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If the real world worked like Pokémon, what animal would evolve into what animal? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by shlocko@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 11 months ago

Everything to crab

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 21 points 11 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".

Pretty neat

[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

This one’s my favorite!

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[-] abominable_panda@lemmy.world 84 points 11 months ago

Caterpillar > Cocoon > Butterfly / Moth

Wait...

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[-] JamesBean@kbin.social 68 points 11 months ago

Hamster > Guinea Pig > Capybara

[-] mizzyc@kbin.social 58 points 11 months ago

For sure guinea pigs would evolve into capybaras

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[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

Gary Newman -> Gary Oldman

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Gary Oldman -> Gary Oak

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[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Lemming > Chihuahua > Honey Badger

Just angrier and angrier all the way through

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[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago

Shrimp > Prawn > Lobster

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Aren't shrimp and prawn already the exact same thing?

Like mountain lions and cougars.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Shrimp vs prawn is colloquial, not a scientific classification, so it varies from place to place and person to person, and depending on the specific animal we're talking about, but in general

The ones we call shrimp tend to:

Live in salt water
Be smaller
Have curled bodies
Belong to the sub-order pleocytema
Have plate-like ~~girls~~ * gills*

And the ones we call prawns tend to:

Live in fresh water
Be larger
Have straight bodies
Helong to the sub-order dendrobranghiata
Have branching ~~hills~~ gills

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[-] CrazyEddie041@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago

Tapir -> Rhinoceros -> Elephant

[-] Alto@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Tapirs are one of those animals I always forget exist and am delighted when I am reminded of them.

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[-] fixmycode@feddit.cl 23 points 11 months ago

Ferret > Badger > Bear

[-] Surp@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Female/Male Maine coon cat into male lion look with mane

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[-] seasick@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Corgi into German Shepherd into Wolf

[-] solitaire@infosec.pub 15 points 11 months ago

Quokka > Wallaby > Kangaroo

[-] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Vulture > ostrich

[-] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Alpaca > Llama > Camel

Yeast > Mold > Brie Rind > Chanterelle

Algae > Fern > Sunflower > Eucalyptus Tree

Squirrel > Raccoon > Bear

Deer > Elk/Caribou > Moose

Cow > Yak > Bison

Magpie > Crow > Raven

Ant > Termite > Bee > Hornet

Tick > Spider > Crab

Fox > Coyote > Wolf

Pillbug > Horseshoe Crab > Armadillo

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Kanye West -> Kanye East

[-] fixmycode@feddit.cl 9 points 11 months ago

this is only possible by trading the Kanye

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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Camels -> giraffes

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Elon musk > chimpanzees > humans

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 11 points 11 months ago

Salamander -> Turtle -> Seaturtle

Duck -> Flamingo -> Ostriche

Pidgeon -> Parrot -> Turkey

Hamster -> Ferret -> Prairie Dog

Chameleon -> Komodo Dragon -> Alligator

Mosquito -> Anteater -> Elephant

Anchovies -> Salmon -> Dolphin

Fox -> Wolf -> Bear

Cat -> Cheetah -> Mountain Lion -> Tiger

Worm -> Eel -> Snake -> Anaconda

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Mosquito

I see what you did there.

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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Llama > Alpaca > Camel

That one is kinda dumb but it's all I can think of right now.

[-] swab148@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

Monkey > Great Ape > Human

[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Leeches -> businessmen

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

Landlords > Leeches

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[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Kiwi > Emu > Cassowary

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Goldfish > Swordfish > Megalodon

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 8 points 11 months ago

Duck --> Crocoduck --> Crocodile

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Beetle -> slightly bigger beetle -> slightly bigger beetle

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

-> Paul Harrison -> John Lennon

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Weasel to ferret to mink.

[-] Pooptimist@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Chimp to Orang utan to gorilla

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Waterbug -> Cricket -> Locust

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts in the actual animal kingdom

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Fun fact actually, crickets already evolve into locusts

No they don't. Are you thinking of grasshoppers, maybe? Although that's not exactly true either.

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[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Anole > Iguana > Alligator

Mouse > Rat > Opossum

Armadillo > Pangolin

[-] Exec@pawb.social 6 points 11 months ago

Domestic housecat -> all big cats (like Eevee)

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 6 points 11 months ago

Here's a freaky one : Jaguar > Cow > Giraffe

[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Hmm… maybe Zebra > Okapi > Giraffe?

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[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Pomeranian -> Shiba Inu -> Akita Inu (or maybe Malamute)

[-] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Fish would absolutely evolve into octopi.

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 11 months ago

I don't know, but you know that big Agra is going to develop synthetic evolution stones to artificialy grow plants and livestock.

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[-] dumples@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Fish > Shark > Whale

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Pheasant evolves into Peacock or Turkey depending on evolution stone.

[-] Lewistrick@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Isopod -> pangolin -> armadillo

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