That Darwin fellow was pretty bright. Knew a thing or two about evolution.
The epaulette shark, a species of long tailed carpet sharks, is evolving amidst the climate crisis by enduring longer stints of hypoxia, or a lack of oxygen, in order to walk on land for up to two hours and escape warming oceans.
The shark, which grows to about three feet long, has recently been found to move 98 feet on land using its paddle shaped fins – previous research showed it was only able to live outside the water for no more than one-hour.
Nothing new here. Those that can do this will survive and pass their genes on and so on. It’s how species evolve. When the climate changed in the past, some species became extinct and those that were able to adapt, survived – see, also, the sabre toothed tiger. Don’t see many of those about these days, do you?
According to thee eco nutters, all of this must stop and everything remain exactly as it was. Nothing to evolve and nothing to become extinct. The reality is that since the dawn of time, the climate has changed and over that time around 99% of all organisms that existed on this planet have become extinct. Evolve or die.
However, it took the epaulette shark nine million years to develop its locomotion.
So fuck all to do with us, then.
I think that it’s mandatory to mention Global Warming, remember that? Or as it is now termed Climate Change, in all scientific papers otherwise you don’t get a grant to do your research.
After seeing the title of this post I was disappointed that it wasn’t a story about someone offing themselves in a spectacularly stupid manner.
Keep up – Climate emergency
‘Climate Emergency?’ So 2021…it’s ‘Climate Crisis’ now. ‘Climate Apocalypse’ is next year.
@Stoneyground. I thought the same. I love reading about idiots doing themselves in.
Love watching them on YT as well.
In the nine million years mentioned the epaulette shark species has survived several ice ages and warming periods. I guess it is a Climate Change denier and therefore deserves to die off (joke, but not joke).
Wot? There are carpet sharks? Is there a tax we can pay to get rid of them? I don’t want the cat disappearing and bloodstains all over the house . . .
“[P]revious research showed it was only able to live outside the water for no more than one-hour.”
It is, of course, impossible that the previous research was wrong. Science!™ is infallible.
I thought your sabre toothet tiger reference would have got more mother in law jokes. It was the first thing I thought of..
Who gives a fuck?
Water warms up a bit, fish evolves walking on its fins rather than swimming to cooler water.
Yep, that’s climate “science” alright.
I wonder if it leaves carbon footprints?