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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crab is best because most are protected from whatever wasp has evolved specifically to end its life in mind boggling terrible ways.

[–] hashbrowns4life@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

in the end it will be crab vs wasp

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

I'd watch that.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Evolution is not magic, it can only make new crabs.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago

Every 5th time it's a beetle.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 month ago

THE GOOD PLACE!!

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is kinda backwards. Biodiversity is a result of random mutation over millions of years. Evolution is the result of selective pressures "choosing" from that diversity. It doesn't create or provide biodiversity, it depends on it, so biodiversity should be the one providing crabs. Evolution just thinks they're neat.

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Evolutionary pressures form new organisms, which feed biodiversity. More crabs aren't as diverse as that sounds.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Man, I just started Man on the Inside by Michael Schur with Ted Danson, and it's pretty good, but it's not The Good Place. Looks like it's time for another rewatch