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@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 3 months ago

Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 3 months ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    3 months ago

    Are you suggesting people are evolutionarily suited to gobbling nuts?

    • @[email protected]
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      I can eat walnut whole. The shell is fibrous, good for digestion.

      • @[email protected]
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        Found. The pacu fish

  • Nusm
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    When I wake up screaming at 2 am, this right here, this is why.

  • @[email protected]
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    When fish have nicer teeth than me.

    • FenrirIII
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      Have you tried a freshwater diet?

  • Sibbo
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    Would you kiss that mouth?

    • @[email protected]
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      Depends how many drinks I’ve had.

  • @[email protected]
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    Thanks! I hate it

    • Bone
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      Nibble nibble

  • @[email protected]
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    6•3 months ago

    totally what my teeth look like

  • Jay
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    36•3 months ago

    They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

    Ok well, I’m never swimming again.

    • AmidFuror
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      If you wade or jump in, you’ll be fine.

      • @[email protected]
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        If your junk is dry, the fish can’t get to it

      • Bonus
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        If you fall in, not so much.

        • AmidFuror
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          The most dangerous place to be is right on the shore. Either jump in or stay away. You have to commit around these nut-chompers.

  • @[email protected]
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    17•3 months ago

    Is this an example of convergent evolution?

    • @[email protected]
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      Hey it is! Kinda. I Think.

      But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?

      • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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        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)

        • @[email protected]
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          That 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…

          • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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            Honestly I don’t blame you given the pictures of them with their teeth out

        • @[email protected]
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          Niiice—and thank you!!

          • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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            Anytime! An opportunity to learn should always be used :)

  • oce 🐆
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    What kind of people have teeth that look exactly like this? That’s nuts.

    • Altima NEO
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      Donald R DeCicco

    • AmidFuror
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      Fish people

      • Bizzle
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        It’s the “Innsmouth Look”

      • Prehensile_cloaca
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        Hi, I’m Troy McClure

    • @[email protected]
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      The front row ones look more similar to our teeth than an apes, so that is pretty crazy to me.

  • @[email protected]
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    Nope.

  • @[email protected]
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    43•3 months ago

    The food that can chew you back.

    • @[email protected]
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      What in the everloving fuck is that?? Nightmare fuel 😨

      • @[email protected]
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        A partially eaten cooked Pacu fish.

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  • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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    Can I harvest teeth from this fish to replace the one I’m missing?

    • @[email protected]
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      Just grow them back

  • Bonus
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    Exactly.

    <Inigo_Montoya.gif>

  • @[email protected]
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    When the Japanese finally get their teeth generation DNA therapy going, everyone will be after these fish for starter scaffolds.

  • @[email protected]
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    10•3 months ago

    Sounds like propaganda from Big Almond.

    • @[email protected]
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      Is this some Midwest Big Apple?

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        No, that’s the Big Onion.

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