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vcmaes t1_ir63w3o wrote
Right?! I was expecting a quite different swimming motion. This was a rather useless animation.
_call_me_al_ t1_ir6lskl wrote
I'm far more curious about the scale of this shark. We talking a trout the size of a shark or a shark the size of a trout?!
Cronerburger t1_ir6obvu wrote
Whats up w dem gills
RestlessARBIT3R t1_ir770iy wrote
Looks kind of like an early operculum
lifeofideas t1_ir9t7x7 wrote
It’s a shark for ants, and other bugs that can’t swim good.
SanctuaryMoon t1_ir6kul2 wrote
Dang so that's how ancient sharks got around. Wild.
letermen t1_ir79u94 wrote
“Steers like a Cow…”
Theycallitaids t1_ir7btie wrote
She's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro
lifeofideas t1_ir9syh8 wrote
The back part does, anyway.
kenjith t1_ir64abw wrote
Thanks I wasn’t sure if the fish swam like a fish or like a donkey
DeusModus t1_ir657vh wrote
Thanks, this is going on my GeoCities page.
disreputabledoll t1_ir6fl7i wrote
Right next to Dancing Baby and PBJ Time?
ajax2k9 t1_ir6kvmy wrote
Just under the flaming skulls
questionablejudgemen t1_ir79a7l wrote
Can’t see it behind the flashing lights.
fiveainone t1_ir7pouc wrote
Obviously since it’s under construction 🚧
rumblebee2010 t1_ir7ogc6 wrote
Now there you go, there you go, there you go, there you go
Peanut butter jeeeelly, peanut butter jeeeelly
sstruemph t1_ir8u9za wrote
Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat
MumrikDK t1_ir711bk wrote
Not until you've filled the flame quota.
PowerStacheOfTheYear t1_ir5nvzk wrote
Take my advice and stay out of the lake. It's the slaughterfish. They'll swarm you.
thisisnotdan t1_ir5ryny wrote
Swarms of slaughterfish in the lake? Forget that! I'll retreat to the highest mountains just to stay as far away from that mess as I can.
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brandonmiq t1_ir5pgyq wrote
This is very helpful, thank you.
Flexen t1_ir67i8b wrote
takes notes on fish movement now this is a fish and it…checks notes…swims in water? Is this bitey or licky?
nzjared t1_ir6kl4n wrote
I’m so confused. Where’s the banana for scale?
xtilexx t1_ir6nwdf wrote
It's very very small
WerthlessB t1_ir6tr20 wrote
The ancient "shark"? Or the banana in comparison to it?
MasterLapp t1_ir6z3n1 wrote
Yeah, I reckon.
EngineZeronine t1_ir5xehj wrote
Ancient shark doo doo doo doo
KaHOnas t1_ir7147n wrote
You made me sing it. That's the last straw.
EngineZeronine t1_ir96zio wrote
Don't make me destroy you...
I'm too sexy for this shirt, too sexy for this shirt. Sooo sexy it hurtsss.
Hattix t1_ir6yrp7 wrote
Fanjingshania is the earliest jawed fish known, at 439 million years old of the lower Silurian, and could be to be a member of the group which placoderms (and all other jawed fish) emerged from.
However, we believe placoderms and all other fish (the ancestral group which would later become cartilaginous fish, acanthodians ("spiny sharks"), and bony fish, had already diverged at this point, and likely did so during the Ordovician.
There is an outside possibility that Fanjingshania is a member of that basal population, from which all other fish groups came (and, therefore, all vertebrates) but this is looking unlikely, as it's too late and already carries features giving it affinity with the acanthodians, which have no living relatives.
A 2016 study found all cartilaginous fish to be more closely related to acanthodians than any other group and recovered acanthodians as stem-chondrichthyes, while another group in 2012 had found acanthodians to not actually exist and assigned all its members either to Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) or to bony fish.
Most taxonomists at the moment seem to be agreeing with the acanthodians as stem-chondrichthyes model.
Additionally, working out how these swam was very important because these had the earliest pelvic fins. Vertebrate legs emerged from pelvic fins. It can give clues into the later evolution of tetrapods.
TL;DR; This is probably a member of an early divergence from the lineage which resulted in vertebrates, not an ancestor of vertebrates itself.
ch3ap_bask3t t1_ir8emzn wrote
Thank you. Was looking for a comment like this. Finding out or even speculating modern animals’ ancestries are always fascinating.
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Vinyl_Avarice t1_ir5krzi wrote
No no it’s really interesting: They are showing us it actually swam like any fish does.
WindowzExPee t1_ir6cv5x wrote
Someone should put this on Youtube with the Free Bird solo as background music.
Convillious t1_ir7s4qn wrote
SkyMoney1134 t1_ir7zek1 wrote
Doing the lords work 🙏
merijn2 t1_ir71trz wrote
The animation is not very exciting, but the discovery of this fish is. Broadly speaking, fish fall into two groups: jawless fish (only a small number of living species, including the lamprey, but once the only type of fish), and the jawed fish, which includes the vast majority of the fish. The jawed fish can also be divided into two groups: the bony fish, which is the majority of fish, including our own ancestors, and the cartilaginous fish, which are sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras. This creature has just been found, and is a very old member of the cartilaginous fish, so related to modern sharks, and is the oldest known jawed fish, as they say it lived 420 million years ago.
sosogos t1_ir7l2ls wrote
Did you see how the tail is moving though?
awkwardstate t1_ir67yth wrote
I mean, they can't be completely certain. There's so many other ways for it to swim. /s
fantasmoofrcc t1_ir6dlkn wrote
It took how many undergrads how long on their abacus' to animate a fish with a bunch of extra fins? I thought this was r/notinteresting for a second...
maximumtesticle t1_ir6hoih wrote
>I thought this was r/notinteresting for a second...
