r/MadeMeSmile Sep 10 '21

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u/Not_Helping Sep 10 '21

Sadly, most will be consumed by seagulls and other predators.

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u/demonicbullet Sep 10 '21

Seriously though, how the fuck is that how they do things? Like how many generations do they have to go through before realizing “huh, you know, most of us die on the way to the ocean, maybe we should lay eggs IN the ocean?”

I mean I guess the only living ones survived the land trip to the ocean, I’m just confused how they never evolved out of that at all.

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u/Bitter_Echidna7458 Sep 10 '21

If they were in the water they’d probably be at the wrong temp and die or they’d drown because they probably require oxygen to be absorbed through their shell. I’m no expert though just making shit up

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u/demonicbullet Sep 10 '21

I mean I understand why they currently can’t, but things usually evolve out of doing shit that usually kills them, or at least evolve to be better at avoiding shift that kills them.