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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Sometimes classics are classics for a reason. And by classics I mean crabs 🦀.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The destiny of all species is to eventually become crab.

Why do you think humans have evolved to have less hair than our ancestors? Its the start of a long journey that will eventually being us back to CRABB.

[–] scintilla@beehaw.org 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget trees. There are so many different lineages for trees.

[–] Wofls@feddit.org 5 points 15 hours ago

and trains, trains are also a peak of evolution, hopefully we'll get there biologically too someday

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago

Also Mustelids, because Mustelids are hella cute and who can blame nature for wanting to create more cute things?!

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I disagree.

Posting the same joke with different meme formats would be the equivalent of convergent evolution.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 14 hours ago

I think two different meme templates that are used for the same type of joke could be considered the equivalent too. To me it makes more sense to compare a meme template to a species and a particular meme to an individual of a species.

[–] barbedbeard@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Is this the real life?

Fun fact: Almost every species of jumping spider evolved color vision separately.

[–] crt0o@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

Convergent would be two people coincidentally making the same meme

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Nature's repost would be gene transfer. Both horizontal and vertical

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago

Plants literally clone themselves

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 18 hours ago

Unless used as a verb, then it's divergent.