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Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water (lemmy.world)
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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I thought the same thing so I looked into it! The pacu fish's front teeth aren't flat like ours. They're more like our molars, which serve the same purpose of being used for crushing (so it technically still is convergent evolution)

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Niiice—and thank you!!

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Anytime! An opportunity to learn should always be used :)

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That article you linked literally starts with

We apologize in advance for the nightmarish qualities inherent to the pacu fish

No. Nope. No way. Uh uh. I'm not scrolling down. NEVER. You hear me? I have enough nightmares as it is...

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Honestly I don't blame you given the pictures of them with their teeth out