Atrabiliousaurus

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[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The wikipedia article Polydactyly in stem-tetrapods has some explanations on how we ended up with 5 fingers and toes.

The gist of it is that tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrate animals) evolved from a fish similar to a lobe-finned fish that had 5 sets of bones in each of its fins that evolved into fingers and toes. Some tetrapods have subsequently lost digits but the basal state was five.

There's a book, Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin that's full of this kind of stuff. Highly recommend.

 

The bigger ducklings are almost 2 months old and the smaller ones are a couple weeks younger.

[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

1000 as of earlier today.

Ska 'za? Nah brah.

Yeah probably true. I only thought to look it up because I knew active and passive sonar was a thing.

[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shoddy Table, Uneven Horizon and Spreadable Pustules. *Devil horns*

[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats

 

And how precise is the telekinesis?

Also what range. Could you remotely rear naked choke anyone in the world, or just apply a leg press of a couple hundred pounds to their brain stem or some shit? Punch world leaders in the nuts at will? Crash planes by fucking with flight controls? Deorbit satellites? Divert asteroids into earth's path?

Also, could you double jump or straight fly with it?

Manipulate roulette balls for quick money or meddle in sporting events you bet on (just telekinetically stuffing basketball shots and putt attempts and shit would be hilarious). Seems like telekinesis would be amazing.

[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

machining

No idea about your algorithm problems but have you seen the Cutting Edge Engineering Australia channel? It's so good.

That's not The Columbia River Gorge then I think. It's like, the Columbia River, in a gorge. The Columbia River Gorge is between Portland and Kennewick area specifically. Not that it really matters.

The geology out there is pretty amazing. Giant fucking lava flows covered everything millions of years ago and then there were cataclysmic ice age floods that carved out the gorges and whatnot. The Columbia river carried something like 13 times the volume of the Amazon River at times during the floods.

[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Clams and oysters aren't even arthropods, they're mollusks. Not bug like at all.

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