret > Badger > Bear

[–] Surp 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Female/Male Maine coon cat into male lion look with mane

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[–] seasick 16 points 1 year ago

Corgi into German Shepherd into Wolf

[–] SendMePhotos 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is only possible by trading the Kanye

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Vulture > ostrich

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] ripcord 12 points 1 year ago

Camels -> giraffes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Alpaca > Llama > Camel

Yeast > Mold > Brie Rind > Chanterelle

Algae > Fern > Sunflower > Eucalyptus Tree

Squirrel > Raccoon > Bear

Deer > Elk/Caribou > Moose

Cow > Yak > Bison

Magpie > Crow > Raven

Ant > Termite > Bee > Hornet

Tick > Spider > Crab

Fox > Coyote > Wolf

Pillbug > Horseshoe Crab > Armadillo

[–] Mango 11 points 1 year ago

Elon musk > chimpanzees > humans

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Cat > Bobcat > Lion

[–] Resol 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Llama > Alpaca > Camel

That one is kinda dumb but it's all I can think of right now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Salamander -> Turtle -> Seaturtle

Duck -> Flamingo -> Ostriche

Pidgeon -> Parrot -> Turkey

Hamster -> Ferret -> Prairie Dog

Chameleon -> Komodo Dragon -> Alligator

Mosquito -> Anteater -> Elephant

Anchovies -> Salmon -> Dolphin

Fox -> Wolf -> Bear

Cat -> Cheetah -> Mountain Lion -> Tiger

Worm -> Eel -> Snake -> Anaconda

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Mosquito

I see what you did there.

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[–] Pooptimist 9 points 1 year ago

Chimp to Orang utan to gorilla

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Monkey > Great Ape > Human

[–] FireWire400 8 points 1 year ago

Kiwi > Emu > Cassowary

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Landlords > Leeches

[–] hperrin 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beetle -> slightly bigger beetle -> slightly bigger beetle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

-> Paul Harrison -> John Lennon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Waterbug -> Cricket -> Locust

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts in the actual animal kingdom

[–] ripcord 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts

No they don't. Are you thinking of grasshoppers, maybe? Although that's not exactly true either.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Goldfish > Swordfish > Megalodon

[–] pjwestin 7 points 1 year ago

Anole > Iguana > Alligator

Mouse > Rat > Opossum

Armadillo > Pangolin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Weasel to ferret to mink.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Duck --> Crocoduck --> Crocodile

[–] orangeNgreen 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fish would absolutely evolve into octopi.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know, but you know that big Agra is going to develop synthetic evolution stones to artificialy grow plants and livestock.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Domestic housecat -> all big cats (like Eevee)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a freaky one : Jaguar > Cow > Giraffe

[–] FrickAndMortar 9 points 1 year ago

Hmm… maybe Zebra > Okapi > Giraffe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fish > Shark > Whale

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Isopod -> pangolin -> armadillo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frog -> Gecko -> Bird

Bonus - baby evolutionary form prior to frog: Axolotl

(Hyperlinks to specific species)

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