[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The wikipedia article Polydactyly in stem-tetrapods has some explanations on how we ended up with 5 fingers and toes.

The gist of it is that tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrate animals) evolved from a fish similar to a lobe-finned fish that had 5 sets of bones in each of its fins that evolved into fingers and toes. Some tetrapods have subsequently lost digits but the basal state was five.

There's a book, Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin that's full of this kind of stuff. Highly recommend.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The words of the prophets are written on the facebook walls....

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

1000 as of earlier today.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

From the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency website

Hawaiʻi has the largest single integrated Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety in the world. The all-hazard siren system can be used for a variety of both natural and human-caused events; including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats, hazardous material incidents, and more.

They test them here every month too. Shameful they didn't sound them when needed the most.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Ska 'za? Nah brah.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

And if it tastes sweet you might have diabetes

R.I.P. Patrice O'Neal.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shoddy Table, Uneven Horizon and Spreadable Pustules. *Devil horns*

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats

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[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Traditional shocker is "two in the pink one in the stink".

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

machining

No idea about your algorithm problems but have you seen the Cutting Edge Engineering Australia channel? It's so good.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Clams and oysters aren't even arthropods, they're mollusks. Not bug like at all.

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