• Diplomjodler
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    186 months ago

    And what happened to the giant sloths?

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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      346 months ago

      Earth warms up from ice age. Big sloth too fuzzy. Loses fuzz and tries to climb tree. Big sloth too big. Small big sloth gets smaller, climbs tree.

      • @[email protected]
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        6 months ago

        Lol I know this is a joke but they died out, tree sloths existed back then too and are a totally separate group of animals. They didn’t evolve from the animals that dug this tunnel. They do share a common ancestor millions of years ago but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.

        • @[email protected]
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          136 months ago

          but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.

          I’m pretty sure my house cat believes this is true, evidence to the contrary be damned.

        • @iAvicenna
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          46 months ago

          but we all came from the same common ancestor which was the naked nucleic acid/peptide chain

    • @9point6
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      56 months ago

      Miniaturisation and the march of progress

      How do you think we got tardigrades

    • TheTechnician27
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      46 months ago

      We domesticated them and made purse sloths.