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• iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “The scale worms have been believed to be descendants of a different species that INVADED the deep-sea millions of years ago.”

  Is there some worm-based geopolitical lore I’m missing??

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  • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Clearly they’re aliens

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  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got tired of posing as Egyptian gods.

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh funny, in the wiki article it mentions black coral to be megafauna. Never thought of corals as megafauna, fascinating!

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And TIL the word megafauna so thanks!

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    • WhoPutDisHere@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Superorganism is a great term that kinda applies as well.

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    • nintendiator@feddit.cl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Next on your road: charismatic megafauna!

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      • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is that the colorful kind? (I can’t look it up right now)

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• dankm@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The deep sea has always been the home of nightmare fuel. Not outer space.

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