Did not realise that also included other crocodiles?
Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke
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_hovi_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
fascicle@leminal.space 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think ive heard that they still do prettt well even with missing limbs though
TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 month ago
The meme says “everything”.
anzo@programming.dev 1 month 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 1 month ago
My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can’t do much ruminating.
Pirat@lemmy.org 1 month 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 1 month ago
If it ain’t broke…
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
…slam it on the water again.
dragonbringerx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m pretty sure whatever that was is pretty fucking broken now…
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If it ain’t broke…
cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 month ago
“Ain’t broke” is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Needs more crab
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Thats not… inaccurate.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Can’t iterate on perfection.
Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
These jaws aren’t suited for chewing. They’re suited for tearing.
Toneswirly@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It must be working, considering the results.
Undearius@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I misread “buttfucking” as “butterfucking”, which I am now going to start using.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 1 month ago
The word or activity? Which will you start employing?
Undearius@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Well, it is organic lubricant, I suppose.
Godric@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Crocodillians are so fucking cool!
SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Nice to know Demo hasn’t died of alcoholism yet. Still waiting on that next video though
Batmancer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Croc = Orcc
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 month ago
Yeah for real, being that tense while eating can’t be good for your digestive system.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Alternatively, if it has worked for tens of millions of years, then why is no one else doing it?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because they already are and no one seems to be able to stop them.
Can’t out croc the croc.
ulterno@programming.dev 1 month ago
Maybe because anyone else that wants to use that needs to become them.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Has your test worked out?
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Yes! Result: PieFed > Lemmy