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I guess most living things put more energy into not being seen so they're not eaten
by jack_riminton 5y ago
I guess most living things put more energy into not being seen so they're not eaten
- Borrible 5y agoSome do it to invite the dinner. A lot more to invite mating partners.
- _Gyan_ 5y agoA profitable strategy only if it attracts a lot more prey than predators.
- Borrible 5y agoIn the case of deep-sea predators, there appears to be less bigger consumptive biomass than consumable biomass at present. Currently, it is probably more advantageous for some luminous predators there than the risk of being eaten. The optical perception organs are probably reaching an evolutionary dead end down there. Better eyesight isn't an option. But everything is in flux, it just depends on the time frame. Magnetic field perception might be an option. Are there deep-sea predators that hunt by magnetic sense? But it's still cheaper to attract the food than to track it in the dark. How about auditive perception? Is 'pinging' the prey an option? Well, one would need some organ that could be converted to ping, which fishes don't have.
- ford_o 5y agoThis remind me of the dark forest hypothesis.
- valarauko 5y agoThat was my first thought as well
- Razengan 5y agoMake it a toggle