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[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 93 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I was going to say that I have an awesome book about this stuff, and then I saw the author of the post is the author of that book. The book is called "Your Inner Fish" and it is EXCELLENT.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Excuse me, what?! Going to have to check that out ASAP.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

aaaaaaaaaand... straight on the pile.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Ditto. 😄

[–] delgato@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

The intro paleontology class I took had this for mandatory reading, definitely one of my favorite non-fiction books.

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I started out as a fish, how did it end up like this?

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was only a fish... i was only a fish!! 🎶🎵

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

I was only a fish, now, watch me take a breath now, here we go

My need for air is killing me, and taking control...

[–] _____@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Don't cry, I am just a fish !

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We must return to the ocean.

Accept the crab form, embrace it and all the limbs we shall gain.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

🦀🦀🦀

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Probably wrong here but if the divergence happened before gills were formed then we both evolved secondary jaws for different purposes

Also those structures seem to take up an awfully big part of the embryo if they're going to just become the hyoid and jaw, is there a more in between shot of the embryo developing?

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And now my anxiety disorder uses of all of them to gradually destroy my tooth enamel and temporomandibular joints. Thanks evolution!

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Our inner ears used to be part of the more complex jaws of something before us, if I remember correctly. I think there’s an arrow on the image showing it. Real cool.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why is the shark embryo adorable and ours is not?

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're a lot more similar irl than you'd expect.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

that turtle one is cool

[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because we are ugly, mutant fish.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ugly, ugly giant bags of mostly water.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Baby humans are adorable though. Baby sharks on the other hand...

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 2 months ago

Doo do doo dododoo.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ocean Man, take me by the hand,

lead me to the land, that you understand

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

OCeeean MAAAan.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Please babe! I can change! Here's proof!

[–] uberfreeza@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is something that gets examined pretty well in Your Inner Fish, particularly in the chapter named Your Inner Shark. It analyzes how the embryo develops and how the embryos are very similar to start.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Check out the username of the original post

[–] uberfreeza@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's why I mention it!

[–] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mafia be like: "back to the ocean you go"

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Sleep wit da fishes ya bum

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Kind of a shame that our fish ancestors didn't have more gills. I wonder what we're missing. I mean, we're obviously missing something, right?