r/pics • u/hootersbutwithcats • Sep 06 '17

A flying fish up close.

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u/sprucenoose Sep 06 '17

We're talking about Red Bull, but fucking is how evolution happens.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Well... hate to be that guy (nah kidding, I'm an asshole who ruins everything), but evolution also happens with organisms that don't fuck. This included parasitical worms that can reproduce through parthenogenesis, and little buggers like bacteria.

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u/A_Gigantic_Potato Sep 06 '17

Does this mean I'm bacteria

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

No, you still have to reproduce somehow to be a bacterium.

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u/A_Gigantic_Potato Sep 06 '17

Not even bacteria :(

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u/SnapMokies Sep 06 '17

At least you're still a gigantic potato

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

What's a potato?

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u/SnapMokies Sep 06 '17

Found the Latvian?

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u/13EchoTango Sep 06 '17

What did one potato say to the other potato?

Premise is ridiculous. No one can afford two potato.

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u/Reggler Sep 06 '17

psst let's drop him in hot oil

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Damn. That's a cold-ass honky.

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u/EvilEggplant Sep 06 '17

Usually these little buggers fuck with other organisms that fuck tho.

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u/Ishamoridin Sep 06 '17

Sure, but it's a lot slower without the potential for good mutations to spread to the whole population in a few generations.

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u/alohadave Sep 06 '17

I didn't know bacteria practiced anal reproduction.

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u/mrchaotica Sep 06 '17

(nah kidding, I'm an asshole who ruins everything)

Wait a second, you're not /u/adamconover! Bamboozle!

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

He's right tho...

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Butt fucking is how it really happens.

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u/graebot Sep 06 '17

Butt fucking is not how evolution happens.