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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wasn't ready for how weird this comment section turned out to be...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

tbf isn't a tree just a plant but big? makes sense that any plant species can evolve into a tree just by getting bigger

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So if you look at a tiny blade of grass and a gigantic tree its like looking at a Chihuahua and a brachiosaurus. And there are smaller things and bigger things in the aminal kingdum!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The future is gonna be tree with crabs....

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Land will be trees, beaches will be crabs, and I've heard oceans will be nothing but jellyfish

[–] FistingEnthusiast 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Trees are like every other plant, ONLY MORE SO

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Heh, branch

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I thought crab-like animals were all actually pretty closely related to each other, i.e. all crab-like animals are arthropods, which is a less broad category (despite the incredibly huge amount of species in it) than 'all plants that can form a wooden trunk'. Any taxonomists here to confirm/deny?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Concentrated sun energy sinks

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