- A bee is more closely related to a hermit crab than it is to a spider (arthropod subphylum Crustacea). A spider is more closely related to a horseshoe crab than it is to a bee (arthropod subphylum Chelicerata).
- A deer is more closely related to a killer whale (order Artiodactyla) than it is to a human (order Primates).
Jumi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So fish are like trees, they look somewhat similar but are completely different
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Id personally compare them to fungi, the fish body plan predates trees which is partly why this happens. Turns out that when a body plan predates land life by a significant degree it ends up being quite weird, no I’m not counting the weirdos who happened to go on land before the moss started to get a foothold if you count them then I am sea life.