With @Taweret 's posts yesterday, I am wondering if backhoes are the carcinisation of construction equipment.

#backhoe #carcinisation

Evolution loves a crab - they've independently evolved so many times there's even a word for it (carcinisation) 🦀

#crab #SciArt #carcinisation #marinebiology

Also seen at the air and space museum visit -- GIANT SPIDER CRAB! 🦀

This, of course, reminded me of our episode on the #zodiac #constellation Cancer where Jordan taught me about how evolution keeps producing #crabs (or more formally carcinisation) 🦀 🦀 🦀

Check out our season 1 episode featuring the #astronomy & #mythology of the constellation Cancer ♋ PLUS a Creature Corner segment about CRABS here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cancer-the-crab/

#cancer #crab #museum #animals #nature #NatureIsLit #Crabs #carcinisation

#KnowledgeBit: #Carcinisation is a form of convergent evolution where crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan from non-crab ancestors, a process coined by L. A. Borradaile as "Nature's many attempts to evolve a crab".

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/68ec775a252f642c0051a516

Somehow the kids managed to mutate into a kind of land-jelly. Perhaps a larval stage on the inevitable road to becoming crabs.

#carcinisation #speculativeEvolution #parentingMutants