this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
379 points (99.0% liked)

Science Memes

16188 readers
2276 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
fossilesque@mander.xyz
SciBot@mander.xyz
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com
379
Eyes (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 58 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As appropriate for a post about fish I've taken the bait and looked up just what the fuck is going on. It's a barreleye or macropinna microstoma and it's pretty cool.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some Macropinna microstoma have evolved to have a large snout and an anal fin.

Anal fin is now in my vocabulary.

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

".... it's time to go to distant lands...."

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Like eyeing fish in a barrel!"

... Thanks Animal Crossing!

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago

“I barreleye caught it!”