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[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 6 days ago

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

Crocodiles: Sup

[-] quinceyBones@lemmy.zip 30 points 6 days ago

Jellyfish: What’s death?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 26 points 6 days ago

Sharks are older!

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

I have been outscienced.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 6 days ago

They may not survive us unfortunately

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

They pretty sure may and pretty sure will.

At other extinction events deep water dwelling creatures had good chances to survive. Also sharks don't have complex food needs, are widespread over the globe and procreate without much ado (no familie structures and such, their approach is quantity based)... They will do fine.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 days ago

I hope you are right, 100 million sharks a year is a lot of sharks to lose

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Aren't most of those only a few species of shark?

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Trawling doesn't discriminate and the sharks are usually injured so badly that they die a slow painful death after being thrown overboard again, that's if they're not dead already.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They are likely not totally immune to the effects of climate change, however

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocean-acidification-could-eat-away-at-sharks-teeth-and-scales/

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

Sharks are amazing. They're also older than trees!

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago

And older than the north star

[-] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 5 days ago

Imagine being such a perfect specimen that after a mass extinction and you are essentially in an evolutionary power vacuum you go "Nah homie... I'm good" and stay the same.

As a species... I think we screwed up somewhere way back.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

We'll get em this time.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, sharks never had to contend with humans before. We're the worst

[-] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Im starting to think trans people chose sharks as their mascot to signify their resilience :3

Good boy! Good girl! Good they! Good drag!

[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Sharks after a sharknado:

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