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Can you give some pointers on why crocodiles/sharks are near perfect? Sounds intriguing but I have never heard of it :)

• Grustaf 5y ago
  As I understand it, crocodiles and sharks have looked basically the same for tens of millions of years, unlike humans that were basically pre-chimpanzees 6 million years ago, even 1 million years age we were quite different from today. https://theconversation.com/crocodiles-today-look-the-same-as-they-did-200-million-years-ago-our-study-explains-why-152635 https://theconversation.com/crocodiles-today-look-the-same-a...
  • kaba0 5y ago
    Well, it’s not that hard to believe that crocodiles are at a local-maxima of the niche (but effective) category of sneak attack from under the water. But evolution can’t really create absolute-maximums, e.g. going all the way to pig-like mammals (so descending from a different point) you get orcas that absolutely murder sharks in both meanings (where smartness is a huge huge advantage)
    • Grustaf 5y ago
      What does global maximum even mean? The best animal of all? Evolution did at least create the most powerful animal, us.