cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/872325
Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age,study finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-mammals-evolved-ant-eaters-dinosaur.html
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-mammals-evolved-ant-eaters-dinosaur.html
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/872325
15 Comments
rljkeimig@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 218d
Are crabs still winning and is there a word like carcinization to describe the mammal -> anteater pipeline?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 218d
Zotification.
rljkeimig@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 218d
Very cool Nature, I love it 👍
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 218d
The parallels with crabs / carcinization was the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 21 pts · 218d
Ants should stop being so fcking tasty if they don't want to be eaten.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 218d
Fire ants are the spicy flavor!
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 218d
Tasty barely has anything to do with it, they should stop being the most common animal on the planet by like a factor of 8.
The total biomass of Earth's ant population is estimated at around 12 megatons, that's a fucking lot. I'm told this exceeds the total combined biomass of all wild birds and non-human mammals, and matches about 20% of total human biomass.
If you put all the creatures of the Earth in a bag and pulled one out at random, you're about 50% likely to pull an ant.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d
If we can get them all in one area, we should be able to pull the Earth out of orbit.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 218d
"This animal eats ants, so let's call it an Anteater."
"What about this other one that also eats ants?"
"Uh, I dunno, Numbat I guess?"
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 218d
Become a crab. Become an anteater.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 218d
¿Por qué no los dos?
With CRISPR CAS9, we can become both. While WW3 is on the doorstep, WW4 will be fought between the crabby ant-eaters and the ant-eating crabs.
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 218d
Hahaha, I thought the crab counter was at about 5? Ez win for the anteaters. I mean there were some bivalve boys but there can only be one, true clam.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 218d
Yeah, I'm a crab dude and am not switching to anteater now, this is the delicious hill I die on. But I'll pay them their rheumatism.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 218d
It makes sense. Ants are delicious!
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 218d
Anteaterization.