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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

They just reached top possible performance for their specific niche. They're basically perfect, so there is little need for evolution to change anything - random selection keeps selecting the same traits for millions of years because those are the ones that work and manage to get them to reproduce.

I like to think of it as having maxed out one specific talent tree for that environment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! They didn’t explore the “aerial flight” or “beautiful colors” tech tree at all, but are maxed on armor and chomping.

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