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[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently

[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 17 hours ago

Add flying fish to that.

[โ€“] RQG@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.

[โ€“] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they've convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!

[โ€“] Geodad@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Also pterosaur wings.