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An image of the convergent evolution of land crabs (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit. This is not my paper. See the Bluesky link. It's theirs.

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Our paper on convergent evolution of land crabs is out in its final final form. The journal didn't pick my image as the cover, so I'm sharing it here because it must be seen!

https://subium.com/profile/jopabinia.bsky.social/post/3kynzxgpsd32h

Convergent Adaptation of True Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) to a Gradient of Terrestrial Environments | Systematic Biology | Oxford Academic

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes you become an otter or a type of deer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Sometimes dolphin too. That's appeared a few times through history