That's a Scleral Ring and helps to keep the shape of the eye in fish, many reptiles, and birds. Fish don't have round eyes (they're shaped more like M&Ms or chocolate chips), and the ring helps support the shape when swimming. Most rings are just cartilage, but fast swimmers often have bony rings.
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hungprocess@thriv.social · 66 pts · 228d
The Internet has fried my brain. All I can think of when I hear the phrase "bad dude" is the old meme spoofing the intro to Bad Dudes for NES:
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 228d
!antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
tetris11@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 228d
well, are you?
AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com · 58 pts · 228d
That bad dude is called Dunkleosteus.
HeroHelck@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 228d
Eh, I like Bad Dude better as a name.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 228d
pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 228d
EVO was a gem.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 228d
Damnit, now I'm gonna have to replay it again...
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
Same. At least it can be completed in like an hour.
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 228d
That’s a bad dude
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 228d
I believe it's called a Coalacanth
Deconceptualist@leminal.space · 29 pts · 228d
Not a terrible guess, but that's the even larger Dunkleosteus terrelli.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 228d
you're right!
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 228d
No, it's a Dunkleosteus.
Coelacanth looks like this:
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 228d
Oh the annoying guys to hunt in Dave the Diver!
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 10 pts · 228d
I recognize that fish, that's an exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Haven't been there in a long time.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 228d
THAT'S where I know it from! I went about two years ago.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 228d
his name is Darryl
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 228d
Soooo many fishes could fit that description, but I’m glad my dude found his bad dude. Like, dude.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 228d
Somebody made a STL you can print
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/dunkleosteus-lordtrilobite
snooggums@piefed.world · 2 pts · 228d
Now print it at full size!
Deconceptualist@leminal.space · 9 pts · 228d
It's always great to see a big Dunk.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 228d
America runs on Dunk... no wait oh no no swim away as fast as you can don't run on it!
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 228d
Uh, listen Bro. All that sushi i ate before? Just a misunderstanding, right?
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 228d
There were also other nice guys
And those which still exist
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 228d
I'm not a biologist and this may be a stupid question, but are this monster's eyes armored? Armored eyeballs?
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 228d
Your orbits are similar. The hole is where the optic nerve goes.:background_color(FFFFFF):format(jpeg)/images/article/bones-of-the-orbit/fbPkbiZTakJp2wBLS0rbw_Bony_orbit.png)
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 228d
Not arguing with you, but what's up with that "bone ring" they have in their orbit? We don't have that.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 228d
That's a Scleral Ring and helps to keep the shape of the eye in fish, many reptiles, and birds. Fish don't have round eyes (they're shaped more like M&Ms or chocolate chips), and the ring helps support the shape when swimming. Most rings are just cartilage, but fast swimmers often have bony rings.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 228d
Thank you, I had no idea that reptiles and birds have eyeball rings, too.
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 228d
Based on this angle, I think you might be more correct. I thought it was recessed.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 228d
Awww he's winking at me!
How does my hair look?
You think he's into me?
tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 228d
You a snack bae
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 228d
Noice!
RotSteinFinke@feddit.org · 6 pts · 228d
It's a scleral ring. Lots of animals have that, many including humans don't.
Neverbeaten@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 228d
It looks like Brak.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
What a bonehead
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 228d
it's in animal crossing (new horizons?)