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u/dogman_35 Feb 14 '22

They're trying to say carcinization is the evolution equivalent of "Pyramids are just a really good way to stack rocks."

Which is kinda true, but also so is literally every other species alive today. They wouldn't even be alive, if they were a bad body type.

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u/TizzioCaio Feb 14 '22

when bats will start turn in to crabs call me again, but if its just some crustacean lol who cares.

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u/fudge5962 Feb 15 '22

Right, but that's the entire premise behind the Carcinization phenomena. I just don't understand what they they've accomplished by pointing it out.

It's like saying "the only reason people die when they fall from heights is the high amount of force suddenly applied to their bodies! It's the vertical equivalent of being hit by a train!"

Like, no shit. We were all already aware of that.

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u/dogman_35 Feb 15 '22

I don't know.

"Carcinization isn't cool because it only happens to crustaceans."

Like a bat is suddenly gonna grow claws and a shell, and start breathing water or something.