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hazpat t1_j5kmklt wrote

Reply to comment by mr_jim_lahey in Trilobite tridents could be the oldest evidence of male sexual combat — Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years by marketrent

Are you an author on this? You sound offended that a person can use the same visual comparison techniques as the authors and come up with a different speculation. Each time you redundantly quote the article, it is a section that uses visual assessment to say the structures on these aquatic creatures "looks like" what land creatures use in combat.

In your opinion once an article is published it can't be incorrect and nobody should question it? Jenny McCarthy vibes on that.

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hazpat t1_j5jvg38 wrote

Reply to comment by marketrent in Trilobite tridents could be the oldest evidence of male sexual combat — Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years by marketrent

That paragraph is based on looking at the trident. Same as my opinion. The quad trident looks like it would work just as fine to stir sediment. Visually nothing indicates it would be less effective than 3 for sifting or fighting

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hazpat t1_j5jop5i wrote

Reply to comment by mr_jim_lahey in Trilobite tridents could be the oldest evidence of male sexual combat — Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years by marketrent

These tridents face down. Similar to elephant or boar tusks. They may be used in combat but they appear to be perfectly located to stir up mud as there primary purpose.

Beetle horns usually face out and up more like rhinos because there primary use is different.

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hazpat t1_j5gt3ki wrote

Reply to Trilobite tridents could be the oldest evidence of male sexual combat — Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years by marketrent

The entire hypothesis is based around an individual with 4 spikes making it to adulthood.... since the malformed trident didnt impede survival it must be used in combat? at first glance, these look like they would also work great at disturbing mud in front of themselves while foraging...

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hazpat t1_j296pjp wrote

Reply to [Image] You are someone's prayer by crm_expert

What is that even supposed to mean? I'm "their prayer"? So they aren't praying for me, they are praying me? And they will find me? Total nonsense.

Is this random AI text added to a photo?

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hazpat t1_j1o8zua wrote

Reply to comment by LukeyLeukocyte in TIL Why Dog Paws Smell Like Fritos. Even the cleanest, healthiest pooch has trillions of bacteria and fungi living on their skin. That yeasty, corn chip smell is actually a normal byproduct of harmless bacteria, usually Proteus or Pseudomonas, both of which are naturally present in our environment. by Rossknight65

Porcupine bo smells like human bo. Tripped me out. Binturong bo smelled like buttered popcorn. Bacterial odors can be interesting

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