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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 07:31:34 JST myrmepropagandist

   “Some trilobites were designed like hydrodynamic rocket ships while others resembled primordial meatloafs.”

   Please pour one out for the “primordial meatloafs” 😭I assume this is like when you are a short girl and keep getting called “stocky”🥹

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 07:31:32 JST myrmepropagandist

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     @mhoye Imagine surviving millions of years in the frozen earth as all around you other fossils were subducted and twisted beyond recognition only to have some monkey crack open your rock and call you a “primordial meatloaf”!

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 07:31:33 JST mhoye

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     @futurebird "You may not like it, but this - Primordial Meatloaf - is what peak performance looks like."

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     llewelly (llewelly@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 01:39:37 JST llewelly

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     @futurebird @mhoye
     Dave Rudkin and colleagues found the biggest chonkin' trilobite ever, and they named her Isotelus rex. Nobody uttered the phrase "primordial meatloaf" even once.

     https://www.palaeocast.com/episode-2-isotelus-rex/

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