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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This phenomenon is called convergent evolution and while it's astonishing for the layperson, it's a quite common thing in nature

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

Crabs evolved like 5 times or something

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Even turtles developed more than once