• stray@pawb.social
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      6 days ago

      Based on the replies you’ve gotten so far I suspect this may be a joke I’m not getting, but I’m choosing to react as if it’s a genuine question anyway.

      A coelacanth is a super old fish that everyone thought was extinct, and then one day we just happened to find them alive! They’re a “living fossil” animal in that they haven’t changed much in a very long time and give us a window into the past. Here’s a picture I stole:

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        6 days ago

        Too many fins. Don’t like it because it didn’t evolve into something on land. Selfish jerks.

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      6 days ago

      Understandable, I only know what they are from Animal Crossing.

      It’s a fish you can only catch while it’s raining.

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      6 days ago

      it’s the single hole used for both shitting and sexual reproduction