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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, legless lizards. Gotta be one of my favourite genre of scaly bois

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

it has legs, but just one pair, which is hilarious

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I can't tell which way evolution is going

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, i miased it from the meme somehow lol OK, only the hind legs makes it even funnier

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2025/03/lerista.html

The site where the screen seems to be captured has a higher res version of the image where the right hind leg is visible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

skinky

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, Australia! So, in which weird yet amazing ways will this one kill you?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So, with more evolution, will it lose those legs or will it gain front legs?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Evolve into fins, then gills, then come back to the ocean

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably not the gills. Once you go lungs you never go back, looking at all those mammals in the ocean.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How do we know none of the fish species never had lungs? Isn't it impossible to define a fish biologically without excluding a whole bunch of land living species?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

We probably can't. It's just lungs are more complex than gills and usually evolution goes towards to more complex systems. If you're talking about classification, I wouldn't say impossible. Though I'm not a taxonomist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

honestly, it's for it to decide (As a human I'd whisper stay the course, hands are overrated and gave me taxes)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We have those in the south west of UK where I grew up. We call them slowworms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Lol, we call them blind sneakers? in German

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh my god, amazing! Skinks are good bois. Happy to have more of them. The name is pretty cool too. Tagalaka slider. Rolls off the tongue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Skinks are cool but they don't beat the olm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wait til you hear about Glass Lizards (and other legless lizards.)

A new one is cool too though!