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Anonymous No.5069783 [Report] >>5069881 >>5069882 >>5070198 >>5070659 >>5071152 >>5071625
>only point of existence is to be eaten en masse
Krill are lazy world building.
Anonymous No.5069881 [Report] >>5069882 >>5070659
>>5069783 (OP)

>powers the entire underwater ecosystem

>if you actually look into non slop sources they are usually extremely hard to catch as they are like 5x more sensitive to danger than the most sensitive thing you can think of. they are so hard to catch that its pricey to do it ourselves

>can travel at ridiculous speeds, can communicate with their swarm on mass thinking together like a giant organism

>can even shed their entire body and have their group shed instantly to get away from predators like a lizard

Trust when I say that even some of the most mundane seeming animals are only mundane because they are seen as common and people only know the less interesting things about them because thats what makes them popular.
Anonymous No.5069882 [Report]
>>5069783 (OP)
>>5069881
https://archive.is/ZXy9i
https://archive.is/ZXy9i
Anonymous No.5070198 [Report] >>5070626 >>5070637
>>5069783 (OP)
Dont forget that to smaller organisms these fuckers are super predators.
Anonymous No.5070200 [Report]
that thing looks smarter than the crickets that we pour out like shake and bake
Anonymous No.5070626 [Report] >>5070637
>>5070198
OP doesn't understand everything is relative. You have an understanding of the World anon, good boy/girl
Anonymous No.5070637 [Report] >>5070654
>>5070198
>>5070626
Who fucking gives a shit about random amoebae they swallow on the daily. We can't even see any of that shit anyway.
Anonymous No.5070654 [Report] >>5071259
>>5070637
Maybe the organisms from outer space see us the same way. Doesn't diminish out existence or worth though
Anonymous No.5070659 [Report] >>5071168 >>5071170 >>5071545
>>5069881
>>5069783 (OP)

Krill are so innocuous and foundational I was surprised to find out they didn't exist until the Cretaceous.
How did the oceans even function before krill?
Anonymous No.5070696 [Report]
Anonymous No.5071152 [Report]
>>5069783 (OP)
He's one in a krillion
Anonymous No.5071168 [Report]
>>5070659
was just scaled up + more densely populated
Anonymous No.5071170 [Report] >>5071175 >>5071177
>>5070659
wait till this anon hears about grass
Anonymous No.5071175 [Report] >>5071250
>>5071170
Diatoms, which are ubiquitous and make up a significant portion of the biomass of the oceans, are also evolutionary late comers.
Anonymous No.5071177 [Report]
>>5071170
Its insane to me that a lot of our grasses and grassland is so relatively recent heck dinosaurs and shit had their shit together before grass did.
Anonymous No.5071250 [Report] >>5071253
>>5071175
Might sound like a dumb question but which books did you guys read to learn about this stuff?
Anonymous No.5071253 [Report] >>5071260 >>5071560
>>5071250
All my knowledge comes from reddit comments (before it was gay) and youtube videos
Anonymous No.5071259 [Report] >>5071261
>>5070654
>Maybe the organisms from outer space
There are no organisms in outer space, retard.
Anonymous No.5071260 [Report] >>5071535 >>5071560
>>5071253
Man, I used to love Rddit, don't remind me. Im ashamed to say I actually started going there again recently but only stuck to 3 niche subs, I don't browse. For some aspects it's just unbeatable
Anonymous No.5071261 [Report]
>>5071259
Watch your mouth, I'll cut your Belly open, fucking hold your sister down and take here if I get your ip
Anonymous No.5071535 [Report] >>5071618
>>5071260
Tbdesu, ddit used to be almost alright in the 2010s and earlier, now it's slop central. Still better than ai overview, but the website gives my machine worse AIDS than Indian prawn sites with all the spam, scripting and ads.
Anonymous No.5071545 [Report]
>>5070659
Plankton.
Anonymous No.5071560 [Report] >>5071644
>>5071253
>>5071260
I never loved Ribbet because I didn't like to remember passwords or make accounts.
Anonymous No.5071618 [Report]
>>5071535
why are you looking up giant shrimp
unless youre a fucking lobster
Anonymous No.5071625 [Report]
>>5069783 (OP)
What do these things taste like?
Anonymous No.5071644 [Report]
>>5071560
Worst reason ever, for anything