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minus-squarePat_RiotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·11 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulagisca_gigantea
minus-squareiheartneopets@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·11 months ago“The scale worms have been believed to be descendants of a different species that INVADED the deep-sea millions of years ago.” Is there some worm-based geopolitical lore I’m missing??
minus-squareQuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoClearly they’re aliens
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoGot tired of posing as Egyptian gods.
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoOh funny, in the wiki article it mentions black coral to be megafauna. Never thought of corals as megafauna, fascinating!
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoAnd TIL the word megafauna so thanks!
minus-squareWhoPutDisHere@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoSuperorganism is a great term that kinda applies as well.
minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoNext on your road: charismatic megafauna!
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIs that the colorful kind? (I can’t look it up right now)
minus-squarenintendiator@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s the kind that drives Conservation Efforts and Media Attention. So yeah, I guess they tend to be colorful.
minus-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThe deep sea has always been the home of nightmare fuel. Not outer space.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI was pretty confident this was someone’s (hopefully joke) tail butt plug. How is this a really thing?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulagisca_gigantea
“The scale worms have been believed to be descendants of a different species that INVADED the deep-sea millions of years ago.”
Is there some worm-based geopolitical lore I’m missing??
Clearly they’re aliens
Got tired of posing as Egyptian gods.
Benna! Ya wan ya duru!
Oh funny, in the wiki article it mentions black coral to be megafauna. Never thought of corals as megafauna, fascinating!
And TIL the word megafauna so thanks!
Superorganism is a great term that kinda applies as well.
Next on your road: charismatic megafauna!
Is that the colorful kind? (I can’t look it up right now)
It’s the kind that drives Conservation Efforts and Media Attention. So yeah, I guess they tend to be colorful.
The deep sea has always been the home of nightmare fuel. Not outer space.
I was pretty confident this was someone’s (hopefully joke) tail butt plug. How is this a really thing?