ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 23 days agoPacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the waterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1507arrow-down1imagePacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the waterlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·23 days agoIs this an example of convergent evolution?
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoHey it is! Kinda. I Think. But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-222 days agoI thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish’s front teeth aren’t flat like ours. They’re more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing (so it technically still is convergent evolution)
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoAnytime! An opportunity to learn should always be used :)
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoThat article you linked literally starts with We apologize in advance for the nightmarish qualities inherent to the pacu fish No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I’m not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is…
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoHonestly I don’t blame you given the pictures of them with their teeth out
Is this an example of convergent evolution?
Hey it is! Kinda. I Think.
But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?
I thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish’s front teeth aren’t flat like ours. They’re more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing (so it technically still is convergent evolution)
Niiice—and thank you!!
Anytime! An opportunity to learn should always be used :)
That article you linked literally starts with
No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I’m not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is…
Honestly I don’t blame you given the pictures of them with their teeth out