Nothing that was talked about in the parent post is unique to marine ecosystems, is it?
The terrestrial food chains information is just incorrect. Fungi are absent in that description. Insects are eaten by countless prey species, apex predators have multiple trophic levels below them. There are countless insect, fungal, and animal carrion feeders.
A post that is so factually inaccurate should not be so upvoted. We shouldn't meta comment, but the rapid decrease in submission and comment quality on Hacker News is really a problem.
And the fact that land animals evolve to marine lifestyles is just expected, oceans are more than 70% of Earth's surface. The lack of marine, pelagic animals is notable in that sense.
The terrestrial food chains information is just incorrect. Fungi are absent in that description. Insects are eaten by countless prey species, apex predators have multiple trophic levels below them. There are countless insect, fungal, and animal carrion feeders.
A post that is so factually inaccurate should not be so upvoted. We shouldn't meta comment, but the rapid decrease in submission and comment quality on Hacker News is really a problem.
And the fact that land animals evolve to marine lifestyles is just expected, oceans are more than 70% of Earth's surface. The lack of marine, pelagic animals is notable in that sense.