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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Ain't broke" is under selling this. Evolutionarily, this is clearly the optimal solution.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"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.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

It's also a local maxima trap. To shift to chewing, they would have to change both bite behaviour, and teeth structure. The intermediate stage is a lot worse than either style.

Even if chewing was the better option, it's inaccessible from the crocs current method.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

not to die too early from it.

Passing on genes is successful enough for evolution.

[–] morto@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

Like male cochineals, who can't feed themselves after reaching adulthood, but are able to reproduce before dying of hunger. Evolution can be really cruel.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day 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