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Sharks (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sharks are amazing. They're also older than trees!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

And older than the north star

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, sharks never had to contend with humans before. We're the worst

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Imagine being such a perfect specimen that after a mass extinction and you are essentially in an evolutionary power vacuum you go "Nah homie... I'm good" and stay the same.

As a species... I think we screwed up somewhere way back.

[–] fsxylo 5 points 2 days ago

We'll get em this time.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Crocodiles: Sup

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

Jellyfish: What’s death?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sharks are older!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

I have been outscienced.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They may not survive us unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They pretty sure may and pretty sure will.

At other extinction events deep water dwelling creatures had good chances to survive. Also sharks don't have complex food needs, are widespread over the globe and procreate without much ado (no familie structures and such, their approach is quantity based)... They will do fine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hope you are right, 100 million sharks a year is a lot of sharks to lose

[–] Piemanding 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Aren't most of those only a few species of shark?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Trawling doesn't discriminate and the sharks are usually injured so badly that they die a slow painful death after being thrown overboard again, that's if they're not dead already.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They are likely not totally immune to the effects of climate change, however

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocean-acidification-could-eat-away-at-sharks-teeth-and-scales/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Im starting to think trans people chose sharks as their mascot to signify their resilience :3

Good boy! Good girl! Good they! Good drag!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Sharks after a sharknado: