• Seraph
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    710 months ago

    This is fascinating, but what’s the evolutionary advantage of covering up the noise?

    • Subverb
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      4710 months ago

      Covering the noise is covering the running water. Covering the running water creates a dam. Creating a dam creates a pond. Creating a pond provides them with a nice controlled environment in which to build a lodge with an underwater entrance for protection from predators.

    • @[email protected]
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      1510 months ago

      Running water means you can block it off to create a reservoir. Evolution isn’t about what makes sense, it’s about what works, logic be damned.