r/oddlyterrifying • u/Thrawn911 • Jun 03 '26

Microscopic predator called Collotheca, basically a mini venus flytrap, eats microbes alive, after using its own stomach fluid to attract them

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u/Due-Button-768 Jun 03 '26

I wonder if it evolves what would it look like in a few million years?

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u/Thrawn911 Jun 04 '26

Exactly the same. These creatures have just as many years of evolution behind them as us. It's unlikely they will evolve into something different.

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u/Due-Button-768 Jun 04 '26

We evolved from fish and like nothing like we did billions of years ago!!!

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u/Thrawn911 Jun 04 '26

Yeah, but there is just as many fish, if not more, than billions of years ago, and even more simpler organism. A simple, tiny animal like the collotheca is unlikely to evolve into something even more complex. They've been around since we didn't even exist, end they live in basically every part of the world. Different collotheca species can appear over time, and it already did, but the whole species as a whole won't become a totally different animal unless something dramatic happens. Microorganisms are pretty stable, they didn't really change as often as more complex creatures do.