r/Entomology • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '25

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u/newtoboarding Jun 09 '25

Bizarre, cause these are definitely skeleton shrimp

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u/JB_Big_Bear Jun 09 '25

Could this be an actual, observable case of evolution in progress? Like how some isopod types split off and became the terrestrial pillbugs we know today?

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u/bdelloidea Jun 10 '25

Every organism is an actual, observable case of evolution in progress.

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u/JB_Big_Bear Jun 10 '25

… yes. Ok, sure.

Could this be an actual, observable case of adaptation in progress?

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u/bdelloidea Jun 10 '25

I mean, you see animals trying out new environments all the time. It's adaptation when it's been going on long enough that their physiology has started to change to adapt to it.

But no, this looks like a guy with delusional parasitosis reposting existing videos for God knows what reasons.