...it is.
Maannu79 t1_ir5ne8r wrote
Looks like a trout....I don't fish or go out doors.
nevadadealers t1_ir6y18x wrote
TroutShark!
writergirljds t1_ir6expk wrote
Holy shit that fish swims just like a fish!
MindTheBollocks t1_ir6gs2r wrote
How big was this thing?
KaHOnas t1_ir70y9d wrote
That big.
KingRalphKlein t1_ir5p0d2 wrote
But can it sing on a wall?
aakksshhaayy t1_ir75w8y wrote
It's name is Shania..
TheFiredrake42 t1_ir6eytw wrote
Colecanth?
maximumtesticle t1_ir6hsld wrote
Yes, Cole can.
TitsAndWhiskey t1_ir6s8vd wrote
What about CeeLo Green?
Chosch t1_ir7edue wrote
Fuck you.
SignificanceTop9306 t1_ir7eij1 wrote
And fuck her too.
TitsAndWhiskey t1_ir7xyhd wrote
MmmHmmHmm
LiemAkatsuki t1_ir6j3f5 wrote
Ancient animals/ fish always look bad ass af
mcstanky t1_ir6q2i3 wrote
On a serious note, I googled this thing and the discovery is pretty damn interesting
Mackem101 t1_ir6t6nm wrote
Looks like one of the PS1 demos.
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Cluelessish t1_ir73ps9 wrote
Well I for one am underwhelmed!
TikkiTakiTomtom t1_ir7e8oz wrote
People make jokes but there’s different swimming strategies employed by fish and other marine animals dependent on their anatomy (big dorsal fin etc)
For example:
- whales and dolphins swallow the water in front of them and the force of it pulls them forward
- starfish require the symbiotic assistance of teenage mutant ninja sea turtles to throw them like throwing stars
- speaking of which certain species of sharks discovered in the 90’s traverse are highly complex and sophisticated, traversing only via bikes and roller skates
- polar bears propel themselves like squid using their farts but because they just float atop the water they’re more like the Portuguese man of war which also fires off a brigade of farts
rittenalready t1_ir7ir99 wrote
That’s just a fish with extra fins
poyoso t1_ir7uvt3 wrote
Omg its so radically different from literally any fish!
EvilioMTE t1_ir9u5kd wrote
What a groundbreaking demonstration.
sneakin_rican t1_ir6fq08 wrote
It looks tasty. I wanna filet that sucker
Mr3k t1_ir6ioyu wrote
Reminds me of Seaman
skunkachunks t1_ir6j5q2 wrote
Anybody have the 10 hour loop of this?
Cidolfas t1_ir6lnsg wrote
Meh.
Dawkinsisgod t1_ir6m4rc wrote
That's a funny looking walleye.
jbraden t1_ir6viv2 wrote
Damn, it didn't do water cartwheel tricks? Boringgggg /s
Rootbeer_Goat t1_ir6wgx2 wrote
Look at dis fish gif
G2idlock t1_ir6xvv5 wrote
Huh... And here I thought it flopped around on the sea bed. Color me surprised.
I_suck_at_Blender t1_ir6zzqt wrote
I'm not sure what's older - this fish, or GIFs. /s
andreasbeer1981 t1_ir77k7k wrote
i see you baby... shaking dat ass...
nabila_aiss t1_ir77t47 wrote
Should've been animated next to one of the sharks we know today so we can see the approximation of the size
Apprehensive-Novel3 t1_ir7e5iy wrote
Rainbow trout
patsaid16 t1_ir7ecrn wrote
That does not scream ram-jet ventilation. Looks more like standard osteicthys/teleost operculum-assisted ventilation.
ufi911 t1_ir7ef1u wrote
I sure hope that didn't take too many scientists. I know a couple of 12 year old kids that could do that.
BBQ_Beanz t1_ir7fr5c wrote
Yeah your head looked like a dick, and look at you now. Broke ass, extinct ass, dummy.
bbjaii t1_ir7rhin wrote
Why many frames when little suffice.
Convillious t1_ir7s8p9 wrote
I added Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird solo music to your GIF and made this video: https://youtu.be/aO3ltfwNRqQ
shaneroneill t1_ir7u6j8 wrote
It’s not going anywhere, guess that explains the whole “extinction” thing
seriousbangs t1_ir8x9nc wrote
Aaaaaaanimated Shark (do do do-do-do-do)
Befuddled_Cultist t1_ir67pai wrote
Wtf. It looks like a fish!
goodeyemighty t1_ir6qune wrote
Wow! /s
omgudontunderstand t1_ir6c8vg wrote
r/shittysimulated
needspice t1_ir5um6w wrote
So… it swims like a fish…