#evolutionarybiology

[autism-freaks]

I think it's a common misconception that domesticating animals is somewhat like enslaving them. It really is more of a symbiotic relationship. No wild animal would have willingly put up with early humans if they didn't get something out of it. Wolves wouldn't have stayed with us and become dogs if they weren't getting food and safety out of it. Many large herbivores that are now domesticated could and would have easily trampled their early human captors or broken their enclosures open if they didn't have a reason to stay. Sometimes individual animals still do if we don't give them what they need.

The animals that have stayed with us for thousands of years have evolved to cooperate with us better. Dogs have additional facial muscles around their eyes that wolves lack in order to mimic human facial expressions. Sheep grow their wool perpetually while their wild counterparts don't because a bigger fleece means they're more likely to be allowed to breed and be kept around. Domestic dairy cows produce much more milk than wild bovine species and domestic hens lay more eggs. Do you know how energy costly producing eggs or milk is for an animal? It's pretty intense! They wouldn't be able to do that if we hadn't given them the food and safety from predators and the elements to.

And we really need to show these animals respect and gratitude for what they give us by taking excellent care of them. They gave up a lot to be with us, often including the means to take care of themselves in the wild. That's a huge reason why I'm not against using animal products, but I hate factory farming. They are still living, breathing creatures with needs and feelings. They deserve a comfortable life and, when the time comes, a humane death.

[da-real-god]

[pathetic-gamer]

‼️fun game alert‼️

guess the mystery animal by guessing animals and seeing how closely related they are!

[monarchbutt]

what if we kissed at the mazon creek fossil beds 😳

[hbakroun-blog]

Click here for help

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

wish i was immortal because i want to learn about neuroscience, astronomy, psychology, philosophy, evolution, microbiology, history, mythology of different cultures and much more while also acquiring more and more languages and reading books from all around the world from all times and make art and people watch from a cozy lil window nook with a cup of coffee warming my hands

well i'm not immortal so i'll make it my life's mission to do as much of this as possible, my life is to be full of constant learning <3

realizing i make quite a few posts like this but eh

[isopodiclopedia]

Left: New England Nudibranchs

Right: Pacific Coast Nudibranchs

MS, R. Tucker A., and The New Illustrated Naturalist. 1954. ‘American Seashells’. 1st ed. Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.

[semponant]

Absolutely love this guys channel, here are the videos I recommend if you are interested in evolution by any chance

[bookmothic-dyke]

Taxonomically we’re all just really really fucked up fish.

Who then went and invented capitalism.

Not worth.

[angelatticus]

Thinking about birds, again. The dinosaurs that didnt die. Whose teeth formed beaks and whose screams formed songs. Innocuous and yet they are living proof of millions of years worth of history and evolution. How can you deny them, when here they are, singing their survival upon your windowsill?

[disgustedorite]

Been working on recording evolution games and their history on fanlore. Do you have any idea how deep it goes. It might go even deeper than we can ever know. a

[factual-flittermouse]

Ducks seem like peak evolution to me. Bit of a weird take, maybe, but think about it - they can fly to migrate, swim and float with their webbed feet, and walk (waddle) to nest on land or in trees. The only thing they might be missing is self defense, but I guess that’d make geese the superior species…

[thepariahcontinuum]

Are birds reptiles?

Everything is the weird second cousin of a fish when you think about it

[da-real-god]

[monarchbutt]

hey

[alcapeasstuff]

I have fallen deep into the pit of spiraling down every plausible rabbit hole that even slightly retains my interest,

I also get bored

I have an entire document file on my pc that is just names of all human ancestral species that I bothered with remembering

Including how long they existed

And I’ve also extensively researched biology of basically anything I like that is a living being

And sometimes ideologies

Maybe a little bit of mythos as well

By a little I mean 90% of my psyche is consumed by that stupid fucking wine god

Dionysus

Oh and also Poland

I’ve gotten too interested in my heritage and I’ve dug too deep