How a lot of eukaryotic organelles (not just the mitochondria) came from cells eating bacteria and holding onto it instead of digesting it. Cells don't have consciousness and can't just "decide" to not digest something because it's useful to have around, it was probably the digestion mechanism not working properly, which normally would have decreased the cell's fitness, but in a few rare occurrences the thing it didn't digest was so useful it greatly increased the cell's fitness.
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pH3ra@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 1y
Creationists
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Hahahahagahaha
PanaX@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 1y
Carnivorous plants. They are always being eaten by something. Glad a few of them fought back.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 18 pts · 1y
crab
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
That's cheating!
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Which time?
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y
I'm quite fond of my spouse and our pet cat.
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Birds
Amazing to think about hummingbirds as dinosaurs miniaturized to play a similar ecological role to bees
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y
The fact that humans can't produce Vitamin C and all other primates can
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Hard to say it's my favorite as someone who doesn't eat enough fruits, but it sure is an interesting mutation
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
what? Is this true?
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y
Nah, I lied
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-gulonolactone_oxidase
It's that primates can't synthesize the Vitamin C and all mammals can
Sumocat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Opposable thumbs. 👍
MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Coffee plants. I'm just an ape looking for a buzz.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y
orgasms.
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y
There's so many. It doesn't seem to matter how many critters I learn about, there's always another one that defies my expectations about what exists.
Edit: The most recent one was the crab-eating frog, which is unique for being a modern amphibian adapted to brackish and salt water.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
The game of cricket.
To think that a single hominid could dominate an entire planet thanks to its uncanny throwing ability
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
How a lot of eukaryotic organelles (not just the mitochondria) came from cells eating bacteria and holding onto it instead of digesting it. Cells don't have consciousness and can't just "decide" to not digest something because it's useful to have around, it was probably the digestion mechanism not working properly, which normally would have decreased the cell's fitness, but in a few rare occurrences the thing it didn't digest was so useful it greatly increased the cell's fitness.
GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Mold, which can live even in space, or under very strong electromagnetic radiation
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Spiders. For being that small they can still hunt independently, impressive!
SuluBeddu@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y
Artichokes
nis@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 1y
Sharks