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@ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 months ago

Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

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@ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 months ago
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  • @ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    104•2 months ago

    When fish have nicer teeth than me.

    • FenrirIII
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      16•2 months ago

      Have you tried a freshwater diet?

  • oce 🐆
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    79•2 months ago

    What kind of people have teeth that look exactly like this? That’s nuts.

    • AmidFuror
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      39•2 months ago

      Fish people

      • Prehensile_cloaca
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        18•2 months ago

        Hi, I’m Troy McClure

      • Bizzle
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        2•2 months ago

        It’s the “Innsmouth Look”

    • Altima NEO
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      3•2 months ago

      Donald R DeCicco

  • @samus12345@lemm.ee
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    44•2 months ago

    The food that can chew you back.

    • @thatchemguy@sh.itjust.works
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      14•2 months ago

      What in the everloving fuck is that?? Nightmare fuel 😨

      • @samus12345@lemm.ee
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        16•2 months ago

        A partially eaten cooked Pacu fish.

    • @Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee
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      13•2 months ago

  • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    42•2 months ago

    Thanks! I hate it

    • Bone
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      8•2 months ago

      Nibble nibble

  • Jay
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    34•2 months ago

    They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water

    Ok well, I’m never swimming again.

    • AmidFuror
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      16•2 months ago

      If you wade or jump in, you’ll be fine.

      • @moody@lemmings.world
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        7•2 months ago

        If your junk is dry, the fish can’t get to it

      • Bonus
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        6•2 months ago

        If you fall in, not so much.

        • AmidFuror
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          4•2 months ago

          The most dangerous place to be is right on the shore. Either jump in or stay away. You have to commit around these nut-chompers.

  • @Opisek@lemmy.world
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    29•2 months ago

    I too have three rows of teeth.

  • Nusm
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    2 months ago

    When I wake up screaming at 2 am, this right here, this is why.

  • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    20•2 months ago

    Can we use them for transplants?

  • @CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nope.

  • @FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    18•2 months ago

    Is this an example of convergent evolution?

    • @lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5•2 months ago

      Hey it is! Kinda. I Think.

      But why are human teeth shaped like this in the front? Not so much for nuts, right?

      • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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        2 months ago

        I thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish’s front teeth aren’t flat like ours. They’re more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing (so it technically still is convergent evolution)

        • @lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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          2•2 months ago

          Niiice—and thank you!!

          • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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            1•2 months ago

            Anytime! An opportunity to learn should always be used :)

        • @ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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          1•2 months ago

          That article you linked literally starts with

          We apologize in advance for the nightmarish qualities inherent to the pacu fish

          No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I’m not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is…

          • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔
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            1•2 months ago

            Honestly I don’t blame you given the pictures of them with their teeth out

  • cowfodder
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    15•2 months ago

    You people have never watched River Monsters with Jeremy Wade and it shows.

    • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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      1•2 months ago

      Name checks out, hay seed

  • Bonus
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    13•2 months ago

    Exactly.

    <Inigo_Montoya.gif>

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11•2 months ago

    Sounds like propaganda from Big Almond.

    • @VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8•2 months ago

      Is this some Midwest Big Apple?

      • @tomenzgg@midwest.social
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        2•2 months ago

        No, that’s the Big Onion.

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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    8•2 months ago

    Can I harvest teeth from this fish to replace the one I’m missing?

    • @Noodle07@lemmy.world
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      3•2 months ago

      Just grow them back

  • @Sunsofold@lemmings.world
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    2 months ago

    Are you suggesting people are evolutionarily suited to gobbling nuts?

    • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      I can eat walnut whole. The shell is fibrous, good for digestion.

      • @taxiiiii@lemmy.world
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        2•2 months ago

        Found. The pacu fish

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