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[–] 40 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Double points for being crablike. Everything becomes crab.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    this is a misconception, "carcinization" doesn't mean that literally everything eventually becomes a crab, people or dogs or sharks will not turn into crabs over the next hundred million years. it only applies to marine arthropods; things like lobsters, shrimp, and isopods have a strong tendency to fold their tails under their body, and get wider and flatter, becoming crab-like. the creature in the image, with its long straight tail, is more lobster-like than crab-like, and thus is actually a counterexample to carcinization

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    True, it's mainly a Joke. Obviously we totally will not turn into crab people.

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