r/interestingasfuck • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 1d ago

Animals sleep time

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u/ElegantHope 1d ago

"Fish" What kind of fish? because there's thousands of species and Sharks are included in that

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u/MrBlueCharon 1d ago

The specific animal of fish. But tiger, lion and cat are seperate, they aren't as closely related as fish and its peers, it's basically Alabama down under the water.

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u/Maultaschtyrann 1d ago

It's WAY more than thousands. Considering they are BY FAR the oldest type of animal, they evolved in different directions for billions of years

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u/Educational-Data1270 1d ago

Oldest vertebrate*. And they’ve been evolving since the Cambrian period, so earliest they appeared would be 540 mya

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u/hilarymeggin 1d ago

This guy fishes!

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u/Enlowski 1d ago

*googles

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u/miskathonic 22h ago

This guy taxonomizes!

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u/Maultaschtyrann 1d ago

I was referring to the animals shown in the video, but in hindsight this wasn't clear. And yeah, I apparently somewhat overestimated that time span :D

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u/Educational-Data1270 1d ago

No worries. Merely helping to set the fact straight, not having a dig at you or anything

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u/helloiamsilver 1d ago

Thank you. I was about to ask the same thing. It drives me absolutely nuts when people say “fish” or “birds” as if they’re all the same species

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u/friso1100 1d ago

There are fish that are closer related to mammals that live on land then some other fish in the ocean. It may as well have said "animal"

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u/adindaclub 1d ago

Expecting that much accuracy from an animation that has the donkey from Shrek in it…

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u/CommanderGumball 1d ago

Ocean Sunfish and Sprats have the exact same need for sleep.

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u/Kemal_Norton 1d ago

and Sharks are included in that

so are lions, tigers and humans (taxonomically speaking)

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u/OG-Fade2Gray 15h ago

Most of the animals in this video are fish