I feel closely related to the Xenoturbella…

[metin@graphics.social]

I feel closely related to the Xenoturbella…

#animal #animals #life #sea #biology #science #knowledge #interesting #info #information

[redflag@mindly.social]

@metin I think our politicians evolved from this species.

[metin@graphics.social]

@redflag

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@metin
I wonder how this writer classifies animals into those that exist for a reason and those that don't.

[metin@graphics.social]

@mrundkvist Hahaha, yeah, my thoughts exactly.

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@metin
In Sweden you occasionally hear people say that the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus serves no purpose in nature. Apparently they believe that nothing eats it, which is probably not true. But anyway, I always reply, if you have a tick-centric perspective on nature, then no animal is more important than the sheep tick.

#environment

[metin@graphics.social]

@mrundkvist Yes, it's all relative. Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote:

"Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident."