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UncleBadTouch, in fly like paper get high like Exocoetidae
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Millions of years ago, the flying fish ancestors sees his cousin crawl out of the ocean and walk on land for the first time.

Says “Yeah? You think that’s cool? Hold my beer”

Deceptichum,
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Present Day, it sees its descendants fly into space.

Flying Fish: Hold my beer.

Frozengyro,

Dolphins: so long, and thanks for all the fish!

uphillbothways, (edited ) in The Ancient Ones
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Did those trees, before there were decomposers, have access to nitrogen fixing bacteria? Where were they getting ammonium and nitrate?
Just stuff built up from lightning, nitrogen and oxygen?

Edit: Looks like land dwelling soil forming bacteria started in the Cambrian. Then, in the Ordovician the first land plants. Then, in the Silurian vascular plants and trees appeared.

booty, in fly like paper get high like Exocoetidae
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but… im-vegan

but… i wanna see how far i can yeet the fish

but… im-vegan

but… lea-sweat

Nelots,

Lea wouldn’t hold back. Yeet the fish.

aeronmelon, in Medical school is rough

Hazing at that school was out of control.

Lord_ToRA, in Groovy
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Considering glass is made of silica, if it were sitting on the ground like that it could be argued that it is still magma.

somePotato, (edited ) in Its diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.

To be faaaair, the cheetah reaches 100+ km/h on it’s own merits, the dumb falcon just falls really fast

If you drop a whale from space it will probably beat that speed record while falling, the falcon doesn’t get extra credit just because he can get up there and survive without help

Ottomateeverything,

There ain’t no way a whale’s terminal velocity reaches 240 mph. The falcon’s credit comes from the fact that it can make itself so aerodynamic.

RampageDon,

Straight horizontal max speed flight for the falcon is 110-130 km/h though, so still very fast even when not falling.

Selmafudd,

I had a pretty cool encounter with one about 6-7 years ago, I was on a driving holiday and we were cruising throught the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park doing about 90-100km and one of these guys just casually comes up to my window, so close I could have grabbed it. It must have picked some drag effect off the van like a wake in the air or something and it was just gliding next to us with the occasional flap for a good 5 minutes until there was an incoming car and it ducked out

essteeyou,

That must have been incredible!

Willy,

A bowl of petunias would beat the falcon at some points in its descent from space. Possibly over and over again.

DroneRights,

Okay, show me a cheetah running in microgravity.

weariedfae, in Madness

Perfect sense.

Yamainwitch, in Medical school is rough

It’s all fun and games until the joke leads to Edna’s eating disorder.

achance4cheese, in AAAAtoms

Always leaving out the rare Rankine

Daxtron2,

Asking human atoms how hot it feels

SatanicNotMessianic, in Medical school is rough

One of them also apparently had the lead in that year’s production of Hamlet.

Poggervania, in Medical school is rough
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One of those students really worked herself to the bone

CyberTailor, in Imaginary friends.

Soyjak saying “√(-1) = i” would make more sense

pancake, in hippopocranuse!!
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Feels weird to see the Caduceus associated hith Hippocrates; here in Europe I’ve only seen it used as a symbol of trade, while the Rod of Asclepius is the more common symbol for medicine.

rockerface,

I’m fairly sure it’s like that everywhere, the rods are just often confused. I myself rarely remember which one is used where

pancake,
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Interesting, I always thought it was a country thing, but you’re right that it’s simply a widespread confusion.

ursakhiin, in Oxygen.

At first I thought this was going to be about Scuba diving as the deaths caused by oxygen is a factor that needs considering.

divingaround,

Central Nervous System toxicity. Also, oxygen at over 160% starts to get deadly on its own.

Chetzemoka,

See also: premature babies and adults with COPD. Oxygen toxicity is a thing.

TonyToniToneOfficial, in 🌰🌰🌰 Quercus Master Race 🌰🌰🌰
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Oakification is just the plant version of crabification

drolex, (edited )

Would you care to expand on that?

ETA: sorry for those who answered already (thanks), my comment was about the oakification part. I am well aware of the crabification, being a crab myself

zagaberoo,

Referring to Carcinization

DragonTypeWyvern,

A ludicrous theory when crabs merely wish they could match the might of the beetle empire.

Frozengyro,

Everything evolves to crab eventually

Infynis,
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Just look at crab apples

TonyToniToneOfficial,
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It was a joke. I don’t think oakification is real.

rockerface,

That’s what an oak would say

drolex,

Too late, I’m scared of becoming an oak now

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