Post B2GPwogSYcinz5YAWu by guyjantic@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #B2GKiCo25eGKgQJ292 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:04:38Z
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Thinking about the early arthropods in the Cambrian seas. We know that they had a nervous system and brains from fossil evidence. Many modern arthropods have more complex brains, and there isn't anything exactly like these early simple brains. So, I wonder if you were to watch these creatures feeding and hunting would it be different from watching modern arthropods?I think it might. Could they hide? Did they get frustrated?
(DIR) Post #B2GKjBYuCVPJ7AhJXE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:04:51Z
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We need to bring them all back and find out.
(DIR) Post #B2GL1UMP30nsd4Zr7o by ubi@ecoevo.social
2026-01-14T03:08:05Z
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@futurebird The biggest question that I have about Cambrian fauna is: How do they taste in a hotpot?
(DIR) Post #B2GL5mK8Cb2TV3YnVw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:08:54Z
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Consider the qualitative difference between watching a rotifer and watching an insect. The rotifer is alive, it reacts. But it's like a little machine in the way that people THINK insects are like machines.
(DIR) Post #B2GLBcQhttOQYHQA1Q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:09:58Z
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@ubi I am horrified at the suggestion. But you can be the food tester. some were probably poisonous.
(DIR) Post #B2GLlygwbnfW1MLxGS by engineer27@techhub.social
2026-01-14T03:16:30Z
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@futurebird this seems like a bad idea. Those things were scary looking
(DIR) Post #B2GMHMdLdv4TFjdYpc by ubi@ecoevo.social
2026-01-14T03:22:10Z
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@futurebird But similar to your question about their brains, would their poisons be simple and in lower doses than modern animal poisons? Might they just be spicy instead of giving you a terrible stomach ache?Also most Cambrian fauna was bite sized, so I doubt the dosage of poison is large enough to harm a large animal like a human.
(DIR) Post #B2GNhULXgnRQenKUfg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:38:03Z
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@mikemccaffrey You ever put some pond or puddle or moss water under a microscope just to check out what they are doing in there?Well this is where you will see a rotifer. That's a good diagram. They are a bit like tiny water filters. They cycle water through their mouth and eat little bits and whatnots in the pond water. Just part of the explosion of microscopic life. Here is a lovely video about them:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3PLUeD_JAg
(DIR) Post #B2GNmerrzxRGjiupUG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:39:03Z
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@mikemccaffrey "toes"yeah. just roll with it.
(DIR) Post #B2GNuEYzgJbbTHhOJk by heptapodEnthusiast@mathstodon.xyz
2026-01-14T03:35:18Z
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@mikemccaffrey @futurebird Here's a good introduction from Journey to the Microcosmos (channel now defunct):https://youtu.be/U3PLUeD_JAg
(DIR) Post #B2GNuFgTVzBSwmCscK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T03:40:23Z
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@heptapodEnthusiast @mikemccaffrey "channel now defunct"I'm kind of sad about that. I was a supporter for years.
(DIR) Post #B2GOeTKb6ibwas0sPw by kfanyo@infosec.exchange
2026-01-14T03:48:45Z
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@futurebird Fascinating. It seems that hunger and frustration could almost be each defined in terms of the other. There were ambush predators, right? They'd either hide or camouflage, I suppose. But the world then may have been so primitive, instincts still so simply programmed or developed, that hiding/camouflage needed be no more complicated than stasis--just not moving.
(DIR) Post #B2GPwogSYcinz5YAWu by guyjantic@infosec.exchange
2026-01-14T04:03:16Z
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@futurebird @mikemccaffrey This specific comment came across my feed with no context, and because I know something about your posts I felt I needed to investigate, not just ignore another foot-fetish post.
(DIR) Post #B2GQJTIGFhBwIu2BNI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-14T04:07:24Z
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@guyjantic @mikemccaffrey I'm going to use "rotifer toes" like other people use "twinkle toes"As in "Listen, rotifer toes, this song and dance may fly up in Albany but we don't do that around here."
(DIR) Post #B2HRsF05gC4xDqddHU by SvenGeier@mathstodon.xyz
2026-01-14T15:59:33Z
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@futurebird”Thinking about the early arthropods in the Cambrian seas"As one does..."[...] there isn't anything exactly like these early simple brains."I'd like to draw your attention to the right end of the political spectrum...
(DIR) Post #B2IA9mN7Fr1bcza6Xw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-15T00:15:48Z
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@SvenGeier now that you mention it.