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cassowary@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months ago

Natural selection has no plan

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Natural selection has no plan

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cassowary@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months ago
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    Carcinisation. Presumably rooted in the Cancer crab constellation.

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      Lol, the term and the constellation both refer to the Latin Greek word for crab

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        That makes perfect sense and 2 seconds of thinking about it probably would have led me to that conclusion. Thanks for the clarification.

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      Man. Even the damn stars are turning into crabs.

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      Also a carcinogen is something that gives you crabs.

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