Did not realise that also included other crocodiles?
Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke
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_hovi_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
fascicle@leminal.space 2 months ago
Chomp first ask questions later.
I remember feeling really sad watching some nature show and they mentioned how they just bite whatever touches their mouth and sure enough it bumped into another croc floating next to it and it bit and spun off the other crocs leg
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I know exactly the video you’re taking about and it reminds me of something that I find mind-blowing. Just like crocodilians, sharks haven’t evolved much in millions of years. But there can be a seemingly chaotic and fast paced feeding frenzy with a dozen sharks all competing to grab a bite of something and somehow they don’t bite each other. How they manage to do that amazes me.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 months ago
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think ive heard that they still do prettt well even with missing limbs though
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
The meme says “everything”.
anzo@programming.dev 2 months ago
Reptilian muscles fatigue waaay faster than mammalian’s. That’s probably the reason why chewing doesn’t work for them. Also, the white muscle from reptiles is very good at giving explosive force, which is exactly what they are doing instead…
This is a physiological difference given their evolution. I remember it from college. Biologist here.
And . the same applies to why we can’t catch lizards, they are so fast… Right?.. until they aren’t. The trick to catch them is to make them run a little ;p
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Also, the white muscle from reptiles is very good at giving explosive force
Why do we need to bring race into everything!?
BillyClark@piefed.social 2 months ago
My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can’t do much ruminating.
Pirat@lemmy.org 2 months ago
Most mammalian carnivores have a sort of mix. They have the piercing canines, then their molars act like scissors to slice off hunks of meat. Herbivore and human molars are more for crushing.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If it ain’t broke…
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
…slam it on the water again.
dragonbringerx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m pretty sure whatever that was is pretty fucking broken now…
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If it ain’t broke…
cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 months ago
“Ain’t broke” is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
“Ain’t broke” is a lot better of a description than “fittest”.
Evolution selects for the first thing that happens to work. It’ doesn’t have to work particularly well, only well enough to not die from it.
fartographer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me: Choking on a bone
My dinner guests: stunned after I bit into the whole Thanksgiving turkey and slammed my face into the table
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Needs more crab
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Thats not… inaccurate.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Can’t iterate on perfection.
Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
These jaws aren’t suited for chewing. They’re suited for tearing.
Toneswirly@beehaw.org 2 months ago
It must be working, considering the results.
Undearius@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I misread “buttfucking” as “butterfucking”, which I am now going to start using.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 2 months ago
The word or activity? Which will you start employing?
Undearius@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Well, it is organic lubricant, I suppose.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Crocodillians are so fucking cool!
SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And now I just imagine them as wrestlers suplexing their meals.
A croc themed beat em up game would be fuckin hilarious
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nice to know Demo hasn’t died of alcoholism yet. Still waiting on that next video though
Batmancer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Croc = Orcc
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 months ago
Yeah for real, being that tense while eating can’t be good for your digestive system.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Alternatively, if it has worked for tens of millions of years, then why is no one else doing it?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because they already are and no one seems to be able to stop them.
Can’t out croc the croc.
ulterno@programming.dev 2 months ago
Maybe because anyone else that wants to use that needs to become them.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because they were able to survive without doing it.
Though iirc some birds of prey do the sky version of this. Or maybe the cliff version.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 1 month ago
I love how there’s multiple species of birds that like to drop stuff from far up to break it open. Fucking chuck it!
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Has your test worked out?
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Yes! Result: PieFed > Lemmy